Leatherman bits

Just received my Leatherman Leatherman bits
in the mail. Apparently I left them at Bill’s place in Truckee. I pretty happey to have these little handy suckers back. Pitcher of PBR for Bill.

Fatwa for Steve Emerson

This last Monday Emily and I decided to check out Steve Emerson California Common Wealth Club forum. Steve was full of gloom and doom for any relations between democratic nations and Islamic nations. Of course Steve has earned the privilege of death sentence fatwa. He had some relevant points such as picking a few fights around religious freedom, freedom of speech and how Islamic groups manage to silence the American media through PC correctness and even worse threats of violence. However he also supported many of the covert actions by the American government preventing those freedoms. Perhaps he’s too deep to give an impartial analysis, but even with his bent view there he has some very important insights into what is going on.

Be sure to check these wikipedia entries:
- Steve Emerson
- fatwa

Diesel Ranch Scooter

I love this beyond dorky ranch motorcycle. It's like a pug dog, so ugly you just have to love it. Of course there isn't much ranch work to be done around my apartment, but I can dream right? Pitcher of PBR to ecorider.

Spinach Mayhem

Just in case you haven’t had enough spinach mayhem, you should check one of my favorite slate columns the explainer: Victual Ablutions

360 Plug

Someday I would like to build/refurbish a house and these would have to be the outlets I would want: http://www.360electrical.com/

Things to Do with Beer Bottles

This book looks to be lame enough to be transcend to being cool:
Stolen Snapshots Presents: Things to Do with Beer Bottles

T.M.X. Elmo

I've always liked tickle me Elmo and now the special 10 year version is even more fun:

cnn covers more

Penny Alcohol Backpacking Stove

I finally got around to building this beer can stove tonight. While it was fun, I doubt I would actually use it for backpacking. A white gas stove is worth all the extra weight and Esbit is lighter. However it’s not often you get to justify playing with fire and suggest building one for the fun of it anyway.


-rob

Crazy Iceberg

Emily just sent me this link: http://www.crazyshark.com/product_info.php?products_id=11&cPath=2

Anyone with a pool big enough please step forward :-)

Three runs

I ran in three of our teams winning runs. It was a pretty sweet. A pitcher of PBR for me :-)

Photographers Projecting Presumptions

Being a photographer I found this interesting article about a photographer callously misslabling labeling the action in the picture.

Good!

A new upstart magazine called Good looks to be quite interesting. They currently have the following mission statement on listed on the GoodMagazine home page: "Our mission is to simulate a culture of good by creating dialog around thing that matter." I find the website quite entrapping. Good currently has an article about folks painting abandoned homes in bright orange, incidentally before they get demolished. A grand idea by the mysterious vandals. Almost everyone involved with the magazine has earned a pitcher of PBR.

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Can Diversion Safe

If I had jewels and cash to hide - this would have to be the way:
PBR Safe

Hanns.b7G-HW-191D

Nineteen inch wide screen LCDs have started popping up for under $200. I picked up this one for $179.99. For the price I’m quite impressed, the LCD isn’t quite as good as my CRT, but the space savings improves the room and saves a little energy. I measured 62 watts vs. 31, not to shabby. I’d offer the engineers behind the hanns.g generic monitors a pitcher of PBR for bringing in a price performer.

Legos + rubber bands + bored young man = Chaingun

Mildly entertaining video at youtube, just don't put out an eye.

Old Crow Medicine Show

Last Friday I got see Old Crow Medicine Show live at Slims-sf. It was a good show, I would buy them a round of PBR, given the chance. Matty and Amber also made the show fun with some beer induced humor. Emily is also sure to blog about Crepe shack across the street, be sure to check it out: EmilyStyle.com

Quake Alarm

At first I thought this was quite silly, since it only gives you a few seconds warning. However what made sense was the alarms ability to tell alert you if an earthquake is actually going on. So instead of wondering is this a start of a earthquake or the couples up stairs are just being rowdy, you know to take cover or just turn up the radio before things get vocal. http://www.quakealarm.com/