Macker's World http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/index/ en macker@mackers-world.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-18T19:31:37+00:00 What A 5-Star Casino Looks Like http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/what_a_5-star_casino_looks_like/ Mafia Wars Yes I know it’s been quite a while…I’m not totally gone yet. But seeing as I just accomplished this feat, I thought I’d show you all:

]]> 2013-05-18T19:31 Blood & Chrome Episode 1 http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/blood_and_chrome_episode_1/ Battlestar Galactica HOLY FRAK!

Episodes will be posted here as they progress.

]]> 2012-11-10T02:35 The Sound of Cylons http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/the_sound_of_cylons/ Battlestar Galactica, Humor Presented without further comment….

]]> 2012-11-03T13:00 One Heck Of A Blocking Tool http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/one_heck_of_a_blocking_tool/ Geek Stuff The other night I read about a tool which helps to block all the tracking done by social networks, ad networks, and companies on many web sites. It’s called Do Not Track Plus and it’s a FREE DOWNLOAD. Here’s an example:

]]> 2012-10-14T23:37 Back To T&AT http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/back_to_att/ Geek Stuff Wow…I actually bought something on eBay for the first time in over two years! You know, sometimes one’s economic situation is a factor, and that was the case for a while. Still is.
One of my friends in town proudly showed me their new Pantech Link II messaging feature phone, and believe it or don’t, I was very impressed with the form factor…being able to comfortably hold it in my hand and hunt-and-peck text out a message on the portrait-format QWERTY keyboard, with buttons that, while conforming to the design, I could actually discern one from another!
At that point I resolved to get the phone, and switch back to AT&T.
I managed to scrounge up the funds to do it, and found a decently priced model someone was selling who only used it for two months while their iPhone was in the shop. I should have it by the end of this week, and then I can take it right away to an AT&T store to activate it as a GoPhone, and be done with Verizon.

]]> 2012-09-18T13:10 Не Tак Mужественный B Kонце Kонцов? http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/not_so_manly_after_all/ РУССКИЕ ДЕЛА This truly is amusing….

]]> 2012-09-16T16:30 I Call Them Demo☭rats For a Reason http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/i_call_them_democrats_for_a_reason/ Axis of Donks, History They do not care about History…unless it suits them. Witness the following photo at the close of the Demo☭rat National Convention in Charlotte, wherein an effort to sucker The American People into believing they care about our military, backfires in a most egregious fashion:

]]> 2012-09-12T12:06 Более Мужественным Чем у Обама! http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/more_manly_than_o/ РУССКИЕ ДЕЛА Владимир Владимирович may be an autocrat, but he sure is more MANLY than The Empty Chair!

]]> 2012-09-06T13:19 Haven’t Done One of These in Awhile… http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/havent_done_one_of_these_in_awhile/ Parodies, War on Terror After all the upheavals (with emphasis on heave, mind you!) I figured it was time to do one. So here’s the ‘President’ of BFEgypt:

]]> 2012-09-05T15:31 Pray For Обама http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/pray_for_o/ Axis of Donks, Religion We really should! After all, the only verse referenced is Psalm 109:8. But seeing as the Demo☭rats have taken God out of their platform, do they really want God Himself to take the entire psalm into consideration?

]]> 2012-09-04T23:46 Republicans Hand Out Legos at DNC http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/republicans_hand_out_legos_at_dnc/ Axis of Donks, Republicans Ain’t this special!

]]> 2012-09-03T18:00 Mount Обама Melts Away! http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/mount_o_melts_away/ Axis of Donks The Demo☭rat National Convention festivities has barely begun (what with 20,000 Mohammedans at yesterday’s Jumah), and already things are starting to go awry. To wit:

]]> 2012-09-01T21:36 An Insult To Our Armed Forces http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/an_insult_to_our_armed_forces/ Axis of Donks, War on Terror Since when does the President of the United States send out FORM LETTERS to the parents of the Navy Seals killed in the helicopter crash (or was it a crash? I wonder)!
Signed by an autopen!

]]> 2012-08-30T11:44 Starbuck’s Ride http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/starbucks_ride/ Battlestar Galactica Let’s face it, Kara Thrace tooled around town/base in a honkin’ huge truck…there’s no reason why she didn’t have something like this stored somewhere else on Caprica:

]]> 2012-08-28T19:10 Lion! Finally! http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/lion_finally/ Mac Stuff
Well after nine months of sitting on a free upgrade downloaded to DVD (and with Mountain Lion already out!), I finally got up off my a** and installed Lion. All told, it took about just under two hours. It’s a little different; it seems to run a little smoother than Snow Leopard, and that’s a good thing.
The only issue at this point is making iCloud behave the way I want it to. That will be a challenge to say the least.

]]> 2012-08-26T23:45 Neil Armstrong Passes Away http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/neil_armstrong_passes_away/ History Now, he is gone from us.

]]> 2012-08-25T20:45 Windows Fans, Rejoice! http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/windows_fans_rejoice/ Geek Stuff For your patron finally has a new logo after 25 years!

]]> 2012-08-23T23:47 Japan vs. Two Chinas: No Contest http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/japan_vs._two_chinas_no_contest/ International So, both the Red Chinese and the Republic of China dispute the ownership of the Islands in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. China ceded them to Japan at the conclusion of the First Sino-Japanese War. The US administered these islands from 1945 until they were turned back over to Japan in 1972.
Now the dispute is heating up: today, some Japanese folks raised their Flag over Uotsuri, one of the Senkaku Islands:

]]> 2012-08-19T19:29 HER Sides Are Made of Iron! http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/her_sides_are_made_of_iron/ History As part of the Bicentennial Commemoration of the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was taken out on a short ten-minute cruise outside Boston Harbor to mark the 200th anniversary of her victory versus HMS Guerriere.
Notice how I referred to the Constitution: as a she and not an it, unlike the author of this article from the Associated (with Terrorists) Press:

]]> 2012-08-19T12:36 Anything For A Buck http://mackers-world.com/index.php/weblog/anything_for_a_buck/ Axis of Donks, Yum I kid you not...I just stumbled onto it….

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