EP004 GunBlog VarietyCast

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 4

• Blue Collar Prepping - Paracord

• Special Guest Bob Owens of Bearing Arms.com

• AlArma - Japanese crime statistic shenanigans

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Get a better password

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Bloomberg and Anti Freedom

Blue Collar Prepping - Paracord

• Paracord: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_cord

• 80+ uses for paracord: http://survivallife.com/2013/01/31/80-uses-for-paracord-what-did-i-miss/

• Amazon link: http://tinyurl.com/BlueCollarParacord

• 10 preps for under $10: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/09/10-preps-for-under-10.html

Felons Behaving Badly

• Intruder shot, killed by homeowner in Person County home invasion - A homeowner shot and killed a masked man early Sunday who had broken into the Timberlake home, aimed a shotgun and demanded money, authorities said. http://www.wral.com/intruder-shot-killed-by-homeowner-in-person-county-home-invasion/13962959/

• Dead Home Invader - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0911772&searchLastName=Ziminack&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Special Guest Bob Owens of Bearing Arms.com

• Why the “New NRA” Terrifies the Political Left - http://bearingarms.com/new-nra-terrifies-political-left/

AlArma - Japanese crime statistic shenanigans

• An Eye-Opening Surprise about Crime in Japan - http://ikjeld.com/en/news/77/an-eye-opening-surprise-about-crime-in-japan

• Japan's police see no evil - http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/09/world/fg-autopsy9

• Crime and Punishment in Japan - http://www.japansubculture.com/crime-and-punishment-in-japan/

Fun With Headlines

• Grandfather Pulls Pistol on Man Breaking Into His Home -http://www.wkrn.com/story/26463070/grandfather-pulls-pistol-on-man-breaking-into-his-home

Tech Tips with The Barron - Get a better password

• iCloud nude selfies thefts -http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/2/6098107/apple-denies-icloud-breach-celebrity-nude-photo-hack

• Random Passwords - http://xkcd.com/936/

• Different password for each account - http://xkcd.com/792/ Varying your passwords is considerably more important than the off the wall hypothetical. (I’d rather you do one of the above than nothing at all.) http://lifehacker.com/5785420/the-only-secure-password-is-the-one-you-cant-remember

• Password manager

• Web based - LastPass https://lastpass.com/ Dashlane - https://www.dashlane.com/

• On your own computer - KeePass2 - http://keepass.info/

• How secure are Password Managers? - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/09/security_of_pas.html

• How do I just not put my stuff in the “cloud”

• A hard drive

• CuBox - http://www.solid-run.com/products/cubox-i-mini-computer/

• OwnCloud - https://owncloud.org/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Bloomberg and Anti Freedom

• Images of the Antis: Common Sense - http://www.weerdworld.com/2013/images-of-the-antis-common-sense/

• More On Moms Demand Action - http://www.weerdworld.com/2013/more-on-moms-demand-action/

• Kroger Allows Guns So Naturally Moms Demand Action Takes Issue - http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2014/09/05/kroger-allows-guns-so-naturally-moms-demand-action-takes-issue/

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Bicyclists and car drivers that hate each other - http://www.ncgunblog.com/2014/07/16/two-wheels-good-four-wheels-bad/