Category Archives: What Am I Doing?

A Rifle for Boomershoot

Posted on November 6, 2008 by alan

Boomershoot is getting near and I still need a rifle, so I bought a Remington 700 5-R I found at the local merchant of death. All my previous long range (> 100 yards) shooting has been wth ARs in .223 and … Continue reading →

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Gun Store Report

Posted on November 5, 2008 by alan

I’m at a local merchant of death, looking at a Remington 700 in .308. I don’t know if it’s an Obama effect or just the economy but the store is hopping.

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I'm busy

Posted on October 30, 2008 by alan

So blogging has been light lately.      After a long day staring into the glowing screen, the last thing I want to do is fire up the notebook when I get home.     That and I’m completely burned … Continue reading →

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Party Day

Posted on October 25, 2008 by alan

Multiple birthday parties today. First is Build A Bear at 10:00 for my daughter’s birthday party (she’s 8). Then this afternoon it’s laser tag for another kid’s 8th birthday party. Oh, and there was a Halloween party last night and … Continue reading →

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Email Geekery

Posted on October 21, 2008 by alan

Today I redirected the snarkybytes.com email (MX record) to Google who is now hosting my email. Thanks Google! I’ve also changed the public key on the sidebar to match the new email address within the snarkybytes domain. (The old one … Continue reading →

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Email Encryption

Posted on October 18, 2008 by alan

Several years ago I tried to get everyone I knew to use encrypted email and I failed miserably.   I don’t know if it was too hard for them to set up or if there was a false sense of … Continue reading →

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It's Texas – OU Weekend.

Posted on October 11, 2008 by alan

So I’m doing what every sensible person in DFW is doing. Staying home.

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Blog Stats Update: The search continues

Posted on October 10, 2008 by alan

Ever since the SiteMeter fiasco, I’ve been looking for a blog stat package that I can believe. Unfortunately I’ve not been successful. I’ve been running WP Stats, CyStats and StatPress as well as SiteMeter. I’ve also used the raw httpd … Continue reading →

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There and Back

Posted on October 6, 2008 by alan

To Houston that is. Drove down this morning to see a man about a network. Drove right back. Total round trip time (driving): 9 hours. Lots of trees still lying around waiting to be cut up. A few roofs being … Continue reading →

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Saturday Morning Gunfire

Posted on September 20, 2008 by alan

Eating breakfast, catching up on teh Interwebz and listening to the morning dove hunters in the nearby fields.    What a beautiful morning.

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