Zastone MP900

If you don't want a Baojie BJ-9900, you could try the Zastone MP900. I'm sure it is totally, completely, absolutely 100% different - or not.

Thanks to Nate for the link.

Made in the USA

You got your box. I got mine - a lower parts kit and 10 more magazines. So I officially can only load half of my magazines - for rifles that aren't even fully built yet. Doh.

Bunnie Interview on CSDN.net

Makers, fixers, open-source hardware, technology and more... some quotes below from Bunnie's interview with "CSDN.net, which stands for 'China Software Developer Network', or more colloquially, “Programmer Magazine.'"

It all starts with radio... of course, that is how I read it...

"In 1960, for all practical purposes there was only hardware, and it was all open. When you bought a transistor radio, it had its schematic printed in the back. If it broke, you had to fix it yourself. It was popular to buy kits to make your own radios."

Of course, you might break a few things along the way to becoming a magician...

"The Maker movement, I think, is less about developing products, and more about developing people. It’s about helping people realize that technology is something man-made, and because of this, every person has the power to control it: it just takes some knowledge. There is no magic in technology. Another way to look at it is, we can all be magicians with a little training."

And the company shouldn't have to meet any warranty obligations if a user breaks the hardware...

"I believe users should “own” their hardware, and “owning” means having the right to modify, change, etc. including root access rights. If the company has a concern about users being unsafe, then it’s easy enough to include an “opt-out” where users can simply select an electronic waiver form, and give up their support and warranty right to gain access to their own machine. Most people who care to root their machine are already smarter than the phone support they would be calling inside the company, so anyways it’s not a problem."

Three Wolves T-Shirt

Read the reviews... I bet you have to get one.

Baofeng UV-82: Battery

And the envelop please... the battery is 1800 mAh.

A Too Common Mistake

9mm in a .40.

Sounds familiar.

As I write this I'm watching Breaking Bad on Netflix and a character is talking about his Glock 22. What timing.

Baojie BJ-9900: Sexy Pictures

Pictures of the BJ-9900 - Rated R for Ripoff (or Resemblance as Hans says.) They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It is a sharp looking radio. The pictures with the ruler make it look very sleek. No word yet on its ability to do things like transmit or receive.

Round Count and Happy 4th!

To celebrate the 4th, I've done an inventory.

7,500 - .22lr
2,500 - 9 mm
300 - .223

George Washington
First Annual Address, to both House of Congress (8 January 1790):

"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies."

Photoshoppers and Famous Books

Funny... Here's Waldo. Of Ice and Men - Mad Men that is.

Pogue Clever Photoshoppers are challenged to redesign famous books with one letter missing (like “Of Ice and Men”). j.mp/166lStp Wed, Jul 03 15:52:47 from Tweetbot for Mac

Most Patriotic City: Knoxville

In addition to being the Most Bible-Minded City, Well Read, and Most Romantic, we are the Most Patriotic!

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