tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36170054754638315242011-11-27T16:17:25.470-08:00From far north to far southMinmexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05595543537320339771noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3617005475463831524.post-80844306753727546862008-09-07T20:00:00.000-07:002008-09-07T21:00:16.554-07:00Good job "free market", "fiscally responsible" Republican party players*. What's a half Trillion more debt among friends? Cut rates and print all the money to create a giant credit bubble, look the other way while it grows far beyond reason, then let the taxpayers clean up after it blows. Privatize the profits, socialize the risk. Criminal gangs around the world are envious of your skills.<br /><br />If I had the education and skill, I would go on, but instead I'll let people know really know explain it better:<br /><br />Via Calculated Risk:<br /><a href="http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/09/fannie-freddie-thoughts.html">http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/09/fannie-freddie-thoughts.html</a><br /><br />also here, via Barry Ritholtz's The Big Picture:<br /><a href="http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/09/fannie-freddi-2.html">http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/09/fannie-freddi-2.html</a><br /><br /><br />*No, I don't believe the Democrat machine will do any better. I <span style="font-style: italic;">almost</span> feel sorry for them that they will probably inherit all this in the election. Almost...<br /><br />Looters run this nation, and they belong to both parties in equal numbers. If you think it's going to change much in November...well, you are the greater optimist.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3617005475463831524-8084430675372754686?l=minmex.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Minmexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05595543537320339771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3617005475463831524.post-53822004595516484292008-09-02T17:00:00.000-07:002008-09-02T18:03:30.242-07:00Today I received my parts in the mail, so time to break out the soldering iron and get to work....<div><br /></div><div>What I'm making is an adapter to plug in a normal Sirius antenna into my Sirius Stilleto portable player.  Sirius does not sell this adapter, because they'd rather sell you a home or car kit to do the same thing :(  Thanks to some clever people at siriusbackstage.com, you can make one yourself.</div><div><br /></div><div>All the details are here:</div><div><a href="http://www.siriusbackstage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96545">http://www.siriusbackstage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96545</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The plans, so to speak, are here:</div><div><a href="http://rubinsworld.com/public/Sirius/portable%20antenna_cable_guide.pdf">http://rubinsworld.com/public/Sirius/portable%20antenna_cable_guide.pdf</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I bought 4 connectors, just in case I bjork one of them up.  If I am successful, maybe I will make a couple more and sell them on Ebay or something...</div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IDKL1NuncW4/SL3htkS1lkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jMKaNy3aGxY/s320/P9020515.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241593714282174018" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3617005475463831524-5382200459551648429?l=minmex.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Minmexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05595543537320339771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3617005475463831524.post-32061163119585753232008-08-31T13:31:00.001-07:002008-08-31T13:32:12.892-07:00<p>Today I start again....</p><p></p><p>This time I won't abandon it after 3 posts....</p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3617005475463831524-3206116311958575323?l=minmex.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Minmexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05595543537320339771noreply@blogger.com1