I am going to try to start a new series about some of the tips and tricks I’ve picked up. Some might call it “fieldcraft” but since I am not a super secret squirrel who operates in operations, I am not nearly cool enough to call it that. The first few I’m going to do… Read More »
I finally changed the backend WordPress theme after something like 12 years. Atahualpa was good to me, and to Walls of the City, but somewhere around 2 years ago I stopped getting WP visitor stats. That’s fixed now. The new theme should also be a lot better on mobile devices now.
From the “People only ever die of COVID” departmentHeadline: Texas GOP rep Ron Wright, 67, becomes first member of Congress to die from COVID after two-week spell in hospital alongside his wife Story: He died with COVID. He also had lung cancer, and was recently hospitalized for a week with pneumonia. Maybe COVID did actually… Read More »
Heartwarming story from my neck of the woods: Police in Tennessee are investigating after a man was shot and killed Friday night during a robbery ‘prank’ for a YouTube video. Nashville police responded to the parking lot of an Urban Air indoor trampoline park at 9:25pm where David Starnes Jr., 23, admitted to shooting 20-year-old… Read More »
As I write this, it’s been barely 4 days since an RV exploded in downtown Nashville. I’m 15-ish miles away and was never in any danger. Interestingly, I was walking the dog when it happened and I should have heard it, but didn’t. There’s still a ton of speculation–some in bad-faith, some in ignorance–about why… Read More »
UPDATE 3/26/2020: The site I describe below, ADSBExchange, switched to a completely different piece of software about a month after I made this post, so the specific directions are no longer valid. However, the concept is the same and ADSBExchange remains free. Original Post: Have you ever wondered what plane that is, but had no… Read More »
Header image won’t load, HTTP 500s all over the place, sidebars are all jacked up… Upgraded some backend stuff to try to fix it and that seems to have resolved the 500s, or it could be coincidental. I’ll try to get it fixed and then we’ll return to your regularly-scheduled lack of blogging.
Four days from now, on Monday, January 20th, 2020, the Virginia Citizens’ Defense League is holding their annual Lobby Day at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, VA. There has been a lot of…contentiousness this year. Among other things, the Governor has declared a state of emergency and (probably unlawfully) declared the State Capitol grounds… Read More »
I recently took a class where several of the guys had them. In fact, all of the “professional” competition shooters were wearing them (or custom molded in-ear plugs that had to be removed during instruction blocks), and they all spoke very highly of them. I looked at them last year, but $300 was a little… Read More »