Archive for August, 2008
Towel-Head Smackdown
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This has to be the best video clip yet to come out of Iraq. A towel-head with an RPG steps out into the road with his buddies cheering him on to fire on the Americans located off to the left. An American GI with a .50 BMG machine gun is quicker on [...]
Posted by neonjohn on August 25th, 2008 under Current Events | 2 Comments »
Kudos to Black and Decker
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I love it when a big company does the right thing.
Awhile back I had read with great interest that Black and Decker had released a new line of consumer/hobbyist grade cordless tools powered by the great new Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries from A123. This is the lithium battery that is supposed to be safe [...]
Free Download Manager
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A download manager can be invaluable. If you have a large number of files to download, the manager will sequence them one at a time and will resume if the connection is lost (why FireFox lacks these two vital features is beyond comprehension). This is particularly important for people like me who are [...]
Posted by neonjohn on August 14th, 2008 under Computing, Product Reviews | Comment now »
A glimpse of Geezerdom
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A couple of weeks ago my ham license expired (my 30th anniversary of being a ham.) Nowadays all I had to do was go the FCC website, fill out a little form and submit it. Given the average age of a ham these days, I imagine that this is a “still breathing” check.
Anyway, [...]
