Monthly Archives: March 2011

First Time Rifle Scope Buying Advice

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Brian

I wrote this up for a friend and thought I’d post it… The first thing to understand about the scope industry is it’s impossibly huge. There are WAY too many options. Given that I’d get something modest first to see … Continue reading →

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Got My Replacement Asus P8P67 Pro Motherboard from Newegg

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Brian

Fedex’d overnight with a free UPS return label. I got it installed and running within an hour. Here’s the new and old boxes. Note the new sections highlighted in red indicating the new revision. It shipped with the 1305 BIOS … Continue reading →

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DIY Changing the Yukon Tahoe Driver Side Pre-Cat Oxygen O2 Sensor After OBD P0135

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Brian

So the ‘Service Engine Soon’ light went on for the first time in the Yukon Denali. The truck runs great with about 100k miles so I figured it was something easy like an O2 sensor. I didn’t want to spend … Continue reading →

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Recording MMS Streams with Mplayer

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Brian

Sometimes open source really comes through. Here’s how to record MMS streams with mplayer: mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile stream.wmv mms://<URL>

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The Last Dag 7.62×51 Surplus Target, For Real This Time…

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Brian

Ok, this time I’d practiced dry firing a whole bunch at home and actually read my scopes manual learning a bunch a long the way. I also steadied the butt of the rifle on a bunch of sand bags. The … Continue reading →

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