Blog O'Stuff

Yesterday before heading down to Microcenter I spent a couple hours over at my parents' house showing my mother how to do various things...

For some time I've thought about redoing the desk in my office, where I have my XP box Bagend situated. Bagend has seen hardly any use...

Last week I setup an old PC (2 GHz P4 with 512 MB RAM) at the office with Kubuntu 7.10. The PC was a Cisco MCS7800 but actually made by IBM...

Heads up... Tomorrow, SCOTUSblog will be providing live coverage of the oral arguments in DC v. Heller .

One of the first albums I bought was Modern Times , by Jefferson Starship.  I got it shortly after it came out and wore out the record well ...

As I posted last week, my parents' PC died last week.   Gondor was a PIII/733 which I built when that chip was right at the sweet spot ...

Last weekend there was a gun show in Valley Forge.  I didn't go, but a couple friends did.  What they each told me confirmed my belief t...

Today I downloaded and installed on Rohan, my MacBook Pro, the latest beta version of Mozilla Firefox 3. As expected, a couple themes and ex...

Tonight I was glad I have a copy of the System Rescue CD . ("SRCD") My mother called me tonight to let me know that Gondor , my ol...

We had a busy weekend. Saturday morning I got myself to the optometrist for the first time in 10 years. Yes, I was way overdue. That said...

Since I returned to the Mac platform back at the end of 2004* I have not had the need to call Apple for tech support. However, I noticed re...

Like many people nowadays, my life involves dealing with a lot of data. Especially important items include the many usernames, logins, and ...

I was certainly disappointed but not surprised when I read that Thompson dropped out of the 2008 race yesterday. For the first time since I...

Happy New Year to all my readers.  May 2008 bring you health, wealth, and happiness. Today was the final day of my vacation.  I got the chan...

Because I use my MacBook Pro everyday and plan to keep it for a couple more years, I decided to buy an Applecare Protection Plan for it. A...

I went out yesterday with my Mini-14GB ( pics ) and my Marlin 336 ( pics ), which is pictured earlier in this thread. The GB gave me no end ...

Over on THR, a member posted about getting a Ruger 10/22 as his first gun and its suitability for home defense. This is my reply: A 10/22 i...

Some highlights from THIS article: "When I am president, I will build a fence," Thompson declared. Amnesty and illegal immigratio...

Come join the fun at Langhorne Rod & Gun Club in Langhorne, PA on 12/30/07 for their Kalashnikov Match. Arfcom thread HERE . TRP thread...

Saturday night the nor'easter that hit the NE part of the US blew into town.  We got wind and rain, no snow.  Yesterday was pretty crumm...