Want to be there shooting.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
I wonder if it's good...
As a late-comer to the firefly series, I'm actually glad I didn't experience the horror of it's cancellation.Just waiting for Joss to stop Dollhouse and get back to what really matters.
I keep waiting for the other characters on Castle to morph into firefly groupies or something.
ah well.
Wonder if this is worth the effort.
Serenity: Better Days #1 (of 3)
Creators: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews
Artist: Will Conrad
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Cover Artist: Adam Hughes
Genre: Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure
Features: Preview, Making of a Comic
Buy Now @ TFAW.com
Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity with the three-issue comics series Better Days.
Better Days revisits everyone's favorite space cowboys in this thrilling, action-packed adventure, with Mal and his crew on a heist that promises a big payoff--what's surprising is that this heist just might make good on that promise.
Whedon reunites with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the best-selling 2005 series Those Left Behind. Adam Hughes joins the team for covers.
* Prequel series to the blockbuster film Serenity by Joss Whedon.
* Front covers by critically acclaimed Adam Hughes.
* Serenity: Those Left Behind has sold over 85, 000 copies!
Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews return to Serenity!
Publication Date: March 12, 2008
Format: FC, 40 pages
Price: $2.99
Serenity: Better Days #1 (of 3) is currently in stock at Things From Another World!
PRONE BABY!
I'm really gonna get this.
Here's why I really like this:
Here's why I really like this:
- It's cool
- when prone you could have an extremely stable shooting platform, which happens more than you'd think
- You could use any available surface (car, wall) to stabilize shooting
- Other Army geardos would appreciate it (i.e. geek envy)
- Okay, nothing else matters. It. Is. Cool.
This What I Print With
WHY I"M HAPPY EVERY FREAKIN DAYWe sell these:
Plus, you can print really cool stuff: Here
Why is this cool? Well I have some really cool, cool stickers to print!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Minor ooO!
The Gerber® eFECT Military Maintenance Tool was developed for the distinct purpose of maintaining a soldier or Marine's weapon. Built for the M16A4/M4, it incorporates components that make field maintenance of a weapon faster and more precise. It is compatible and interchangeable with Otis™ Breech-to-Muzzle™ components. It features all locking tools including a rotatable front sight adjustment tool, carbon scraper, pin punch and flat driver. Otis™ brush, curved pick and ACUPAT MOLLE sheath included.
via USCAV
via USCAV
No Sh!t? Really.
No wonder I can't freakin get an M4 anywhere. At. All.
Firearm Sales Remain Strong Throughout February
NASGW
Data derived from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) shows background checks on firearms sales increased 23.3% in February to 1,259,078, compared to 1,021,130 in February 2008. The increase follows a 29% rise in January, a 24% increase in December and a 42% jump in November, when a record 1,529,635 background checks were conducted.
The increase in firearms sales has caused a major shortage of BATFE Form 4473 – the document required for purchase of a firearm from a licensed retailer — resulting in a BATFE announcement that retailers may photocopy the form for use in firearms sales until they receive a new supply of printed forms from the BATFE Distribution Center.
Both retailers and manufacturers have been enjoying brisk sales and have been reporting increased revenue. Despite one of the weakest holiday sales seasons on record, outdoor products retailer Cabela’s has posted robust fourth-quarter sales, mainly as a result of increased firearms and ammunition sales. Smith & Wesson reports its pistol sales are up 40%, while its tactical rifle sales have increased by a whopping 308%. Similarly, Sturm, Ruger & Company has seen an 81% increase in firearms revenue.
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Firearm Sales Remain Strong Throughout February
NASGW
Data derived from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) shows background checks on firearms sales increased 23.3% in February to 1,259,078, compared to 1,021,130 in February 2008. The increase follows a 29% rise in January, a 24% increase in December and a 42% jump in November, when a record 1,529,635 background checks were conducted.
The increase in firearms sales has caused a major shortage of BATFE Form 4473 – the document required for purchase of a firearm from a licensed retailer — resulting in a BATFE announcement that retailers may photocopy the form for use in firearms sales until they receive a new supply of printed forms from the BATFE Distribution Center.
Both retailers and manufacturers have been enjoying brisk sales and have been reporting increased revenue. Despite one of the weakest holiday sales seasons on record, outdoor products retailer Cabela’s has posted robust fourth-quarter sales, mainly as a result of increased firearms and ammunition sales. Smith & Wesson reports its pistol sales are up 40%, while its tactical rifle sales have increased by a whopping 308%. Similarly, Sturm, Ruger & Company has seen an 81% increase in firearms revenue.
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Over-Armor Vest
OVER-ARMOR SPEC.-OPS. BRAND™ VESTRapid access storage for on-the-fly, shoot and move operations.
I took one but the places I went I could take off my vest as the rules inside were via NATO. I gave this to my buddy Tom. As I haven't gotten it back - I assume it is pretty spiffy for him.
Very easy to adjust. Guess I'll need to buy another.
Sigh.
Extender Panels $34.95
OAV $169.95
Think Tank Is the best. Period.
I have this: Digital Holster 40
Designed for pro-size SLRs, such as Nikon D2Xs or D2Hs, or the Canon EOS 1D Mark series.
It is freakin awesome. Seriously. Buy it.
Gonna get the straps:
I carried a lowepro in 'Stan. It was okay. This will be so. much. better.
Designed for pro-size SLRs, such as Nikon D2Xs or D2Hs, or the Canon EOS 1D Mark series.
It is freakin awesome. Seriously. Buy it.
Gonna get the straps:
I carried a lowepro in 'Stan. It was okay. This will be so. much. better.
oo0! Big Bag!
Mystery Ranch
CBMR Manticore
The Manticore is part of our CBMR product line, providing Mystery Ranch quality at a lower price than our Bozeman built line. The Manticore is the largest pack we offer with the 3Zip design.
The 3Zip is an ingenious design that makes accessing your gear quick and easy by effectively working as a top-loader and panel-loader in one. Hooking a finger under the lid flap allows you to tear open the top for quick access to necessities, and a full-length front zipper opens the bag wide for complete access to all your gear.
A zippered panel allows you to cover the frame completely for traveling. NOTE: Foliage packs will come with a black NICE frame.
Hell Yeah!
Vol: 4200 cu-in (68.84 l)
Wt: 3 lbs 1 oz (1.43 kg)
Hauls: 180 lbs (81.64 kg)
Price: $400
Vol: 4200 cu-in (68.84 l)
Wt: 3 lbs 1 oz (1.43 kg)
Hauls: 180 lbs (81.64 kg)
Price: $400
ColorRight Color Balance Tool. Need?
WIRED: ColorRight Color Balance Tool
$90 • colorright.com 9 out of 10
Color Balance Out of Whack? Let ColorRight Take a Crack
One of the biggest complaints from photographers of every hardware allegiance is the color balance of their images. Skin tones are the biggest bugaboo because there are nearly seven billion variations — and for some odd reason — people get very fussy about how their pigment happens to look in print.
Tired of the nerve-fraying whine of "it's too red, too blue or too green," pro photographer Drew Strickland retreated to his Georgia tool shed and sometime later emerged with the ColorRight tool, a quick and easy way to get spot-on color balance better than 95 percent of the time. Just hold this 82mm filter in front of your lens, focus and shoot. Afterwards move your thumb directly to the custom white-balance tab in your camera's menu, set it using the frame you just shot and then forget about spending hours of post-production adjusting and matching color on your shots. Results in the field are fantastic; we had no issue with balancing various hues up perfectly. And though it may sound a bit complicated to work through, it's not — once you nail the process it takes mere seconds to dial the right color balance. That's right, seconds. Just so you can get back to important stuff, you know, like snapping pictures.
WIRED Simple, quick and accurate white-balance calibrations on the fly. Available in neutral and warm versions.
TIRED Threaded plastic case is a bit cumbersome.
$129! Ouch!
Army Combat Shirt Features:
- Full flame-resistant construction
- No-seam shoulders to minimize rubbing against armor
- Zippered storage pockets
- Concealable IR tab
- New lightweight, flame-resistant resin zippers
- Performance elbow assembly with SuperFabric abrasion dots and lightweight flame-resistant foam elbow pads
- Double pen pocket
- No-seam side panel construction
- Hook and loop for attaching name, rank and flag*
- Hook and loop wrist closure
Via Massif
NOTICE THEY'RE PUSHING IT
First Rebuilt Humvee Rolls Out in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
TAJI, Iraq, March 11, 2009 – The first M1114 Humvee to be completely rebuilt at the Taji National Maintenance Depot here rolled out of the Main Wheel Assembly and Disassembly facility last week, marking a significant milestone for the facility dubbed the “Wheel Depot.” The vehicle, nicknamed “Project One,” was rebuilt by Iraqi army mechanics in their third month of a six-month, supervised, on-the-job-training program at the maintenance depot, said Air Force Lt. Col. William Donovan, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq’s depot program manager.
“Today, the Wheel Depot displayed its capability to rebuild, to depot-level standards, an M1114 Humvee that will eventually patrol the highways of Iraq, thus placing the country under a blanket of security,” he said. “The M1114 rebuild capability has finally reached fruition.”
Weren't these the same folks? New?
New task force to focus on protective gear
Army News Service
WASHINGTON– A new Army task force is focused on ensuring continuity and synchronization across the procurement process for Soldier protective gear.
Task Force Soldier Protection, announced March 12 during a media roundtable at the Pentagon, falls under Program Executive Office Soldier — an Army agency responsible for developing, procuring, fielding and sustaining virtually all things carried and worn by Soldiers. Al Dassonville heads up the new task force.
“I look forward to the challenge of running this task force — synchronizing all of our resources across the Department of Defense — to make sure we maintain the highest standards for our Soldier protective equipment and to ensure we have got all the appropriate resources synchronized to bring the best world-class equipment to Soldiers,” Dassonville said.
The new task force will ensure that Army standards and policies for procurement of Soldier protective gear — including such things as body armor, helmets and eyewear — are followed across the entire chain of agencies and organizations involved in fielding such equipment.
“We are trying to ensure we maintain synchronized and well-communicated and well-integrated actions associated with Soldier protection items,” said Brig. Gen. Peter N. Fuller, Program Executive Officer Soldier. “We are stepping up the game.”
According to Dassonville, top priorities for the task force include ensuring that contracting, testing and quality control of protective gear are conducted appropriately and efficiently; and ensuring that quality control continues to follow Army standards across all agencies involved in procurement of protective gear.
“It is easy enough to write a standard,” Dassonville said. “It is one thing to write it — it is another thing to go back and make sure everybody involved in the process understands it and does it. That is the other part that this task force is going to do.”
Across the Department of Defense, there are multiple organizations involved with getting a new idea for Soldier protective gear into the hands of a Soldier, Fuller said. He explained that from the inception of a new piece of gear to the placing of that gear into a Soldier’s hands, there are agencies that develop items, write contracts, produce equipment and test it.
Not all of those organizations are strictly Army organizations. But the goal of Task Force Soldier Protection is to ensure they all know what their mission is, and that they all are following the same set of strict Army guidelines for Soldier protective gear, Fuller said.
“The point of TFSP is to synchronize and integrate all the stakeholders working on Soldier protection items,” said Fuller. “We want to make sure everybody is working on the same thing and understands what the left and right are doing in relation to what they are working on. The Army wants to ensure that the highest standards are consistently applied to all processes related to Soldiers’ survivability equipment.”
Task Force Soldier Protection is currently intended as a temporary organization. In June, the results of the task force will be reviewed, officials said. A decision to dissolve or continue the task force will be made at that time.
Army News Service
WASHINGTON– A new Army task force is focused on ensuring continuity and synchronization across the procurement process for Soldier protective gear.
Task Force Soldier Protection, announced March 12 during a media roundtable at the Pentagon, falls under Program Executive Office Soldier — an Army agency responsible for developing, procuring, fielding and sustaining virtually all things carried and worn by Soldiers. Al Dassonville heads up the new task force.
“I look forward to the challenge of running this task force — synchronizing all of our resources across the Department of Defense — to make sure we maintain the highest standards for our Soldier protective equipment and to ensure we have got all the appropriate resources synchronized to bring the best world-class equipment to Soldiers,” Dassonville said.
The new task force will ensure that Army standards and policies for procurement of Soldier protective gear — including such things as body armor, helmets and eyewear — are followed across the entire chain of agencies and organizations involved in fielding such equipment.
“We are trying to ensure we maintain synchronized and well-communicated and well-integrated actions associated with Soldier protection items,” said Brig. Gen. Peter N. Fuller, Program Executive Officer Soldier. “We are stepping up the game.”
According to Dassonville, top priorities for the task force include ensuring that contracting, testing and quality control of protective gear are conducted appropriately and efficiently; and ensuring that quality control continues to follow Army standards across all agencies involved in procurement of protective gear.
“It is easy enough to write a standard,” Dassonville said. “It is one thing to write it — it is another thing to go back and make sure everybody involved in the process understands it and does it. That is the other part that this task force is going to do.”
Across the Department of Defense, there are multiple organizations involved with getting a new idea for Soldier protective gear into the hands of a Soldier, Fuller said. He explained that from the inception of a new piece of gear to the placing of that gear into a Soldier’s hands, there are agencies that develop items, write contracts, produce equipment and test it.
Not all of those organizations are strictly Army organizations. But the goal of Task Force Soldier Protection is to ensure they all know what their mission is, and that they all are following the same set of strict Army guidelines for Soldier protective gear, Fuller said.
“The point of TFSP is to synchronize and integrate all the stakeholders working on Soldier protection items,” said Fuller. “We want to make sure everybody is working on the same thing and understands what the left and right are doing in relation to what they are working on. The Army wants to ensure that the highest standards are consistently applied to all processes related to Soldiers’ survivability equipment.”
Task Force Soldier Protection is currently intended as a temporary organization. In June, the results of the task force will be reviewed, officials said. A decision to dissolve or continue the task force will be made at that time.
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