Marksmanship

I think I've finally figured out why my aim is consistently high.

I recently came across a great post at pistol-training.com that explains everything.

Specifically, my aiming style is type #3, "drive the dot". The sights for guns I tend to shoot are probably type #2.

Toastmasters Update

There was a somewhat sizable snafu that I had the misfortune of encountering at the toastmasters club I frequent. I have been going for about a year now, and I have completed 11 speeches as of today. Unbeknownst to me, the previous treasurer had just kept my dues in the club treasury and didn't send them off to Toastmasters International - meaning that I wasn't a member in good standing. Potentially, none of my speeches would "count". It looks like the paperwork is finally wending its way though the system and I'll have my Competent Communicator award.

I've already started in on the Entertaining Speaker manual, with limited success. Pain means progress, though.

I keep on meaning to post my speeches (they are usually quite rough). I actually have a microphone, etc. I just keep on forgetting. I have another speeching coming up this Thursday, so baring a lapse in memory, I should be able to put something interesting up here.

Epic Win, Take 2

10 rounds, 9 meters away.

Sure, I used a 2-handed grip. Also, this was the best target out of the lot I shot yesterday. Additionally, it doesn't use anything that pretends to be a regulation target. Still, I flatter myself to think that I could be mistaken for a bullseye competitor in dim light.

In other news, I got to drive Ryan's standard-transmission car home from the range. I couldn't really tell you which was the highlight of the night.

SIFF time

Films that I am interested in:

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Bluebeard
Bronson
The Desert Within
I Know You Know
Il Divo
The Karamazovs
Katyn

Kindle DX: one step from paradise

Hat Tip: Kyle Mulka

The Kindle DX has everything I want from an ebook reader. PDF support, high resolution - 1200 x 824, plenty (4GB) of storage space, light weight, thin, e-ink for low power draw.

The only drawback that I can see is the price, almost $500. For a second I was regretting my earlier purchase of a Sony Reader, but I have to guess that it'll be several years before I'll end up picking up a Kindle DX.

I guess this means that I'll have to keep a bunch of those textbooks around after all.

RSS - better ways to manage

I've always had issues with RSS - specifically spending too much time reading it. I've finally come up with a way that works reasonably well. I just categorize most feeds under "read", "skim" and "headlines" which seems to eliminate my guilt about skimming or just reading the headlines of particular articles. Between that and making sure that all the feeds I read pass the "is it better than reading a book" test, I've managed to purge quite a lot of bulk.