Fan-fucking-tastic! Best movie I've seen since the Lord of the Rings finished.
Warning - Spoilers ahead!
I can't even describe how great I thought this movie was. Some nice references to the other movies (The warehouse from the end of Raiders, the Ark), references to old Indy games, to the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and nice period references. (The fight between the jocks and the greasers.) I loved Indy's son, and I think it's great that Lucas and Spielberg are considering moving the franchise forward with him in the lead. (The fedora blowing up against his legs, he almost puts it on and Indy sweeps it away and puts it on his own head, that was cool.)
The best scene though, for me anyway, was the first part of the movie. The throw his fedora on the ground, then drag him out of the trunk and toss him after his hat. Then you don't even see him, you just see his shadow as he puts the fedora on, and his theme plays quietly in the background. Chills, man, chills.
What the fuck are you still reading this for? Go see it! NOW!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
My home for the next month.
Not exactly a suite at the Hilton, but oh well. Too bad I have to pay for my Internet access for the whole month.
Oh, and because I'm babbling (which is because I am tired), I was sent to Rockville, Maryland for a month to train for my new job.
Yes, my laptop is now chained to that desk with a laptop lock.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Experts: Indiana Jones pure fiction
STORY
Public to experts: No shit.
Gee, you mean archaeologists don't get to pack pistols and bullwhips and fight Nazis?
Public to experts: No shit.
Gee, you mean archaeologists don't get to pack pistols and bullwhips and fight Nazis?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Fixing WASR-10 Magazine Wobble
As anybody who has done any research into their AK style rifle has found out, Romanian WASR-10 rifles are imported as single stack magazine capable rifles and then the importer machines out the magazine well to accept double stack magazines. This means that you can now insert your high capacity AK 47 magazine, but it also usually means that that magazine now wobbles side to side.
The reason for this is simple: They machined out a rifle made for low capacity magazines so that it would accept high capacity magazines. On AKM rifles made for high capacity magazines, there are "dimples" in the receiver that hold the magazine in place so that it does not wobble. Those dimples are missing on the WASR-10.
Don't panic! Just because our AK rifle doesn't have dimples doesn't mean we can't have high capacity magazines without wobble. The fix is just as simple as the reason it happens.
Take a look at your receiver. You don't even have to pull it apart like I did. (I was trying to clean up all the gook the factory leaves in these rifles. I'm still trying to this day.) See the steel plates on the side of the magwell?
Make sure that steel plate is clean. It's much easier to get clean than all the nooks and cracks. I recommend Goo Gone. It'll make getting the grease out pretty easy, but you can use what you like. (If you go with Goo Gone, pick up the original formula. The new stuff will strip the finish right off the metal.)
Once the grease and junk is gone, head to your local Wally World and pick up some J-B Weld cold welding compound. Don't get the quick-curing type, as the temperature resistance is too low.
Mix up a small batch according to instructions. (I only had to use about a thumbnail size blob of each component.) Once it is mixed - you can tell it's done because it turns from black and tan to steel grey - slop that stuff right on the steel plate inside the magazine well.
Don't worry about making it all pretty. The big concern is that you get enough built up so that the top of the mound of cold weld stuff is level with the lip of the magazine well. it will cure fully in about 15 hours, at which point you can test your magazine.
Now, my magazine wobble was fixed by doing this once. You may want to put less on one side and do both sides, it's up to you. Once the J-B Weld is cured, you can grind it down with a Dremel if you put too much on, and then you can paint it if you like.
Dec 2, 2013 - Still have this rifle. I have put thousands of rounds down the barrel, and the JB Weld is still working to stop magazine wobble. There is some slight finish wear on the magazines where they contact the JB in the rifle. After five years, I think that's a pretty minimal side effect for this "ghetto" fix.
The reason for this is simple: They machined out a rifle made for low capacity magazines so that it would accept high capacity magazines. On AKM rifles made for high capacity magazines, there are "dimples" in the receiver that hold the magazine in place so that it does not wobble. Those dimples are missing on the WASR-10.
Don't panic! Just because our AK rifle doesn't have dimples doesn't mean we can't have high capacity magazines without wobble. The fix is just as simple as the reason it happens.
Take a look at your receiver. You don't even have to pull it apart like I did. (I was trying to clean up all the gook the factory leaves in these rifles. I'm still trying to this day.) See the steel plates on the side of the magwell?
Make sure that steel plate is clean. It's much easier to get clean than all the nooks and cracks. I recommend Goo Gone. It'll make getting the grease out pretty easy, but you can use what you like. (If you go with Goo Gone, pick up the original formula. The new stuff will strip the finish right off the metal.)
Once the grease and junk is gone, head to your local Wally World and pick up some J-B Weld cold welding compound. Don't get the quick-curing type, as the temperature resistance is too low.
Mix up a small batch according to instructions. (I only had to use about a thumbnail size blob of each component.) Once it is mixed - you can tell it's done because it turns from black and tan to steel grey - slop that stuff right on the steel plate inside the magazine well.
Don't worry about making it all pretty. The big concern is that you get enough built up so that the top of the mound of cold weld stuff is level with the lip of the magazine well. it will cure fully in about 15 hours, at which point you can test your magazine.
Now, my magazine wobble was fixed by doing this once. You may want to put less on one side and do both sides, it's up to you. Once the J-B Weld is cured, you can grind it down with a Dremel if you put too much on, and then you can paint it if you like.
Dec 2, 2013 - Still have this rifle. I have put thousands of rounds down the barrel, and the JB Weld is still working to stop magazine wobble. There is some slight finish wear on the magazines where they contact the JB in the rifle. After five years, I think that's a pretty minimal side effect for this "ghetto" fix.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Ironman
We went to see Ironman last weekend. Yeah, yeah, I'm behind. Sue me.
I'm not normally huge on superhero movies. I liked some of the Batmans, but not enough to own them, I didn't really like Daredevil, never bothered seeing Ghost Rider or Elektra. I did, however, really like the Spiderman movies.
Anyway, Ironman surprised me. I only read a little bit of the Ironman comic when I was a child, mostly when he had some other superhero I liked in his comic. (Mostly Spiderman.) Having said that, the movie was fantastic! The acting was superb, the plot was good, and the effects were great.
Ironman was so good that I'm actually going to buy this superhero movie when it comes out on DVD.
I'm not normally huge on superhero movies. I liked some of the Batmans, but not enough to own them, I didn't really like Daredevil, never bothered seeing Ghost Rider or Elektra. I did, however, really like the Spiderman movies.
Anyway, Ironman surprised me. I only read a little bit of the Ironman comic when I was a child, mostly when he had some other superhero I liked in his comic. (Mostly Spiderman.) Having said that, the movie was fantastic! The acting was superb, the plot was good, and the effects were great.
Ironman was so good that I'm actually going to buy this superhero movie when it comes out on DVD.
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