Game Ball for Brodus

How to play for UT?

1. Fall asleep on the couch.
2. Wake up about an hour before the game.
3. Answer the phone.
4. Get a police escort to the stadium.
5. Suit up.
6. Kick three extra points and a field goal.

An amazing story. The Dooley quotes are, as usual, priceless.

Cheap Tablet

It amazes me that you can get a tablet for $70. The Velocity Micro Cruz 7" Tablet (Android) may not be a great one, but $70.

Baofeng UV-3R: Working Satellites

Making contacts via satellites using your UV-3R. Pretty cool. Making contacts via satellites using your red UV-3R. Awesome!



Via a post on the QRZ Forums

MosZilla

Not bad for a $99 gun - Moszilla:

Via Linoge at Walls of the City

Minus 10 Points for Gearhog

Shame for on Gearhog for promoting the mall ninja crowd with the Concealed Weapon Badge and Case deal. It is their business and they can run it how they want, but the people that want one of these aren't usually the best ambassadors for the 2A group.

Get the bacon. I'll cover you.

Yeah, it is a commercial for Spiceworks. But, I give them credit for:

• a good, free (ad supported) help desk
• decent production quality on the video
• zombies
• guns (NERF)
• I.T. guys
• bacon

Lessons Learned

jsnell Netflix announces that HP will keep its PC division after all, won't spin it off into "Compaqster."Thu, Oct 27 16:43:29 from Twitterrific for Mac retweeted by asymco

Wouxun and Baofeng Group Buy

Anyone interested in a group buy of the Wouxun or Baofeng should meander over to the World Wide DX forum.

Wouxun KG-UV6D: Expensive

Main Trading Company has the Wouxun KG-UV6D Dual Band radio, but it is $183. That still seems really high given the limited changes from the previous models. I will be curious to see what Ed's starting price is.

The Flu is for the Avians

The day before the flu hit me, I ran 11 miles at a sub 9 minute pace. More than two weeks later, I ran just 7 miles and I was almost 40 seconds per mile slower.