Archive for November 2011
In which “fix it in post” has new meaning
A new tool for video rebasing is out; it does interpolation to smooth motion. Here’s an example video. Requires nVidia and linux, sadly; I have a mostly functional nVidia card, but I’ve switched to AMD and I’m not going back. In the vein of deshaker, it’s great to have such powerful tools available to plebeians for free.
In which my love for the American 180 is professed
I don’t remember the context, but Joe and I were discussing this and that and it came out that he was unfamiliar with (and obviously, had never shot) an American 180. Here’s a video of someone doing a 275 round mag dump, suppressed, through such a gun. I’m of the opinion that the American 180 is the finest subgun extant; the finicky magazines of old have been replaced with the higher-capacity, smooth-feeding magazines of new. Throw a can on it and you’re cooking with gas.
As a neophile, I will tend to shoot any gun at least once; this includes doing dumb things like renting them for exorbitant prices at gun ranges if it’s a gun I won’t get to shoot otherwise. Furthermore, Oregon meet and greets for The Board That Shall Not Be Named tend to bring out the title II toys, and a weekend in the Oregon hills is worth the drive, if only to see the millions of stars one cannot see when in Seattle.
In which mama knows best
More hikers and campers will have the runs now, thanks to DEA putting Polar Pure out of business. Glad nobody told the ATFE that iodine crystals can be used for other things, or he might have more agents climbing up his butt.
In which one thing is stacked on another
Muzzle break on the end of a can, eh? Seems legit to me.
I hate paperwork
New DHS rules for selling ammonium nitrate. I was going to propose selling 50 pound sacks as a profit center, but this puts a damper on things.
In which a nice salt & pepper shaker is discovered
If I actually used salt and pepper, I’d buy them, but as-is can’t see any use for a set of 40mm salt and pepper shakers. I could see using a desktop Claymore, though; too bad about the big REPLICA down the side.
In which I pet my peeve
The 5320.4 and 5320.1 (same page) say RIGHT IN BOX 1 who to make the check out to. Another shocker: they say RIGHT ON THE FORM what address to mail them to. This is easily one of the MFAQ around Title II ownership.
In which I move cubic feet of stuff.
Joe needed some stuff moved to Mecca this weekend; in prep for moving, I did a little work mounting the new solar panel isolator:
Installed:
Caleb and Barron working on solar panel brackets:
I offended Barron in some way; in the background you can see the tables we stuck together:
On the way back, I had a blowout – in very gusty winds – on I90 pulling the Ryegrass Grade. I’d never seen a blowout like this:
I ended up buying a new set of tires, as the vehicle is a 4×4 and the current tires were nearly spent. I’ll upload some video in a couple hours that may give insight into the state of the tires.
I also got to spend a couple hours with my daughters, which was nice; the problem is every visit only reminds me of how much Idaho is home and Washington is where I live.
Bakken Shale
Maybe I’ll move to North Dakota.
So rarely does the music match the video so well.
I usually mute videos like this – I want to see the driving, not listen to your choice of music. For this video the rule is suspended. As a bonus, every time they say “boom”, there’s a wreck; as the title of the song is “Boom”, well, there’s a lot of bent sheet metal. I love WRC.
