http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/ RJ's digs - random thoughts, ideas, and stuff that I find interesting. IntraWeb Studio Mon, 07 May 2007 00:14:01 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_10_17.html Once again, Michael Yon is back in Iraq as an embedded reporter, this time as an affiliate of The weekly standard. He wrote an interesting piece on what it takes to become an embedded reporter that is definetely worth the read. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:15 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_10_06.html Well, you just knew it was too good to be true. Went to bed with the refrig doing its job, the thermometer reading around 65. Woke up this morning (got my self a gun.. no wait, thats Sopranos..) and checked the thermometer - 70.8.. ya, thats not going to work for me, time to call 1-800-4MAYTAG again. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:15 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_10_05.html My tale of woe starts out last week Sunday. We returned home from a weekend couples camping trip to Gov. Dodge state park - I still need to do that write up.. Anyway, when we got home we noticed the refrig didn't seem to be working quite right, but didn't give it much more thought. By Monday it was obvious that the 14 month old Amana refig we had purchased no longer seemed to be doing the job we wanted - namely to keep our food cool / frozen. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:15 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_28.html I've known for decades that Wisconsin taxes the shit out of us - I guess it started back when I was in the military and although I was stationed in California they still took state taxes out. Now, I guess that wouldn't be too surprising except that none of the guys in my unit had state taxes being withheld - they all got exemptions while on active duty. Over at the Wisconsin Conservative Digest they put together a rather disheartening blog that asks Can you afford to live in Wisconsin? Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:15 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_27.html Speaking of freaking cool military gadgets, in what might be the wildest story I've read in quite some time, the Guardian reports - Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:15 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_22.html S.Korea announced it was developing highly sophisticated combat robots that could complement the roles of human soldiers on battlefields. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:15 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_20.html Scientists find evidence of global warming.. on Mars. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:14 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_17.html Think I've sorted thru the issues in IntraWeb studio and can finally say that I now have an RSS feed up and working. You can use this link to add it to your reader. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:14 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_16.html My co-worker Dan was out at the Microsoft PDC this past week. Among the multitude of text messages I got from him with things like "This rocks!", "Damn, did you see that?" (I watched some on webcast), he sent me one talking about a video they had with Bill Gates and Napoleon Dynamite. After some digging, I found it online here. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:14 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_14.html While paying bills Monday, I noticed that Capitol One had raised the limit on our "No Hassle card", taking it to an amount beyond what we need. Since execess available debt affects your credit score, I called them up to lower the limit and put a lock on it so they won't auto increase it without request. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:14 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_08.html Hugh Hewitt interviewed Fox News' Major Garrett about a telling revelation regarding Red Cross supplies in New Orleans. Full article is available at Radio Blogger Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:14 GMT http://www.youcantwin.com/blog/2005_09_07.html Instapundid provides a list of Katrina lessons learned. What a novel concept, store some emergency supplies of your own just in case. If you do any camping you're half way there. Keep some extra cans of soup on hand, a few gallons of water, flash lights, a radio, extra batteries for both, and an emergency medical kit. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:08:14 GMT