How Far We Have Fallen

This year we had the Orange Dog and a lose to Kentucky. No swagger in that. We had some swagger once upon a time.

 

"We Need a Battery Miracle"

I agree... Bill discusses why we need better batteries to leverage green energy sources. I just imagine the things we could do with more powerful, longer lasting batteries coupled with smart phones, tablets, GPS, wireless, etc.

 

1 Space Forward, 2 Spaces Back

If you don't have anything else to worry about, you can read why you shouldn't put two spaces after a sentence. I quit doing that long ago, but I have no idea why I stopped. I did very little typing on a typewriter, but I do remember that was the rule.

Crimson Trace - New Website

I figure I will give a little link love to Crimson Trace since they are supporting Linoge's Soldiers' Angels Fundrasier/Giveaway.

Plus $30 Off lasers with code 30LSR11.

Shotgun: Practical Home Makeover - Mossberg 500 Edition

Since I may never win the lottery and pick up a Silver Pigeon, something like this project gun seems a lot more practical. And I am definitely still in the mode of buying guns for practical purposes.

Bonus: Some hints on selecting a shotgun

Cut the baby in half

In a modern day Kramer vs. Kramer, Merck and Merck duke it out over the Facebook URL. Oh, the power of Facebook.

Via Slashdot.org

Ouch

Bunnie On Counterfeit Chips in US Military Hardware

An interesting read from Bunnie on counterfeit chips in US military hardware. (I like Bunnie's stuff. He rarely posts, but when he does his electronics, manufacturing, and China experiences make for good reading.)

The problem:

"In the case of the US Military, they have a unique problem where they are one of the biggest and wealthiest buyers of really old parts. Military designs have shelf lives of decades, but parts have production cycles of only years."

A solution:

"A final option could be to establish a strategic reserve of parts. A production run of military planes is limited to perhaps hundreds of units, and so I imagine the lifetime demand of a part including replacements is limited to tens of thousands of units. I can fit ten thousand chips in the volume of a large shoebox"

Old School Tacticool

There is just something cool about these .357 magnums. (The pictures alone are worth the click.) In some ways, they are like the bright yellow sports car that I think looks great, but would be way down on my list to buy.

Past My IT Prime

Oh great. First, no OT for IT workers. Now, I find I am past my prime by several years.