http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog The ramblings of a zombocalypse ready, hoplophile Canuck. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:41:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, the bedrooms now have coax outlets run from inside the house instead of lengths of coax running up the outside walls. It wasn't really an asthetic choice as no one really sees that side of the house), but lets assume that dozens of zombies are grabbing at the house ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/20/one-step-forward-one-step-backward/ This morning we ran some errands and I bought a bigger masonry bit to better facilitate the previously mentioned wiring. It was up to the task, and two holes in the exterior wall (and three in the interior) later we're off to the races with three runs of RG6 and ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/19/the-bit-needed-to-be-a-bit-bigger/ Ok, who used a referral from me to open an ING Direct account? I just got $13 (and so did they it seems) but I've no idea who it was, and I don't remember giving anyone a referral. My referral code is (it seems) "17389548S1" so anyone else that wants some ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/18/free-money-from-ing-direct/ I just interviewed for a city enforcement position, it's a job I feel uniquely qualified for, and the interview seemed to go well but I'd appreciate any positive energy be directed this way. I'm a little out of practice in interviews, and while I think I did fairly well there were ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/18/keep-yer-fingers-crossed-for-me/ Ok this is the basic mock-up for the home video distribution system. By way of an explanation here's what it does. The CATV feed comes in through a high/low pass filter (the silver cylinder - that blocks the frequency range assigned to channels 71-77) and is then fed through the combiner ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/15/video-modulation-distribution-phase-i/ Darren Brown talks people out of their wallets. I can't imagine this working on me, but then I'm pretty sure the guys who handed over their wallets both thought the same thing as well. http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/14/its-important-not-to-give-your-wallet-to-strangers/ Despite the relative warmth I spent a good portion of today running wires, drilling holes, cursing, muttering, drilling more holes, cursing and muttering some more and finally filling holes simply to provide a break from the muttering. Yes, this was the beginning of the long awaited CCTV system overhaul and final ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/13/cctv-catv-nfg-wtf/ So now Lisa and I smugly watch shows like Till debt do us part and Maxed Out (same idea...in fact they've had the same couples featured on at least one occasion), but we keep exploring ways to reduce our spending and make our money work a little bit harder, there ... http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2008/07/09/financial-obligations-part-ii/