Utilikilts

Every time these come up on my radar, I have an irrational urge to order one. I probably wouldn't wear it save around the house or with friends. I definitely don't have the build for it nor am I anywhere near tan enough. And yet still I want one...

Circle-strafe FTW!

Well, now. This solves my biggest complaint about console FPS games. Do believe I'm going to have to give this a try.

Competition Good

The tablet PC market appears to be growing rapidly. Toshiba has announced a "Smart Pad" tablet PC to be launched before October. This makes me happy. I want my PADD and I'm cheap. Competition is a good thing.

Underseat Storage

Thinking I might just have to have one of these. I was discussing with one of my coworkers about 2 months ago the necessity for something to organize the stuff under my back seat. With the jumper cables, first aid kits, tools, and such, I have a rather cluttered rear cab area. The ability to store rifles and then lock the compartment is a definite bonus in my opinion.

This little item has also piqued my interest to some degree. I'm just wondering if it'd be at the right height to head-butt me in the event of a collision...

Anti-Air Laser System

Anti-aircraft laser unveiled at Farnborough Airshow.

Raytheon has created a 50kW IR laser system that is capable of destroying UAVs, mortars, rockets and small surface ships. They've even mounted the system onto a Phalanx (CIWS) missile defense system.

This is just awesome.

At one of my former jobs, we created some wiring harnesses for a number of Raytheon products. Makes me wonder if they're doing the harnessing for this bad boy.

Amazon E-Book Sales

Amazon.com Claims It's Selling 80% More E-Books Than Hardcovers.

Note that they say hardcovers, thereby not including the less expensive and therefore more popular paperbacks. Still, that's impressive. I certainly wouldn't have thought it. Sure makes the Kindle and/or Nook look more desirable by the day.

Unimpressed

Oh, for the love of...

Really...why even bother?

Shopping Aggravation

I don't suppose anyone could point me to a site/store that carries big and tall clothing (as opposed to big OR tall).

I have no self-control. None.

Swung by one of the local funstores yesterday with a coworker to take a look at some of the 1911s they had. I've been thinking lately about getting back into 1911s to some extent. Ever since I saw the magwell funnel on one of my buddies' 1911s, I've wondered if the extra length on the grip would make the feel more along the lines I prefer. Currently, I'm thinking of going with a Kimber Custom II with a Wilson Combat magwell.

While we were there, I happened to see a rather familiar-looking outline on the wall. They had, in stock, a Marlin 1895GBL which I have been looking for for almost 6 months now. The price was comparable to any I'd found online (after shipping). After hearing about the shutdown of the original Marlin factory and the dissemination of its tooling to various Remington factories, it was very difficult to hand the rifle back to the salesman.

So difficult, in fact, that I broke down today and went back to purchase it. I'm now in the market for some 45-70 ammo. I'm actually trying to decide what kind of ammo I need. Normally, my firearms are more of the anti-personnel variety. As this is something more of a fun gun, I don't know if I need to get soft points, hard-cast, FMJ, or HPs. Guess I should just see what's available and go from there...

Let's Try This Again

Boy, it's been a while. I've decided to give this blog thing another try. I got a bit burnt out earlier and just quit altogether. I'm going to see if not focusing almost exclusively on firearms will help me stay in the mood to blog more often. We shall see.