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Continue reading →: A good day…
A good day. My buddy Jon Roberts is probablyl right, don’t swing too hard. Best thing is knowing that more help is on the way: * Cheers and Smiles for U.S. Troops in a Captured City. A good day it looks like. Main thing is will the ordinary people in…
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Continue reading →: Rumsfeld Criticized
Rumsfeld’s Design for War Criticized on the Battlefield. Now the flood gates are open. Hopefully, getting more of the right people in will help in Iraq. This piece is particularly good as it explains the strained relationship between Rumsfeld and Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff. Also points out that…
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Continue reading →: Bias Lighting
CinemaQuest, Inc. – Home Page. Believe it or not, a big improvement for me at home was having the right backlight on the television. This is actually pretty important and it is cheap to get the right light. However, Cinemaquest seems like the only folks with the exact right color…
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Continue reading →: Speaker Mounts and Stands
Axiom Forum. I’ve always been looking for speakers stands and mounts. here’s a list from Axiom forum: * “Btech”:http://btech-usa.com * “Omnimount”:http://omnimount.com * “Vogels”:http://vogelsusa.com * “Racks and Stands”:http://www.racksandstands.com/. And amazingly, there is an entire online store dedicated to just mounts
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Continue reading →: Network MP3 Players
So I have an Audiotron that takes MP3s from my PC and plays them over the stereo. Need another one now. Here are the latest ones. * “PC World Overview”:http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,108818,00.asp. A good overview of Primiq, HP, Cd30. There are five others not mentioned, but they were announced at CES. *…
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Continue reading →: Powell vs. Rumsfeld
More on what is supposedly happening inside the administration: * Advisers Split as War Unfolds (washingtonpost.com). Interesting inside view on what is happening and how Powell is playing consumate insider vs. Rumsfeld. Also on Rumsfeld’s larger ambitions. * “Offense and Defense”:http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030407fa_fact1. Seymour Hersch is another reporter with view on the…
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Continue reading →: Home Theater Reviews and Direct Sellers
Figuring out who to listen to (no pun intended) for home theater equipment isn’t easy. Here are the places I check out: * “Home Theater Spot”:http://hometheaterspot.com. OK, so I know Paul who runs it, but he’s an expert at great home theater video particularly. * “Home Theater Magazine”:http://hometheatermag.com. They have…
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Continue reading →: Long War
I’ve been following the news like everyone else. Since everyone is giving opinions, I thought I’d give mine based on years of in-fighting in a big company. Here’s my bet about what is going on: * Rumsfeld Faulted For Troop Dilution. First, I don’t know, but I would bet that…
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Continue reading →: Home Theater Recommendations
At last something that isn’t about the war. I’m putting together a home theater system for my dad. This is a mid-range one and includes the following: * “Pioneer SD533HD5”:http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=585816. Actually I probably should have gotten a unit with DVI for the future (this is a new fangled digital connector),…
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Continue reading →: More Factoids for Techie Geeks
CDI Defense Alamanac 2002. Another great compendium of facts about the military. From the NY Times reference “Iraq Navigator”:http://www.nytimes.com/ref/international/IRAQ_NAVIGATOR.html?pagewanted=all&position=top. Interesting facts: US Army Divisions 1990: 18 US Army Divisions in “Desert Storm”:http://www.desert-storm.com/soldiers/army.html : 8 US Army Divisions 2002: 10 US Army Divisions in Iraq so far: 2 (+1 on the…
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