Wednesday, December 15, 2010

iPad and iPad Apps



iPad charger/charging questions:

Per Apple, iPhone apps should work on the iPad without jailbreaking:
  • Apps for iPad (Apple)
    "If you already have apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, just sync them to iPad from your Mac or PC. They run in their original size or you can expand them to fill the iPad screen."

Jake's Apps:


Children's Books & Apps:

Main:
YouTube: iPad iMagineering - Penguin Books - DK ()

YouTube: Alice In Wonderland iBook (actually available as app, not an e-book in ePub format)
All of this made me wonder whether there are Choose Your Own Adventure books available for the iPad...

According to Wikipedia:
"In November 2009, 33 of the books in the series were released for the Amazon Kindle."
Further:
"In August, 2008 Magnetism Studios released the first Choose Your Own Adventure iPhone application, Return to Atlantis."
And:
"In 2010, U-Ventures began re-releasing several of Edward Packard's Choose Your Own Adventure books as iPhone apps."
In the External Links section of the Wikipedia entry, there is a link to the "U Ventures web site for e-version of books."


Other links:

Other:
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

iPhone and iPhone Apps

Using an iPhone without a wireless service plan
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406



iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296?viewlocale=en_US

Backup iPhone Contacts
http://www.sync-iphone.com/tag/backup



iPhone and Apple-related Forums:



Other Apps:


To-Do Lists:

Stuff I've read thus far:
  1. Topher Welsh (2011:Sep.07). "25 Fantastic To-Do List Apps for iPhone," iPhone.AppStorm.
  2. http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/100-incredibly-useful-free-iphone-apps/
  3. Topher Welsh (2010:Jan.19). "25 Fantastic To-Do List Apps for iPhone," iPhone.AppStorm
  4. Damien Oh (2008:Aug.17). "5 Useful To-Do List Apps For The iPhone," makeuseof.com
  5. hongkiat (????). "17 Useful iPhone Applications You Should Install," HONGKIAT.com
  6. Farhad Manjoo (2009:Jul.08). "iPhone Apps to Organize Your Life," New York Times.
  7. Andrey Samodeenko (2009:Apr.22). "App Review: The Best Free To-Do List App for iPhone and iPod Touch - Video Demonstration," Examiner.com: Open Source Examiner.
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Apps I've looked at:
  1. Todo ($5)
    http://www.appigo.com/todo
    http://itunes.apple.com/app/todo/id282778557?mt=8
  2. Things ($10)
    http://culturedcode.com/things/iphone/
    http://itunes.apple.com/app/things/id284971781?mt=8
  3. OmniFocus
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmniFocus
  4. Remember the Milk
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_The_Milk
    http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
  5. Things
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_%28application%29
    http://culturedcode.com/things/

Apps I've downloaded and am trying:
  1. To Do's List
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/to-dos-list/id349752683?mt=8
  2. http://www.reqall.com/
  3. http://www.equantech.com/EQT/Support.html
  4. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/iphone/
  5. http://www.yoctoville.com/
  6. http://iphone.appstorm.net/general/opinion-general/how-to-choose-the-best-to-do-app-for-you/
  7. http://rotilda.com/3445/best-iphone-app-to-do-list



Other:
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Second Amendment Repository

Look who's demanding gun control, by David Codrea


Here is my repository of Second Amendment-related items:

http://www.handgunlaw.us/
http://opencarry.org/
http://opencarry.org/maps.html


The term "regulated," in both its situational (i.e. "the militia") and historical (i.e. 1789-1791) context doesn't mean "buried under a shit-ton of restrictive laws, essentially transforming the right into a meaningless privilege."

Here are other words whose meanings have changed/shifted over time:
1.) cool (used to refer to temperature)
2.) bad (used to mean "the opposite of good")
3.) gay (used to have nothing whatsoever to do with sexuality)

Recommended reading in re 'well-regulated':
http://www.constitution.org/cons/wellregu.htm
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndmea.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Meaning_of_.22well_regulated_militia....22
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals%2Ftlj42&div=45&id&page
https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&doctype=cite&docid=76+Chi.-Kent+L.+Rev.+291&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&key=6e1d6a4734adf028757cfee0c6430627
http://www.2ampd.net/Articles/Tremoglie/a_well-regulated_militia.htm

BTW, prominent "liberal" constitutional lawyers (pretty much THE biggest two names in constitutional law) Sanford Levinson and Laurence Tribe both agree with me on this. LOL, j/k. It's the other way around... I agree with /them/ on this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Levinson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tribe

My ConLaw prof at Texas Tech was good friends with Levinson and assigned his seminal article "The Embarrassing Second Amendment" to us as reading. Originally published in Yale Law Journal, Guncite reprints it with permission from Yale L.J.:
http://www.guncite.com/journals/embar.html

Updates:

http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/04/chicagos-pointless-handgun-ban
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7705
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/03/09/bans-carrying-concealed-weapons-lifted-college-campuses/
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

TSA, "nudie scanners," and invasive pat-downs

The agency should be renamed "T&A," if you catch my drift...

This has recently become my new Facebook profile pic.

[HT to my friend Kenny Ketner, who turned me on to the original activism by Reddit]

At least it answers the age-old question:





Videos:

References:

Update1:

Miscellaneous:
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Minimum Wage Issues

Background:

Wikipedia has a fairly good intro to the minimum wage.

NCPA (Nat'l Center for Policy Analysis) has a cautionary tale for both major players in this debate:

Minimum Wage Debate: Why Both Sides Are Off Course


Argument:



Unemployment:

First, a quick study/discussion of unemployment from QuickMBA so that we're all on the same page.

YouTube: Milton Friedman debunks the minimum wage




Wage/salary compression:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V84-4C2R41T-3&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2004&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1551973414&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a6e0ad9d8defde797d59ebc1d5c51947&searchtype=a


Other:

These are not the only two issues related to arbitrary governmental increases in the minimum wage. Here are some other issues to think about:

"minimum wage" AND "crowding out"
"minimum wage" AND "opportunity cost"
"minimum wage" AND inflation (that is, any short-run benefit a MW worker might see would erode in the long term due to inflation)
"minimum wage" AND "savings rate" (related to the above)


Related pages:
Inflation



References:
  1. Wikipedia entry: Minimum wage.
  2. National Center for Policy Analysis (1999:Sep.16). "Minimum Wage Debate: Why Both Sides Are Off Course," Daily Policy Digest.
  3. National Center for Policy Analysis (2006:May 04). "Negative Effects of the Minimum Wage," Daily Policy Digest.
  4. QuickMBA entry: Unemployment.
  5. Tyler Cowen (2010:Oct.30). "How Immigrants Create More Jobs," New York Times.
  6. Matthew B. Kibbe (1988:May 23). "The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth," Cato Policy Analysis No. 106.
  7. Steven Horwitz (2010:Mar.05). "The Minimum Wage and Unemployment," Coordination Problem.
  8. Diana Furchtgott-Roth (2010:Jun.03). "Rising Minimum Wage, Rising Teen Unemployment," Real Clear Markets.
  9. United States Congress, Joint Economic Committee (1995:Feb.15). "50 Years of Research on the Minimum Wage," Talking Points.
  10. Craig Garthwaite (2003:Dec.26). "High minimum wage = high unemployment," Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  11. Ben Popken (2010:Nov.01). "Study: Higher Minimum Wage Doesn't Increase Unemployment," The Consumerist.
  12. Michael Pollick (2010:Sep.25). "Does Raising the Minimum Wage Cause Inflation?" wiseGEEK.
  13. Will Wilkinson (2006:Jun.16). "Have You No Respect for the Law (of Demand)?!" Cato@Liberty.
  14. Yahoo! Answers: What percent of Americans make minimum wage?
  15. J.D. Roth (2007:Oct.09). "Who Earns Minimum Wage? A Statistical Profile," Get Rich Slowly.
  16. J.D. Roth (2007:Oct.09). "Breaking the Shackles: How to Escape from Minimum Wage," Get Rich Slowly.
  17. Michael N. Wolfe & Charles W. Candland (1979:May). "Impact of the Minimum Wage on Compression," Personnel Administrator, v.24:no.5, p24-28,40
  18. Michael J. Hicks (2008:Sep.24). "Did the Increase in Minimum Wage Cause Our Unemployment Rate to Rise?" Bureau of Business Research, Ball State University.
  19. Wolfgang Lechthaler & Dennis J. Snower (2008:Dec.). "Minimum wages and training," Labour Economics, v.15:no.6, p.1223-1237 [ScienceDirect].
  20. Gylfi Zoega & Thorlakur Karlsson (2006:Oct.). "Does wage compression explain rigid money wages?" Economics Letters, v.93:no.1, p.111-115 [ScienceDirect].
    doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2006.03.043
  21. Warren Meyer (2011:Jan.21). "Minimum Wage," CoyoteBlog.
  22. Don Boudreaux (2012:Jul.23). "Economists for People Putting Their Own Money Where Their Mouths Are," Cafe Hayek.

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Social Security

I sometimes like to tease my more Progressive friends by adopting a hee-haw, 'hickish' accent and calling it "Socialist Security" (or "Socialist Insecurity"), but the truth (as always) is more complex than that.

"The Social Security and Medicare ‘Trust Funds’ Are a … What’s the Word? | Cato @ Liberty"
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-social-security-and-medicare-trust-funds-are-a-whats-the-word/

"Social Security Trust Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Trust_Fund

Further, it's neither a trust fund completely nor completely pay-as-you-go, but the PAYG.the fact that wholly certainly complicates non-partisan discussion on the matter.


Updates:
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Hoover Sucked

Get it? Anyhow, Hoover sucked, but not for the reasons most commonly attributed to him (e.g. the myth that he was a proponent of laissez-faire policies which led immediately to the Great Depression).



References:
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Friday, November 5, 2010

Voting and/or/vs Non-Voting

To begin with and for the record... I vote.

And I don't vote lightly, either. I take it seriously. Just like I take jury duty seriously.

However, the two are not the same, largely because voting is not a duty (i.e. it is not mandatory, at least not in this country).

It is a right (at the macro level; that is, in the aggregate) and a privilege (at the micro level; that is, for any particular individual). [1,2,3,4,5, 6, 7, 8]

But it is not a duty.

That doesn't stop some from thinking about it that way, though, or from attempting to frame the debate in such a manner.

Every election season I hear people imploring their fellow man (or woman, or why not just "citizen") to get out and vote, to be represented, to "let their voice be heard."

But largely our voices are not heard.

When a [let's assume male] politician votes a certain way, he doesn't poll his constituency. He votes his conscience (if you're a purist), or his donors' conscience (if you're a cynic). And he sometimes goes against both and votes his re-election.

I have never witnessed a politician say "I don't have any strong opinion one way or the other on abortion," (for example), "so I'm going to poll my constituents.

Gordon Tullock, one of the greatest living economists without a Nobel Prize to his name, explains just how much our [individual] vote counts:




I was surprised after this latest bout of elections to see an article by John Carney (on CNBC, of all places) that forgave non-voters their 'sin' in a hopefully-intentionally manner.

It is for all of these reasons and more that I defend non-voters and the concept of non-voting.

On one of the favorite economics-related blogs in my blogroll ("in my Google Reader account" is probably more accurate), Agoraphilia, blog co-author Glen Whitman tries to make a libertarian case against non-voting... and despite (IMHO) making the argument only half-heartedly (and probably only half-seriously) still manages to be quite convincing.

Granted, some people do not vote out of any rational calculation. They are apathetic, they forget, whatever. This post is not about those people. Rather, it is about the ones who decide to not vote based on at least some form of cost-benefit analysis.

As I mentioned to a dear childhood friend in a recent Facebook post, the reason is not always apathy:

Just to clarify, some people would take issue with the premise ("If you don't vote, your apathy..."). The reason is not 'apathy' for everyone who chooses non-voting. The vast majority of people who don't vote probably do so out of apathy. But some people have principled reasons for not participating in the process, even if I don't agree with them (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses, such as the Williams Sisters, who don't participate for religious reasons; some journalists, such as Newsweek/WaPo columnist/editor Robert J. Samuelson, for reasons of 'impartiality'; and some people, who believe that by doing so, they are sanctioning evil).

What are your thoughts? If you are a non-voter, did I cover your reasoning/rationale? If you are a voter, had you ever even considered the possibility of principled, informed non-voting? Do you agree or disagree with the concept of "non-voting" categorically, or is there any particular justification that you find particularly interesting or abhorrent? I am particularly interested in any glaring (or otherwise) problems voters and non-voters alike can find with any of the logic undperpinning any of the reasons discussed here.






Citations/Footnotes:
  1. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2006:Jan.19). "The Right to Vote," The Nation.
  2. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2003:Nov.22). "Fighting for a 'Right to Vote' Constitutional Amendment," Position Paper, FairVote "Claim Democracy Conference," Washington College of Law, American University.
  3. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2004:Sep.07). "Do Americans Have The Right To Vote?" National Press Club, Washington, DC.
  4. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (undated). "The 'Right To Vote' Amendment," Democrats.com.
  5. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2005:Mar.10). "The Fundamental Right You Don't Have," TomPaine.com.
  6. Jesse Jackson, Jr (2005:Jan.6). "Our Voting System Needs A New Constitutional Foundation," Floor Statement during Challenge to Ohio Election. CommonDreams.org
  7. FairVote (undated). "Right to Vote Frequently Asked Questions," The Center for Voting and Democracy.
  8. ACSblog (2011:Sep.13). "Does the U.S. Constitution Guarantee Americans an Affirmative Individual Right to Vote?" American Constitution Society for Law and Policy.
  9. Gordon Tullock [interview] (2008:Aug.22). "Voting Schmoting," WGBH Lab.
  10. John Carney (2010:Nov.02). "It's Okay That You're Not Voting Today," CNBC.com.
Of interest:
asdf (). "Row over vote orgasm video," asdf


Updates:
http://www.theonion.com/video/voting-machines-elect-one-of-their-own-as-presiden,14286/



Some links above have expired. As of 10/23/2014, this list is current:
http://www.thenation.com/article/right-vote
http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=2344
https://web.archive.org/web/20110413120128/http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/il02_jackson/sp040907DoAmericansHaveTheRightToVote.shtml
http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=12581
https://web.archive.org/web/20080918115231/http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_fundamental_right_you_dont_have.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20130529093917/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0106-35.htm
http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/right-to-vote-amendment/right-to-vote-f-a-q/
http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/does-the-us-constitution-guarantee-americans-an-affirmative-individual-right-to-vote

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween

Archives:
  • 2007: Cordell Walker (from Walker, Texas Ranger) [wiki, imdb]
  • 2008: Skeevy '70s porno guy?
  • 2009: Lt. Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn (from Super Troopers) [wiki, imdb]
  • 2010: Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV (from Magnum, P.I.) [wiki, imdb]
  • 2011: Batman ("The Dark Knight" costume)
  • 2012: The Most Interesting Man In The World
  • 2013: God's Gift To Women
  • 2014: [secret]
  • x


Future Costume Ideas:


Resources:
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

The 'outrage' of a mosque in the vicinity of Ground Zero.

Something a friend posted on Facebook (Monday, July 19th) to gin up a little populist outrage:

Meredith Jessup (2010:Jul.18). "What Role is the US Gov't Playing in Building the Groud Zero Mosque?" Townhall.com
http://townhall.com/blog/g/bd1a5d26-d443-4f87-8a94-47c4d31fecfe

My response:

"Whose land is it?"

Then:

"Is this private land, or is it stuff the state probably shouldn't own, but does anyway?"

Then after someone asked (seriously) "How do we stop it?" and someone else stated "Symbolism matters. That is why they want to build it and that is why they should not," I responded:

"How does one prevent a private entity (such as a Muslim mosque, or Christian church, or Jewish synagogue) from building a house of worship on private land (i.e. that they have already acquired)? Or, how does a government (be it federal, state, regional, or local) choose to *not* sell land they probably shouldn't have owned in the first place, but (for better or worse) do anyway, to members of one religion, even if it is [arguably] symbolic?"

A few days later, Reason caught up to this story.

I think he missed some important issues here (like the ones *I* raised, lol), but oh well:

Steve Chapman (2010:Jul.22). "Repeal Religious Freedom at Ground Zero? It's wrong to 'refudiate' the First Amendment," Reason.
http://reason.com/archives/2010/07/22/repeal-religious-freedom-at-gr
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

The genus 'Syma' (Kingfishers)

Per Wikipedia, there are two species in the genus 'Syma':
  • Syma megarhyncha (the Mountain Kingfisher)
  • Syma torotoro (the Yellow-billed Kingfisher)

Ever since learning of this ~10-15 years ago, I have been intrigued with this genus (since I share a last name with it).

How did the genus acquire the name 'Syma'? If my understanding of [Linnean?] taxonomy is correct, the describer gets to name the genus.

Per Wikipedia, Syma megarhyncha was described by Salvadori in 1896.

Per Wikipedia, Syma torotoro was described by Lesson in 1827.

Thus, Lesson would have been the describer who got to 'name' the genus Syma (Wikispecies confirms this). But why? The answer to that is likely in his paper,* which is written in French.

According to Wikipedia, René Primevère Lesson was was a French surgeon and naturalist.


* Bulletin Universel Des Sciences Et De L'Industrie. 11 sect2(Sci.Nat.Geol.) p.443
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The whole 'gay marriage' thing...

First, what I consider to be some "required reading" on the subject:

Andrew Sullivan (2003:Jun.22). "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage," Time.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,460232,00.html

Jacob Sullum (2003:Jul.7). "Wedding March: Marriage is not a government program," Reason.
http://reason.com/archives/2003/07/07/wedding-march

Susan M. Shell (2004:Summer). "The Liberal Case Against Gay Marriage," The Public Interest.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0377/is_156/ai_n6143562/

Steve Chapman (2009:Apr.27). "A Federalist Case for Gay Marriage: Let each state decide the issue for itself," Reason.
http://reason.com/archives/2009/04/27/a-federalist-case-for-gay-marr

Steve Chapman (2009:Aug.20). An Odd Silence on Gay Marriage: Why won't leading opponents of same-sex marriage go on the record with their predictions?" Reason.
http://reason.com/archives/2009/08/20/an-odd-silence-on-gay-marriage

Robert A. Levy (2010:Jan.7). "The moral and constitutional case for a right to gay marriage," New York Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/01/07/2010-01-07_the_moral_and_constitutional_case_for_a_right_to_gay_marriage.html

Theodore Olson (2010:Jan.08/09). "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage: Why same-sex marriage is an American value," Newsweek.
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/08/the-conservative-case-for-gay-marriage.html

Robert Barnes (2010:Jun.14). "Olson surprises many conservatives by seeking to overturn gay-marriage ban," Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061305057.html

Steve Chapman (2010:Jul.5). "How Republicans Made Their Peace with Sodomy: The GOP's selective case against judicial activism," Reason.
http://reason.com/archives/2010/07/05/how-republicans-made-their-pea
(not technically a "gay marriage" article, but it addresses one argument some conservatives have against gay marriage)

Jacob Sullum (2010:Jul.9). How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Equal Protection Argument for Gay Marriage
http://reason.com/blog/2010/07/09/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying

Jacob Sullum (2010:Jul.14). "Who's Afraid of Federalism? Gay marriage and the 10th Amendment," Reason.
http://reason.com/archives/2010/07/14/whos-afraid-of-federalism

Now... what was your question?



Religious Aspects:




Updates:

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

arfcom camping trip (2010)

Lazy L & L

02:00 -- check-in time
12:00 -- check-out time


first choice:
something in the 101-133 area

second choice:
something in the 15-34 area

third choice:
something in the 1-10 area

fourth choice:
something in the 41-100 area

fifth choice:
something in the 11-14 area
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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Shopping


LED-LCD Flat-Panel TVs:
  • $340: 42" Westinghouse LED 1080p/120Hz HDTV (LD4258) | Wal-Mart
  • $378: 40" Westinghouse LED 1080p/120Hz HDTV (LD4065) | Sam's
  • $399: 40" Westinghouse LED 1080p/120Hz HDTV (LD4065) | Best Buy
  • $489: 42" Westinghouse LED 1080p/120Hz HDTV (LD4258) | NewEgg
  • $499: 46" Westinghouse LED 1080p/120Hz HDTV (LD4680) | Target

Got-cha Pod (for nightstand gun)



Shopping Sites:

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KyGunCo

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Salomon

My old shoes are Salomon Techamphibians... not sure of the exact model.
These are the ones I want next:

Salomon RX Travel
Style #:  SAL01294
http://www.leftlanesports.com/Product.aspx?l=00010024051000000000&p=SAL01294&sc=00010024051000460000&s=13140


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Garage Door for Carport:

Dealers in Lubbock, TX:

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Aluminum Can Crushers
  • Harbor Freight (34th & I-27) | link
  • Home Depot (50th & Boston = no | W Loop 289 = ??)
  • Lowe's ()
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Vanity Plates:
Ideas:
  • 357-SIG (not available)
  • GOT-SIG (available)
  • 3WA-FFM (available)

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$20: various glasses at Target

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  • $40 -- link -- Netgear DGN2200 Refurbished Wireless-N N300 Router with Built-In DSL Modem (DGN2200-100NAR)
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  • $49 -- link -- Linksys E1200 Wireless-N Router
  • $54 -- link -- Belkin Components Belkin Play Wireless Router Wireless router - 4-port switch (integrated) - EN, Fast EN, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
  • $55 -- link -- Belkin Share Wireless Router


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http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=416534

Obi-Wan Kenobi Force FX Lightsaber
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1223194

Obi-Wan Kenobi Force FX Lightsaber with Removable Blade
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1320530

Deluxe Children's Ahsoka Tano Costume
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1224826

Costumes
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/category.xml?topcatID=1300264;category_id=1300600

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes for PC (DVD) - with a bonus 96-page comic
$20: SKU=CWLECRHPC
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1314938

Millennium Falcon Auto Sun Shade
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1321426

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1317594

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http://www.amazon.com/Spousonomics-Economics-Master-Marriage-Dishes/dp/0385343949/
http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Looking-Euclid-Surprising-Astonishing/dp/1416588256/

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Old Nike shoes I gave to a down-on-his luck guy at a gas station in Junction...

I purchased them in the mid-'90s... probably 95, but possibly as late as '96, but no later.

I know I had them when I worked for Dr. Woodruff, because I remember wearing them out to his house in Rockport.

They were *not* the Air Huarache or Air Pegasus... as much as my mind wants to [mis-]remember them that way.

They were base-color white, with purple and lime-green. I want to say they had a running shoe front instead of a cross-trainer front, but I can't swear to it.

They had "cut-outs" mid-sole like the [original] Nike Breathe Free II. [link1; link2; link3]

I have tried (unsuccessfully) to find an archive of Nike products, but I did find this:

Josh Spear (2006:Jan.17). "Nike's Shoe Archive," Josh Spear blog.

That includes a link to this:

Nike Archive Shoe Wish List

From there, I found this email address:

archives@nike.com

Who knows...

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Replacement screen for netbook: Acer AspireOne ZG5

Search eBay for:
  • acer zg5 B089AW01
  • acer zg5 lcd
  • acer zg5 screen
  • acer zg5 parts
  • acer zg5 "for parts"

Removal/Replacement Instructions:

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TVs:
  • 21" Emerson EWF2002 [60Hz]
  • RCA & S-Video in rear + RCA in front
  • 21" Sony Trinitron KV-20FV12 (Sep.2001) [60Hz]
  • RCA & S-Video in rear + RCA in front


Video Cables

VGA-to-RCA
VGA-to-Composite
VGA-to-Component
VGA-to-S-video

How to Convert VGA to Composite Video (eHow)
How HDMI Works (HowStuffWorks)
Quick Guide: HDMI and HDMI cables (CNET)
iPhone, iPad, iPod: TV out support (Apple Support)
VGA to TV converter (ePanorama.net)

List of video connectors (wikipedia)

RCA
Composite video
Component video
S-video
VGA
DVI
HDMI



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Streaming Player:
  • Apple TV [wiki; official website]
  • Logitech Revue™ with Google TV [wiki; official website]
    • cons: NBC, ABC, CBS, and Hulu have blocked Google TV enabled devices from accessing their web content
  • Roku Streaming Player [wiki; official website]
    • Roku SD (legacy equipment as of August 2010)
      • $45: eBay (refurbished)
      • $75: Amazon
    • Roku HD (legacy equipment as of August 2010)
      • $70: ElectoBros
      • $75: Amazon
    • Roku HD-XR (legacy equipment as of August 2010)
      • Model: N1101
      • $120: web
    • Roku HD
    • Roku XD
    • Roku XD|S
  • Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player [wiki; official website]
    • Model STCEA201-RK (Media Player Only)
      • $60: xyz (direct from Seagate)
    • Model ST905004CEA2E1-RK (Media Player + 500GB Drive)
      • $160 xyz (direct from Seagate)
      • $293: xyz
  • Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer [wiki; official website]
    • Model number: HID-C10
      • $110: xyz
      • $130: xyz
  • Sony Network Media Player [wiki; official website]
    • Model number: SMP-N100
      • $57: xyz (used, eBay)
      • $130: xyz
  • WD TV Network Media Players [wiki; official website]
    • Which WD TV is for me?
    • WD TV Live
      • WDBAAN0000NBK
      • $64 (refurb, eBay)
      • $70 (stores)
    • WD TV Live Plus
      • WDBABX0000NBK
      • $60 (refurb, eBay)
      • $90 (Centrix)
      • $90 (stores)
    • WD TV Live Hub
      • WDBABZ0010BBK
      • $190
      • $200
  • d

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Craigslist: Video Gaming

PS3:
  • Gen1
    • 20GB (backwards compatible hardware for PS2 games) | CECHB01
    • 60GB (backwards compatible hardware for PS2 games) | CECHA01?
  • Gen2
    • 60GB (backwards compatible software for PS2 games) | CECHA01?
    • 80GB (backwards compatible software for PS2 games) | CECHE01
  • Gen3
    • 40GB (NOT backwards compatible for PS2 games) | CECHG01
    • 80GB (NOT backwards compatible for PS2 games) | CECHK01
    • 160GB (NOT backwards compatible for PS2 games) | CECHP01
  • Gen4.0
    • 120GB (slim) |
    • $299 (upon release)
    • 250GB (slim) |
    • $349 (upon release)
  • Gen4.5
    • 160GB (slim) |
    • $299 (upon release)
    • 320GB (slim) |
    • $399 (upon release)
  • [source1, source2,]

XBOX 360:


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Magpul order4:

shipped on [backordered]
Ship Method: FedX Ground Commercial
Tracking Number: [xxx]
Order Number: 227803
1 @ $2.95 | MAG973-RED ( Magpul 1 Logo 5 pack-RED )
http://fedex.com/Tracking

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Knives


Hibben Knives

Double Shadow

Double Shadow PROTO

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Sig Sauer baseball cap
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[snip]

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Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy
It's a Trap!

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Jewelry Shopping:
link
link
link
link
link
link
link

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Magnum's Hawaiian Shirt, The Jungle Bird

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$oos | 42" 6-Pocket Assault Rifle Case (CTD, Allen 1065)
$oos | 36" Diplomat Tactical 36" Padded Weapons Case (LAPG, Diplomat-8046)
$oos | 36" Diplomat 36 Inch Rifle Case (LAPG, Diplomat-RC36-8032)
$ 19 | 40" Tactical Rifle Gun Case with 6 Pockets (MidwayUSA)
$ 20 | 36" Ace Case High Point Rifle Case 36.5" (CTD, CASE-509)
$ 27 | 33" Uncle Mike's Tactical Rifle Case (GT Dist, UM-521X-1)
$ 28 | 33" Uncle Mike's Tactical Rifle Case (LAPG, UncleM-RifleCase 52121)
$ 30 | 24" Bucket Boss 06049 Gatemouth Long Boy (24" unintentional discrete carry bag)
$ 46 | 20" Sat-Com discrete carry bag (20")
$140 | 26" LaRue covert rifle case (26")

Google Products (rifle cases tactical)

http://www.opticsplanet.net/leapers-deluxe-tactical-33-tactical-gun-case-pvc-ad33b.html
http://www.atafa.com/sports/products/Allen_Assault_Universal_Tactical_Rifle_Black_Soft-263513.html
http://www.lg-outdoors.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SS_48815
http://www.antarespro.com/3158336-item-Uncle+Mike+s-5212-1-Home+++Living+++Outdoor+++Sports+++Hunting+++Gun+Cases+++Soft+Rifle+Cases-043699521210-+Medium+Tactical+Rifle.aspx?sgd=330d314d319d319d308
http://www.pistolandpawn.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=42946&zenid=d95ea3cdd7cbee6583cbbdf9118bacc1
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/45609-1.html

$ 10 | Magpul iPhone Field Case
$ 10 | Ace Case Tuckable Holster (for small guns such as my TPH)



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LAPG Shopping Cart
Item Options Unit Price Qty. Cost
BlackHawk Demo Gun - OVERSTOCK [remove]
  • Color and Gun Type : 44DG226RGY: Grey, SIG 226
 $23.24 $23.24
LA Police Gear Elastic Waistband Fubar Pant - CLOSEOUT [remove]
  • Color/Size : KH-34 x 36: Khaki
 $11.99 $11.99
LA Police Gear Pistol Case - Closeout [remove]
  • Color : OD Green
 $8.99 $8.99
Tru-Spec #550 Paracord 100 Foot Length [remove]
  • Color : 5069: Olive Drab
 $4.99 $4.9


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Perfect Fit Button reviews:

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SDHC cards for additional laptop memory:

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EyeToy for PS2 (mfr first by Logitech, then by Namtai)

There are three different models:
  • SLEH-00030
  • SLEH-00031
  • SCEH-0004
$10 on eBay (+ $3.75 s&h)
$05 on Amazon (+8.00 s&h)

Official EyeToy site

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DVD Sale- Hollywood Video-Lubbock (5704 4th Street Lubbock, TX)
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/emd/1744246181.html



Video Game Consoles:
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/vgm/

selling everything
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/vgm/1743255036.html

Super Nintendo Mini + Cables and Controller SNES - $40
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/vgm/1740046049.html

N64 for sale or trade - $40 (plus 3 games)
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/vgm/1730995267.html

Black Nintendo Gamecube - $35
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1735396002.html

Nintendo Wii Console and more - $150
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1739331261.html



Computer Monitors:

Dell 1504FP 15 inch flat screen monitor - $25
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1740892973.html

Dell Monitor....$20
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/sys/1741511138.html

Large Computer Monitor: $10
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/gms/1742492324.html



Television Sets:


http://www.overclock.net/t/662628/60hz-vs-120hz-explained


http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/

27inch TruFlat RCA TV - $75 (neg)
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1742711866.html

27 inch wide screen Toshiba - $60 (1080p)
I will throw in a 100 dollar black and steel TV stand that fits the TV for 10 dollars
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1742771044.html

Hitachi 52" LCD Rear ProJection TV - $175
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1743099531.html
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/fuo/1743102720.html

37 inch TV - $50
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1729644833.html

Emerson 19-inch TV w/ Remote - $25 (obo)
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1740024960.html

27 " Polaroid Television - $50
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/ele/1743028934.html



http://groups.freecycle.org/LubbockFreecycle/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LubbockFreecycle/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LubbockForSale/
http://lubbock.craigslist.org/


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Favorite Cars:
  • Mercedes-Benz 300SL (wikipedia | x)
  • Chevrolet Corvette (wikipedia | National Corvette Museum | x)
  • C1 (1953-1962)
  • C2 (1963-1967)
  • 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe
  • C3 (1968-1982)
  • C4 (1984-1996)
  • C5 (1997-2004)
  • C6 (2005-present)
  • C7 (???)
  • Car and Driver said in April 2011, "We anticipate change in the C7 will be apparent at a glance, even to casual observers." "It seems certain the coupe will feature a split rear window – a la the one-year Sting Ray coupe of 1963. In this case it will be an optional feature."
  • Ford Mustang (wikipedia | x)
  • Gen1 (1964–1973)
  • 1968 (wikipedia | x)
  • Gen2 (1974–1978)
  • Gen3 (1979–1993)
  • Gen4 (1994–2004)
  • Gen5 (2005–present)
  • Ford GT40 (wikipedia | x)
  • Ford GT70 (wikipedia | x)
  • Ford GT90 (wikipedia | x)
  • Ford GT (wikipedia | x)
  • Ford GT300(wikipedia | x)
  • AC Cobra (wikipedia | x | colloquially known as the "Shelby Cobra")
  • Bill Thomas Cheetah (wikipedia | x)

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Gold Remote Bundle by Nintendo
  • Part Numbers: 250145C, RVLRSOUE, TOUCH PRESE
  • UPC: 045496902667
  • Sears Item# 05841581000
  • Model# RVLRSOUE
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Limited Edition) Gold Remote Bundle
  • UPC: 45496902667
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Limited Edition) Gold Remote Bundle
  • UPC: 45496902667
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Limited Edition) Gold Remote Bundle
  • UPC: 45496902667
  • SKU: EA3BEAB6
  • Item Code: RVL-R-SOUJ / 4902370519181
  • Item #: 275414
  • SKU: EA3BEAB6
  • UPC/EAN/ISBN: 045496902667
  • Manufacturer #: RVLRSOUE
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