For years Microsoft fanboys have challenged me when I state flatly that Microsoft Windows workstations need wiped and reloaded from bare metal about annually if you want to keep the performance you had when you first finished loading everything. Yet what is Microsoft including in Windows 8 but built-in Reset, Refresh, and hard drive imaging functionality. [...]
So a Wayne Township school system janitor was rumored to have a gun in his car. Not in his locker or waist band – in his car. Apparently the rumor was enough to justify calling the police and searching his vehicle. Now if you work for anyone else you can keep your firearm locked in [...]
Is anyone surprised the Democrats are walking again rather than face the right to work debate? Really? The way my simple mind sees this is let them sit out the session and we’ll just write it off to gridlock. As Sam Clemens would observe our wallets are better off for it anyway. With the disingenuous [...]
A key piece of the headline and article is that the the Operator essentially said it’s okay to shoot. I guess they missed that it’s Texas. Within a couple weeks this young woman lost her husband and is left to raise a son. Then she had to shoot an intruder to protect herself and her [...]
It’s nice to see a little coverage of how the ATF restrains gun makers by acting like a a secret cabal. These are the same folks that will put you in jail for having a 2 liter bottle in the trunk with a .22 rifle saying your intent was to use it as a silencer. Or [...]
In the news today I see a Marine and fellow Hoosier is in trouble with New York’s gun laws. Seems he innocently asked where to check his firearm when visiting the Empire State Building. Drivers licenses are honored across state lines and drivers licenses are claimed to be a privilege rather than a right. Yet a Constitutionally protected [...]
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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