Chrome Remote Desktop Even with my love of the iPad, it’s no secret that I run a Windows shop. Unfortunately, when Apple moved the Macintosh platform up to Lion (and Mountain Lion), they made certain changes to… continue reading » Refit Finally Underway Over the past few months the frame has been striped of all the odd bits from the trailer's former life as a generator hauler, the mesh tailgate skin has been replaced with a solid one, and a… continue reading » SureFire LX2 Toss the SureFire name out next to the campfire and it’ll often trigger a series of mocking jabs about elitists and their overpriced equipment—jabs quickly silenced with the tap of a… continue reading » 2012 This will be my only political commentary on the recent election: There have been so many cries of surprise, outrage, and disbelief that Barack H. Obama could possibly have been elected not once,… continue reading » Alive After nearly a year collecting dust, the Forester project is finally up and running. The video to the right shows the slop in the pistons caused by the worn bearings, and requiring a rebuild of… continue reading » Simplify Left unmanaged, the pile of stuff we carry every day grows exponentially. The affliction has become so bad it's caused the phenomena of the manpurse (aka "murse") to appear on city streets… continue reading » Four Corners—Cedar Mesa I awoke to another dead-calm morning, this time more from the sauna-esque conditions in the Discovery than the light of sunrise. All sign of the thunderstorms from last night is gone, and for the… continue reading » Four Corners—The Desert Still and quiet—a pleasant contrast to last nights activity. Birdsong is the only discernible noise as the first rays of the rising sun begin to warm my camp. Despite the stillness I get… continue reading » Four Corners—San Juan Mountains Running late, arriving early. Durango, Colorado, is a lot closer to Farmington, New Mexico, than I guessed. The trailer drop-off went off without a hitch (well, just one actually… to the… continue reading » Four Corners—Farmington It’s amazing the lengths some people will go just for that extra mile-per-hour or car length. Even more surprising is how long it takes some of them to figure out that I’m going… continue reading » Fetch the RRC This is the first time I’ve been in The People’s Republik since 2010… and then only off-pavement. When you’re subjected to a downward spiral on a daily basis it’s… continue reading » Congress The Descent Food isn't typically the first thing on my mind when I wake up in the morning—a trait I'm particularly thankful for when I wake up to a 48°F sunrise on the top of a… continue reading »