matt | March 31, 2008
For those of you don't know, I have three major hobbies:
- Gaming
- Hackery things
- Shooting goodness
These three things ebb and flow. I spent a lot of the past year doing none of them (buying the house and all), and the year prior to that was a lot of shooting and not as much of the [...]
matt | March 28, 2008
Thinkpad T60p, new in box, < $900 (including shipping) from ebay. Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU, 2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM, a/b/g wireless, 1680×1050 resolution, ATI X1400 w/ 128MB RAM, 80 GB HDD.
It meets the requirements.
- WSXGA+
- Proper keyboard
- Wireless is either Atheros or Intel. Both supported by drivers included OOB in Ubuntu.
- Video card is supported [...]
matt | March 26, 2008
Dear computer companies,
You all suck.
You desktop makers aren't too bad, because I can take your crappy boards an cheaper than dirt power supplies and not buy them, and just roll my own. Effectively, I can ignore you.
You laptop guys, however….
Needs:
- 1680×1050 screen (WSXGA+) or better. WUXGA is perfect.
- 15.4″ max screen. Anything else is just [...]
matt | March 26, 2008
Some months ago, I sent an email to Senator Schumer in opposition to S.1105, the Matthew Sheppard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of this email, since it was via form submission. However, the crux of it was that whether I beat and rob you because you are [...]
matt | March 16, 2008
Cranesville, NY House Explosion. Our friend Sarah now lives down the street from where this happened.
This happened some years ago, and was supposed to be a live burn training exercise, with a house donated by one of the members of the community. In order to ensure the house went up, flammable liquid (gasoline, kerosene, diesel, [...]
matt | March 16, 2008
As a result of this post, I have a crazy scenario ratting around in my head. The Canadian Army, under the request of the eeevil President Nefarious, has called in the Canadian military to enforce universal disarmament laws which are being resisted by the citizenry.. (or, alternatively, the UN has called them in to [...]
matt | March 16, 2008
I went to my first fire call today. I got to play gofer and then relieved one of the folks on the hose when he had to go move a truck. 2 1/2″ line at 30 PSI will move you around if you're not careful.
The call was an illegal burn. The Department of Environmental Conservation [...]
matt | March 11, 2008
Canadian troops can be used on US soil (an the other way around). So.. we have a military force not bound by posse comitatus which is suitable for door-to-door searches and peacekeeping, with a specialist private army embodied in Ravenwood Blackwater. With many of our troops deployed… Hmmmm… I'm not saying that anything is going [...]
matt | March 10, 2008
GPS Stats:
Distance: 636.67 miles
Overall Avg: 60.5 m/h
Moving Avg: 63.5 m/h
Total Time: 10:31
Moving Time 10:01
Max Speed: 89.3 m/h*
Stopped: 29:49
= Some Quebecois in a minivan decided to try and pass me on the right. I didn't take kindly to that.
Total fuel consumption was about 16 gallons (I say about because I tanked up on the way down, [...]
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