Archive for October, 2009
Firefighting
The fire was lit today, it was hot. Think of a bonfire, gets pretty hot… Now put that bonfire in your livingroom and stand three feet away from it. HOT! I can’t wait to do it again.
Fire Fighting Practice
I’m enjoying some down time between my turn in the ‘burn building’ at the Dawson county fire department. The last stage of my volunteer firefighting class will be a hands on fire training. They will light this building on fire, and we will be expected to put it out. Tonight is just a saftey review, [...]
Win7 FREE?
I’m not a big proponent of MS or Win7, Ill take Ubuntu any day. of course that isn’t always the case for everyone. So, heres how to get Windows 7 for cheep or even free. Students: Tap your way over to This Microsoft site for a copy of Windows 7 for only $30. (US Students [...]
Got ? Milk
The LA Times posted this interesting report on diferent milks, and it got me thinking. Lets Look at the differnt Milks in this article: Cows Milk: There is a reason to drink it, but you should probably be drinking skim milk which, bang for buck gives you a great drink with little animal fat. Goat [...]
Linux on a Stick
My Friends computer has died, the harddrive isn’t working anymore. I took my 2GB thumbdrive with Eeebuntu and booted the OS directly from the drive. Every part of the computer works, save the harddrive. These machines are like cars, after a certain age, they just start falling apart. So I recomended he purchase a new [...]