BF3 - Flying Tanks of Doom

There's a cool bug in the Battlefield 3 that lets tanks fly like the evil winged monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.


 Warning - Bad language.

One more thing, Amazon is offering the downloadable version of BF3 for $42.00.

I Saw This Book

I saw this book, Knitting With Dog Hair: Better A Sweater From A Dog You Know and Love Than From A Sheep You'll Never Meet as I was strolling through Amazon the other day. It's basically a guide on how to "harvest" the hair on your dog to make yarn for clothing you wear.

Amazon description: Learn to recycle Rover into beautiful garments and accessories as the authors teach you this wacky new spin on an old craft. Knitting with Dog Hair is the definitive guide to putting on the dog!

I don't know why but the thought of wearing a beagle sweater or a collie beret just creeps me out.

Tomato Heart and other Treasures

I hope y'all survived Independence Day. I guess if you live outside the United States it was a little less dramatic.

Yesterday, I pulled from the Ace Tomato plant a tomato that was almost perfectly shaped like a little heart. I forced my poor daughter to hold the tomato in different positions while I snapped photo after photo. But she's got to learn that such is the life, living under the oppressive boot of a determined photographer.

Copyright 2011 Cram / Kmuzu - all rights reserved

Copyright 2011 Cram / Kmuzu - all rights reserved

 If you like these pictures you can purchase them at ViewBug.

That's how it seems to her - because I made her miss half of Wizards of Waverly Place.

It seems like every bill has hit the your great leader this month and now I sit here completely broke. So, I am trying to come up with some revenue generating activities. Here's how you can help.

If you don't want to spend any money and I don't blame you because none of us have any money - you can simply click on one the advertisers. Next, if you got some cash and you like some product that I mention here just click on it - most often I link it back to Amazon. If you purchase said product through Amazon - through my link - Amazon kicks back some cash love. Also there is a little Amazon widget on the right hand side.

For the millionaires and billionaires out there and I know that this blog attracts a fair share of the super-elite-wealthy. There are two donation buttons in the upper-right-hand corner one from Google and one from PayPal. I suggest the magically, lucky number of $7.77.

Last, I'm going to open a couple of e-shops to sell some of my photography and other creative crap.

Shop #1 - Kmuzu's ViewBug - Selling photography in all kinds of formats.
Shop #2 - Photofinger Red Bubble - This has a lot creative crap. It's kind of old and I need to revamp.
Shop #3 - Kmuzu Treasure on Etsy - Currently adding items to this shop.

I will sign most anything you purchase from one of these stores for free, as long as you throw in a stamp or little money for returned mail.

One last thing, if you purchase or donate, please drop send me an email. Most importantly, I want to send you a great big "thank you" and also I want to make sure that the company doesn't rip me or you off.

All pictures are copyright 2011 Cram / Kmuzu - all rights reserved. If you wish to use any photograph or artwork on this site just drop me an email. I am very accommodating.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH5 - I'll Take One Please

My beloved Pentax k-x has been sent off to the great beyond and will not return - if it returns at all for a couple of months. Leaving me without a camera. So I've done some research and I've decided to purchase an fairly inexpensive point-and-shoot.

It finally came down to between two cameras. The Samsung EC-SH100 Wi-Fi Digital Camera with 14 MP and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH5 16.1 MP. 


The Samsung has some really interesting features - the craziest being that it is fully Wi-Fi compatable and easily hooks into Facebook, Twitter, and Picasa. I really do hate trying to swap out SD cards .. and plug the cards into my computer and download the files .. it is such a pain.


However, if you just judge the camera features and performance then the Panasonic wins out. It's 16 mp compared to 14 mp and has a greater ISO range.


Since, both are similarly priced I decided to go with the Panasonic.

Dear EIMB citizen if you are considering purchasing either of these cameras please use the link to the right .. cause your commander and leader gets a small bit-o-cash if you do. Thank you .. thank you .. thank you.

Finally Come to Pass

It's finally happened; something I predicted over fifteen years ago, when Windows was just starting to over take MS- DOS.

Last night (early morning) Windows 7 restarted my computer without my permission. It happened while I was playing WoW.

I knew this day was going to happen. I mean there were plenty of times Windows tried to shutdown or restart before, but it had always waited for my permission. But this time, probably because I didn't notice the information box, Windows just closed my game and browser and reset.

Of course I could have changed the settings to make all this update stuff happen manually. But really - do I want to delay an update? Worse, when you go down this "manual" path you often miss critical updates.

So, this post is not about the evils of Microsoft but about how the world has changed and my prediction of the next step away from control will happen.

There are three programs I trust to secure my computer:

Microsoft Windows 7 - I always make sure that I have the latest update and security patches. Nothing can be more important than this. I've given over control so that this happens automatically. It's like sharing my computer with Bill Gates.

McAfee Security - Choosing a virus protection package is tough, because all of them have problems. I definitely will never go with Norton again. With Norton the cure is worse than the disease - it slows down your system, blocks useful programs and doesn't really stop anything. McAfee has been fairly effective in quarantining viruses and trojans without slowing down my computer.

Network Magic - I've been the most pleased with this software package. NM protects, secures and monitors my wireless network and all components connected to the network. Very easy to use and will rat out any low life parasite that tries to use your wireless connection.

That's it - I know there are some really good "rootkit" detection software packages, but they just don't have the support nor are they big enough to keep up with the changes in Windows. Just my opinion.

These three packages are my guardian angels and sadly I share control of my own computer with them. They have permission to make decisions on their own - more to the point - software engineers of the the software can remotely make decisions that directly control my computer. I'm forced to trust three corporations with all of my work.

This is only going to get worse - Cloud Computing is next - not even next, it's here and it's here to stay. It won't be long until all critical information is stored virtually and I will have trust all my artwork and writing to a corporation.

I guess I should be concerned about giving over my liberty to corporations - I mean TigerDirect must have all this behavioral information on me - but frankly I just don't care. In some sad and pathetic way I kind of like that Amazon, Tiger and New Egg can make predictions on stuff I might want to buy.

I think I've finally become a tool of da Man.

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