Author Archives: alan

Sorry GOP, still not voting for Romney

Posted on April 10, 2012 by alan

You can make a turd sandwich but you can’t make me eat it.

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SQRPT: Behind the scenes

Posted on April 10, 2012 by alan

As of the third episode, here’s what I use for The Squirrel Report. A cheap Behringer 1204FX mixer. A lot of people think Behringer is crap but this isn’t a music studio, it’s a show with questionable audio quality from … Continue reading →

Posted in What Am I Doing? | 1 Comment

SQRPT LIVE! TONIGHT!

Posted on April 6, 2012 by alan

Friday 4/6 at 8:30 pm Central. Listen live here. I’ve increased the max live listeners to 50 since we maxed out the old limit of 25 last time. I wouldn’t mind at all having to increase it again. Stop by … Continue reading →

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5 Years

Posted on March 29, 2012 by alan

Earlier in the week, this blog turned 5. That’s like 1000 in Internet years.

Posted in Teh Interwebz | 17 Comments

SQRPT: Episode 2, Friday @ 8:30 Central

Posted on March 29, 2012 by alan

We’ll be WEERDless again, he’s decided to have some kind of social life for a few weeks, but the rest of us will be there. Stop by and have a chat.

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The Squirrel Report, First Episode on Friday

Posted on March 22, 2012 by alan

The first official episode of The Squirrel Report will air live, Friday at 8:30 Central. You can listen live here. I’ll give out the call in number during the show.

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New iPad

Posted on March 19, 2012 by alan

My new iPad arrived Friday. The screen looks like a glowing printed page, it’s amazing. That said, if you already have an iPad 2 and don’t need LTE then there’s no need to rush out and get the new iPad. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, iPad | 5 Comments

M&P 9mm + Apex

Posted on March 9, 2012 by alan

Smith & Wesson should just cut a deal with Apex to put their triggers and sears in every M&P. Took me about 30 minutes to get the trigger, sear and RAM installed and a lot of that was watching the … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, What Am I Doing? | 8 Comments

M&P 9mm

Posted on March 7, 2012 by alan

This past weekend I joined the M&P 9mm club (compact version). I haven’t had time to shoot it yet but I’ve already ordered the APEX replacement trigger. The stock trigger break is a little too violent. So far I’ve not … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, What Am I Doing? | 14 Comments

This is interesting…

Posted on February 25, 2012 by alan

Based on a comment at SayUncle I made a screen recording of this: Here is a .mov if you want to see it bigger: smokeandthunder.com redirects to vpc.org I can’t think of a legitimate reason that a bad virtual directory … Continue reading →

Posted in Snark, Teh Interwebz | 15 Comments