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My battle Brennan kicking ass and taking first place in the 2013 Ft. Riley Combatives tournament. 

Lifehacker recently posted on their page a cheap diy iPhone 5 charging dock.  I don’t have an iPhone nor do I ever plan on having one, but I’m pretty sure this could be applied to any number of other phones such as my Motorola Razr hd. I checked out the Daily Brick’s page.  In addition […]

Throughout the Bush Era, all we heard were accusations of abuse of power via the Patriot Act.  While the Act itself does in fact allow for some very intrusive and invasive investigative techniques, the Bush years were fairly responsible in their approach and didn’t violate protections in the manner that current failures in responsibility have. […]

Yesterday Drudge Report had as its top headline that the NSA had a secret deal with Verizon where all phone records were being released for the span ofApril to July.  Just one of many of the stories, and one that I personally linked  on Google + with the phrase “Big Brothe Is Watching you.  I […]

I’m a former Sailor.  While my stay in the Navy was brief, photos like this are always inspiring.      “Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Ryan Welles, assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), boards the ship using a Jacob’s ladder during a training exercise. […]

After seeing so many images of Google Glass I couldn’t help but draw the comparison.  This image is not my own, but apparently I’m not the only one who thought this either. G00gle-Dominion+One.jpg (600×400): ‘via Blog this’

Not a frighteningly new topic, but the Daily Mail reports on just how unsecure your accounts really are.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331984/Think-strong-password-Hackers-crack-16-character-passwords-hour.html.  A few months back I read a piece on this subject over at Lifehacker.  Again even then it wasn’t really that surprising to me as to the efficacy of our passwords.  It makes me laugh reading […]

Over at Military Times they have a running project with the names of all identified as KIA for our Afghan and Iraq Campaigns.  to date 6679 Soldiers/Sailors/Marines/Airmen have given their lives honorably.  Take time today to honor and remember them. -Patrick

Here is a quick guide to fellow beer lovers who may have struggled to order just what they wanted.  A hat tip to Lifehacker.  http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/05/decode-beer-list-decipher-beer-menu-names-of-beers-meanings-roots-label-tradition.html

I have been threatening to dump Facebook for a long time.  Not their stock, though I dumped that a while ago as well, I’m talking Facebook Social Networking.  This week, just two days ago I did just that.  I didn’t do it because I was addicted to Social Media, don’t get me wrong I am […]