Delta Fare Classes

Looking up the meaning of "Y-fare" on Delta, I found a chart showing a complete list of fare classes.

LDS Preparedness Manual

I found a link to the manual while searching to see if Front Sight has a public key (predictably, no).

Turns out author James Wesley, Rawles has attended Front Sight and has some interesting things to say about their future viability.  Just the same, I came to the same conclusion he did—get the training while it's good.  Plus, even though I'd like to train at Thunder Ranch and Gunsite, I'd hate to go as a newbie.  Some basic prep ought to go a long way.

Anyway, I'm always looking for preparedness guides, since preparedness seems to be something I perpetually lack.  Those LDS folks seem to have it together.

CTK Precision

I turned up CTK Precision while looking for alternate monopods for the Magpul PRS.  (The primary one being the Accu-Shot PRM.)  They make an AR-50 carrying handle / pintle mount as well as a steel gun vise and a QD sling replacement for the rear sling loop on an AR-15.

The gun vise looks interesting, since the adjustable plastic Tipton gun vise costs about as much.  Wonder if the QD thing would work on an M4 collapsible stock.

Minnesota Salary Data

Awhile back I found a site that shows some employment / salary data for regions across Minnesota.  However, I have to doubt the veracity of the information, since the claim is that there're only 30 electrical engineers in Rochester.  The preceding excludes computer hardware engineers, but that number too seems abysmally low.  As with all the surveys of this sort, I have to doubt whether the classification for job and industry are always correctly made.

Best Choices for Self Defense Ammo

Another informative article on Arfcom, this one pertaining to wound profiles of various pistol and rifle cartridges.

Japanese Gardens in Minnesota

A few 日本庭園 located in MN:

• Normandale College's Japanese Garden
• Carlton College's Japanese Garden, 静聆園
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 清水庭 (not sure if I guessed at the kanji for "seisuitei" correctly...)
• Como Park Zoo & Conservatory's Japanese Garden

Apparently there's also a landscaping company, Niwa Design Studio, that specializes in Japanese-style design.

Chinese Multiplication

Joel sent me a link to a YT video, which demonstrates a visual method of multiplication that is purportedly used by the Chinese.  Pretty funky.  I need an explanation of why it works....

Zilok

Wired may've been where I saw this, but apparently there's a site that looks to hook up people who are in need of equipment to rent with local people who have such equipment.  Zilok is the site—there must be a dearth of good domain names these days....  Unfortunately I don't see much in my area, but I like the idea.