PBR
Maximum number of blue ribbons won by Pabst Blue Ribbon: 1
Year in which that solitary blue ribbon was won: 1893
Years they’ve been milking it: 119
It’s the insight into the little things that amuse me.
On the Brink…
Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for myself, I overcame these handicaps to become a bike riding, whiskey drinking, cubicle junkie.
May 8, 2012
March 29, 2012
“Imagine if the next iPad could run for days without a charge.”
Imagine if the next iPad could run for days without a charge.
Last time I checked, it does.
Maybe not the way Sam Biddle meant, but it does in the way that few high end gadgets ever have. 10+ hours of battery life is based on constant usage. You can watch over 10 hours of movies on the new iPad on one charge (12.8 according to CNET). The average user can fiddle with their iPad for days before the battery is depleted enough to require charging. I only charge my iPad once every 2-3 days, and it is rarely in the red as far as battery life. Now, I am not using it heavily all the time, but the device is still on and ready.
Is that to say I haven’t killed the battery in just one day? Of course not. It can be done, but I think a majority of people easily get 1-2 days of normal usage out of that 10+hour battery life in the real world.
March 22, 2012
New Virginia Motorcycle Legeslation
Richmond, Va.: On Feb. 28, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law House Bill 187, which was introduced by Delegate C. Todd Gilbert(R-Shenandoah). The new law, which takes effect July 1, prohibits law enforcement agencies from establishing checkpoints where the only vehicles subject to inspection are motorcycles.
The measure was introduced after the Arlington County Police Department set up a motorcycle-only checkpoint during the Rolling Thunder ride on May 28, 2011, that brings awareness to Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) issues.
Also signed was House Bill 97, sponsored by Delegate Tony Wilt (R- Harrisonburg), which provides that two two-wheeled motorcycles may ride abreast while traveling in a lane designated for one vehicle.
This is good news for riders in Virginia. Previous law regarding lane sharing was:
§ 46.2-857. Driving two abreast in a single lane.
A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives any motor vehicle, including any motorcycle, so as to be abreast of another vehicle in a lane designed for one vehicle, or drives any motor vehicle, including any motorcycle, so as to travel abreast of any other vehicle traveling in a lane designed for one vehicle. However, this section shall not apply to (i) any validly authorized parade, motorcade, or motorcycle escort, or law-enforcement officers driving motorcycles while on official duty…
You can read my view on motorcycle only checkpoint in this post I made back November 2011.
March 13, 2012
What is a PC?
A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator.
a microcomputer designed for individual use, as by a person in an office or at home or school, for such applications as word processing, data management, financial analysis, or computer games.
a general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software (as a word processor or Internet browser) for an individual user.
By every definition this is one. Stop arguing.
March 9, 2012
More proof that TOR is not the be-all and end-all for online anonymity.
LulzSec indictment published – they got him by his TOR usage http://scr.bi/wWDWDj (http://bit.ly/zO9Tby)
#trending
I love the idea of TOR (the Onion router) and it’s ability to give people some level of online anonymity. Unfortunately this is just one more case where that illustrates the fact that if the government wants to monitor you, they will.