Friday, March 21, 2014

Spring Cleaning the Forest

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Our home-owner's insurance policy was recently canceled because "you no longer meet our underwriting requirements, due to being loc...
Saturday, March 01, 2014

Compressor Destruction :(

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I have always been amazed by how quickly and destructively large powerful machines can fail.  I happened upon some pictures recently of an I...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

Slick android launcher

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One of the cool things about android devices is how you can change the interface.  I recently came across a cool new app called the "Ne...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Rooting the Android Phone

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I like to dabble with technology.  I've built the last several computers that I have owned, and managed to troubleshoot them and make re...
Thursday, February 06, 2014

K-141, Project 949A. Kursk [АПЛ "Курск"] Oscar II Class

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The loss of the Kursk is recent enough that it probably doesn't need to be retold here, but I will do so anyway, in remembrance of the m...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

K-278 Komsomelets (Project 685 Плавник), Mike Class

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K-278 was a unique and magnificent submarine.  Only one of this class of ship was built.  Because she was so unusual, construction took an u...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

K-219 (Project 667A)

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K-219 was a Soviet ballistic missile submarine.  She was a Yankee I class ship, which carried sixteen liquid-fueled nuclear missiles for use...
Saturday, February 01, 2014

K-431 (Project 675)

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K-431 was an Echo II class submarine.  Construction was started in January 1964, and she was commissioned in September of 1965, in a very ra...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

K-8, Project 627 (проект 627)

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November-Class submarine.  Source: Wikipedia K-8 was a November-Class Soviet submarine.  The November class was the first class of Sovie...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

K-27, Project 645 (645 Кит-ЖМТ)

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The Soviet and US Navies operated a large number of submarines, each generation improving in quality.  A silent covert game of cloak and dag...