The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

I hate the NY times

| May 11, 2007

Silence on Guns Truly responsible lawmakers would put political survival on hold and shut two of the most lethal loopholes in gun control created by the Republican-controlled Congress, with the Bush administration’s eager blessing. … The second abuse has made a mockery of homeland security by tolerating the sale of firearms to people on federal [...]

Zombies and the end of the world as we know it

| May 6, 2007

This is mostly as an unsolicited recommendation directed at , but I figured I'd post it here in case other folks are interested. Tales from the Afternow Darker Projects Darker projects has a bunch of stuff – zombies, horror, science fiction, etc. All of it is done very well.

Reloading room

| May 6, 2007

So, one of the nice things about the new house is that I get a reloading room and workshop. Reloading room – gun safe, ammo stockpile There's about 3000 rounds of 7.62×39, about 1000 of .45ACP, and a pretty insignificant amount of everything else. The .357 Magnum and .38 Special handguns are new acquisitions, and [...]

Book stack update

| May 4, 2007

It's been a long time since my last post of this ilk. I will not duplicate the reviews from the previous post. In addition to these, I am reading some technical papers and issues of American Rifleman. Finished: All Tomorrow's Parties, William Gibson This was decent, typical Gibson and a continuation of his ongoing plot [...]

More house pics

| May 3, 2007

Posted some more pics of the house – and these are mostly of the house this time (not nearly as many cats). Linky

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

| May 3, 2007

Today I mucked out the shed. It was previously used for goat pens, so it was full of hay and… stuff. But, it was nice to be out in the day. – you'll be happy to know that Arthur came out and helped. He walked around in the sun, made sure I was doing a [...]

Zombies

| May 2, 2007

A nifty flash Zombie Videogame which is worth a mention.