After a hardware disaster, corrupted backups, professional data restoration, a hardware upgrade complete with more hardware failure (somehow a new power supply i bought at FRY’s was DOA!), everything is mostly back to normal. Everything is running on newer builds…
John's Random Review
A totally random collection of stuff. Though now that facebook exists, its mostly guns and video games…
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A small wood finishing project.
Before i get to the wood part of the project, can you identify the object the wood goes with? If you’ve never seen one stripped down, you might not recognize it. Here’s a better “pre” picture that will make everything…
Can it be?
I was browsing random crap on ebay today…and on my profile, saw this: Member since: Feb-16-99 in United States Holycrap, really? I’ve been buying stuff off ebay for a decade? I thought that ebay would die a quick death, like…
Truth, lies, and gun statistics
I posted most of this as a comment on the blog of Michael Yon, a former special forces operator turned war journalist, in a response to his post: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/tons-of-arms-flowing-to-mexico.htm. I really respect Michael, and read all of his disptaches and…
The president is not supposed to be your friend.
I’m sorry, but the President is not supposed to be your friend. Going on TV with a NCAA bracket? Going on Jay Leno while being President? Neither of these things is Presidential. The former is a thing that a 23…
Random Review: Too Human
Very weird game. It ended in the middle of the story. It took me a while to get a hang of the controls and equipment, and then about the time i was really getting into it, a cutscene ends, and…
What Combat Weaponry Are You?
What Combat Weaponry Are You? M-134 “Mini-Gun” A true brute, you have a “presence” every where you go. You can take on any opponent with little effort, your dependable and your reputation does the talking. Click Here to Take This…
The Xbox360 repair process got WORSE since last time…
So last night i tried to go to the xbox support website to get my 360 repaired. But the site was down for maintenance. Today i went to the support website to get my 360 repaired. I get a useless…
Random Review: Spike’s Tactical AR .22LR rifle
With my stimulus check, i built a rifle! And since my xbox has RRoD’d again, i have some free time to write about it! Assembly It all starts as what they call a “stripped lower receiver”. This is the part…
Not again!!!!
Almost 2 years ago (Feb 3, 2007) Today (Dec 6, 2008) Ah, crap…. RRoD #2 on my 360. March would be 3 years and the end of the free replacement warranty… maybe i need to buy a new one? I…
