Year: 2006

Maybe I’m just tired and busy trying to catch up from my recent trip, but I find myself with little of substance to say. So…

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Didja miss me? The trip I was on was a “mostly business” trip to Monterey, CA. Yes, I was a pilgrim in an unholy land,…

I’m going to be heading west tomorrow for business. Blogging will be light to non-existent, depending on whether or not I decide to drag my…

Napster, Gnutella, allofmp3.com, LimeWire, BitTorrent–the Internet literate know these are all various ways that pirated media content is moved around the world. They exist for…

I’m just waiting for the feminists to jump on this bandwagon: An old-boy network at Hewlett-Packard contributed to the legal troubles of former Chairman Patricia…

(Via Timebomb 2000) I’ve made several posts in the past weeks on how to lose the war in Iraq/War on Terror. Want to know how…

OK, since everyone knew that I was finally going to the range, I’ll just bet you’re actually expecting me to blog about it, huh? Saturday…

So let’s see a show of hands out there–who is surprised that North Korea was able to develop a nuclear weapon? Yeah, that’s about what…

Last night, a cold front passed through, bringing rain and much cooler temperatures. On the drive to work this morning, the change in leaf colors…

I missed the story yesterday that criminal charges have been filed in the HP spying-leaking case. According to News.com, former Chairman Patricia Dunn and former…

(Via Chaos Manner) It starts with “The Jihad, the Islamic so-called Holy War, has been a fact of life in Europe, Asia, Africa and the…

Oh Lord, my sides *hurt*. Oh yeah. Bow season ends November 3, muzzle-loading season starts November 4 and ends November 10 and gun season starts…

(But I repeat myself….) I’ve been watching with some amusement and some alarm the flap revolving around the Mark Foley “Hey young man, would you…

This just isn’t the year for gunblogging for me, I guess. Or shooting. I haven’t gotten to the range in months. The callus on my…

Gunmen linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement threatened Tuesday to assassinate leaders of the rival Hamas group… That would be one way to…

(Via News.com. Original story here.) If you’re stuck running Windows, you may be like a lot of people, refusing to upgrade to the latest, greatest,…

Any fan of the James Bond franchise will remember the character of Tiger Tanaka from “You Only Live Twice“. The Register is reporting that Tetsuro…

(Via Drudge) The city (New York City–FH) health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city’s 24,600 food service…

Col. Jeff Cooper, the father of the Modern Technique of shooting, died today at his home with his wife and daughter by his side. Col.…

A group of experts (well, at least they say they are) have evaluated various scenarios for the future and noted the ones they think most…

Apple has sent the first of what is doubtless to be a large number of cease and desist letters to a website that catalogs podcasts.…

News.com reports that Patricia Dunn has resigned her seat on the board of HP. A welcome step forward, but only a step. However, it appears…

The good news just keeps coming, I suppose: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a major policy shift, have recommended that all…

Should the people who banned DDT pay a price for the deaths and suffering caused by what is turning out to be one of the…

FOXNews is reporting that US Census Bureau, the nosiest government agency there is, (way outside their Constitutional role) has lost 246 laptops containing personal information…

You may or may not have heard about the Hewlett-Packard’s snoop-fest on board members, employees and reporters. It’s already cost the Chairman of the Board,…

ars technica is reports on a new tool to help preserve your ever-shrinking privacy. The Torpark web browser can live on a flash drive, has…

Hugo Chavez made this remark during his speech to the United Nations last night: And maybe we have to change location. Maybe we have to…

My pirate name is: Captain Bartholomew Rackham Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. You…