Ares Armor Polymer 80% Lower

Ares Armor Polymer 80% Lower - solid core and no index marks, but it has a jig! $90 for one and prices drop if you buy in volume.

"You can build this ar15 receiver at home using tools from the garage. Polymer 80% AR-15 Lower receivers are the easiest way to build a rifle kit at home. No need to go to a machine shop. Support and exercise your 2nd Amendment today. The following are included in your kit purchase. 

Polymer Lower Receiver:  Features a solid core design, stiffened magwell and beefier buffer tube housing. The pistol grip area features a unique no-thread design specific to these lowers. 

The Polymer Jig:  This kit comes with a Jig; which includes all of the bits and end-mills needed to complete the polymer 80% receiver. Finish your AR15 Polymer lower with pride and accuracy provided by this one-time use jig." 

Made in America.  

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NOTICE TO BATFE GOONS AND JACKBOOTED THUGS: This Product not only complies with the GCA of 1968 but also complies with your arbitrarily and capriciously moved goal post and your unlawful attempts to create law. It is Solid Core and has no Indexing Marks. I DO BITE MY THUMB AT YOU, SIR! I DO BITE MY THUMB AT YOU!"

Ink

Because the promise of a paperless society* has not materialized... we need to change our default fonts to save millions. I already use 6 pt fonts to save disk space.

* And where are my jet packs and flying cars?!?!

Baofeng UV-82C

Baofeng UV-82C where "C" equals commercial. Miklor has a full review here.

Highlights include being able to prevent field programming (and thus fully FCC compliant and the dual PTT can be set to a single PTT mode.

Border Check

Your papers, please.


Via Say Uncle

Middle Out Backups

Anyone doing backups in the modern era probably already knows about reverse incremental backups, but after watching yesterday's Silicon Valley, I'm going to invent the "middle out" backup and make millions!

BaofengTech Charts

I had posted about one of the BaofengTech charts a couple of months ago, but Nate sent me a note about some other charts and updates as well. He sent me the note in the context of this post by Hans - where Baofeng is adding to the confusion by introducing another name to the mix, Pofung.

All of the following links are to the BaofengTech website and they might help you eliminate any of that confusion. (Bonus points for BaofengTech for allowing the charts to be downloaded as an image or PDF file.)

General Radio Descriptions

Comparison Chart

FAQ

Firmware Guide

Dual Climate Control

While I don't find dual climate control systems in the relatively small confines of the typical cabin in a car to be especially useful, I know some people do. Long before such a thing existed, I recall a small deflector my grandfather wired to the central vent in his car. Granny was always hot and needed extra air. He was always cold and didn't want it. A simple thing - a thin piece of wood and a small wire - but effective none the less.

Now, if he had just gotten a utility patent on the idea.

Mary Meeker's State of the Web

Her annual report on trends... I found the following slides the most interesting.

Moore's Law type trends...

I'm surprised that DVR/VOD/DVD is only 23%.

Compute/storage get cheaper. Devices get smaller. Devices become more ubiquitous.

The Radios

I've been remiss and not kept "The Radios" page up to date. I went back through the blog and think I got the ones I had missed.

Brick O'Lore After Dark

A joke I ran across...

James Bond walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives the woman a quick glance and then casually takes a look at his watch. The woman notices this and asks, “Is your date running late?” “No,” he replies. “Q’s just given me a state-of-the-art watch and I was testing it out.” Intrigued, the woman asks, “A state-of-the-art watch? What’s so special about it?” Bond coolly explains, “It uses alpha waves to talk telepathically.” The lady says, “So what’s it telling you now?” “Well, it says you’re not wearing any panties,” says Bond. The woman giggles and replies, “Well, it must be broken because I am wearing panties!” Bond shakes his head, taps his watch and says, “Damn thing’s an hour fast.”