Video: How’s That Workin’ Out For You?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Cool video featuring BO and Ronald Reagan:
How’s That Workin’ Out For You? | Barack Obama (ft. Ronald Reagan)

Next time you step inside of the voting booth | Maybe you will think of the honest truth | Instead of raising a foolish man

How’s that hope and change working out for you? | Did it give you all that you want it to? | Did it lead you into the promised land?

Those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course | We’ve raised our debt, we haven’t balanced our budget | The assault on freedom carries on | The trouble with our liberal friends is not their ignorance | They know so much that isn’t so | Each year the need grows greater – the program grows greater | The more the plans fail the more the planners plan

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Security Camera System

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I wanted to post some basic information about camera systems because several people have asked me about them today. There is a wide range and variety of systems available. The one I choose was based on these things attributes:

  • very inexpensive
  • satisfaction warranty (through Costco)
  • night vision camera
  • ability to view cameras from computer, Internet, and mobile phone

The system I purchased is the Q-See QT425. It was on sale at Costco for $270.  It comes with the 500GB DVR and 4 day/night cameras, and everything you need — even the cables to connect the cameras to the DVR.  Here are some of the features:

  • view video, playback, setup, and most everything from a web browser anywhere from the Internet
  • connects to VGA monitor or TV via composite signal
  • view live video and alarms from smartphone
  • sends out alert emails with snapshot pictures when motion is detected
  • cameras have infrared LEDs to effectively view area in complete darkness

Installation is pretty simple.  You figure out where you want the cameras, mount them, then figure out how to get the cable between the DVR and the camera.  Setting up the DVR is probably a little complicated for non-techie types (configuring Internet router ports, dynamic DNS service).  The web interface only works with Active X, so you have to use Microsoft Internet Explorer.  Everything seems just a little buggy and unrefined, and pretty cheap quality, but for the money I spent, I couldn’t be happier.  The worst thing about it is that I’m forced to use a Microsoft product daily now.

Out of the box, the DVR is set to record while motion is detected, but you can change to record based on external motion sensors or other external triggers.  You can also tweek how the motion is detected for each camera, and the schedule that recording and/or motion is detected.  If you want to spend a little extra money for the cameras, the DVR will also control pan/tilt/zoom functionality.  The machine keeps a list of ‘events’ (like motion) that you can review and watch the video for later, and of course download the video and take snapshots of the screen.  Ok, I think that is it.  Everyone should have some cameras around their house, you never know what you might find or what crime you might prevent!

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Video of Thief in my Driveway

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I was going through the events recorded on my new security camera DVR this morning and was pretty surprised to see this unfold:

Neighborhood Thief Checks Out My Vehicles
I didn’t have any of the alarms set up for that camera, wishing I would have because I might have caught him or alerted the police earlier.

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Wife Doesn’t Approve of New Security Camera

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I might add some music and captions to this video later to give it a little humor, but check out the body language as I take a wife-beat-down for my choice in camera placement. My favorite is how I hang my head in defeat as I walk away.

http://youtu.be/kFfRF0WM6UY
 

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Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I just ran across this great video (rap anthem style) of FA Hayek and J Keynes arguing economic philosophies. I think this is a great project because I’m convinced the way out of our current economic and political mess is through an informed electorate.  Not many people will start reading financial philosophies on their own, but watching a comical video, lots of people will do that, I hope.

“Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

Turns out this video is a project of econstories.tv, where there are more videos and mini-documentaries. Here is the sequel, which I think is better than the first!

Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two

I think the reason Keynes philosophy is so prevalent is because it can be used as justification for some of the actions of statist and socialist.  After all, we all believe our politicians really do have our best interests at heart, right?

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Time Lapse View from Space Fly Over

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS
by Michael König

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa
and the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from
August to October, 2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude
of around 350 km. All credit goes to them. I intend to upload a FullHD-version
presently.

HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.

Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by Betke Edition
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de

Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov

Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night

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Fight for Liberty?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

After watching the Mike Judge’s movie “Idiocracy” yesterday and hearing the asshole neocons talk about their desire for more torture, more wars, and more assassinations, I have a renewed interest in helping others understand what makes the USA such a special place.  I’ve posted this before, but it is worth re-posting because the basics of liberty are so important, and most people really don’t understand these concepts completely.  Lots of important information is packed into this 8 minute video “The Philosophy of Liberty“:

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Ron Paul and Israel

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I just ran across this “For the Record” video by Malotov Mitchell.  I was sure we would bash Ron Paul like all of the main stream media assclowns do, especially since I know Malotov is a big supporter of Israel and that Ron Paul is not so big on the idea of giving other countries lots of money we don’t have.  But wait, this is not the main stream media, this is the new media, where real freedom of thought exists.  Check this out:

And there is more! Malotov has produced several videos about Ron Paul:

Molotov Endorses Ron Paul

Ron Paul 101

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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Ben Stein’s documentary movie “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” is about the issue of academic freedom and the lack of debate over intelligent design.  It has lots of elements that make it very interesting to me:  freedom arguments, NAZI history, tricky editing from interviews (that fatass Michael Moore isn’t the only one who does that you know), lots of controversy, being the underdog, being right, fighting the establishment.  The whole thing is available for viewing on youtube, but I can’t embed the video.  Here is the link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEvq4xIHmH4.  Definitely worth watching, make up your own mind about the content though!  I think I was first exposed to the topic of ID a few years ago.  (previous post about ID)

 

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Texas Master Naturalist

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

The local chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist (The Blackland Prairie Chapter) meets 8 minute from my house, so it is very easy to get there for their monthly meetings if I get home in time. A very friendly group of people, and they line up interesting speakers too. Their mission statement:

To develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities. Many communities and organizations rely on such citizen volunteers for implementing youth education programs; for operating parks, nature centers, and natural areas; and for providing leadership in local natural resource conservation efforts. In fact, a short supply of dedicated and well-informed volunteers is often cited as a limiting factor for community-based conservation efforts.

It fits right in with all the permaculture stuff I’m already interested in. The offer two classes per year, and unlike the Master Gardeners, they do the class in the evenings so that normal people can participate. I already turned in my application!

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