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Here’s a cool video from Pro Rancher about making your own brand. Can’t say I’ve got a use for one, or the tools to weld one up, but I want one!

I got linked to this video the other day and I can officially say that my brain just crawled out my ear. The video’s a very very simple way of seperating eggs, something I’m sure some protein-sucking egg-yolk hating friends of mine will love!

Check out http://www.sccm-tools.com/ in Google Chrome. I’m not quite sure how it works just yet, but it’s certainly spectacular. Every second or so, it grabs a gradually larger and larger request in a runaway fashion.

I have a feeling it has something to do with storing the state of the page or something in its source, but wow. After three minutes, it’s doing 60KB/s.

Want to know how I found this? I left it open for a few MONTHS on my work PC and showed up as an incredibly huge user of bandwidth. Whoops!

A media release from Ruger on a new revolver they’re adding to their lineup:

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is proud to announce the Ruger® Single-Nine™, a nine-shot, single-action revolver chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum.

The Single-Nine™ features a nine-shot cylinder and is constructed from durable satin-finished stainless steel. With a 6.5-inch barrel and smooth, hardwood, “Gunfighter” grips, the Single-Nine™ is well-balanced and points easily. Williams™ fiber optic sights, click-adjustable for both windage and elevation, provide a crisp sight picture that is enhanced with front and rear fiber optic inserts.

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Love is…

Brad Pitt spent nearly USD $400k to build a shooting range/armoury for Angelina Jolie, at the couple’s Miraval estate in southern France, according to The Sun.

A source said: “Brad had a lot to live up with his wedding gift considering Angelina exchanged vials of blood with her ex-husband Billy-Bob Thornton.

“And by letting Angelina de-stress at the range, he’s less likely to get earache indoors. There’s a lot to be said for that when you have six kids.”

In Queensland we have the PTA, and in America they’ve got the Form 4473. Both do similar things - keep a record of firearms transactions. The American National Shooting Sports Foundation has produced an overlay for this form, which makes it easier for people to complete the form correctly.

They’ve just released a new version of the overlay which suits the newly updated version of the form 4473 in the United States.

I wonder if this is something that could be useful for Queensland firearms dealers? I suppose there aren’t that many, so they’ll be proficient in helping people complete their Form 28’s. Something to think about anyhow.

If you’re a property owner or landlord who needs to disable a lock without having to contact a locksmith, I’d say LockKill would be a fantastic solution to the problem.

With a simple design which covers the two main locking mechanisms on the market, it secures itself into the lock by working with the mechanisms that are our normal pin-and-tumbler locking systems. Once in there, it’s almost impossible to remove without professional tools (or destructive measures) and there’s even a small section cut out of the bow of the key which allows for instant and clean removal of the key head.

A great one from Fishpond. I’ve only ever bought one of the science books from them, and I was a little puzzled by one of their suggestions.

Taken from the information page here on the Qld Police site.

As of 2 April 2012, laser pointers with a power output of greater than 1 milliwatt (1mw) will be restricted items requiring reasonable excuse for lawful possession thereof.

‘Reasonable excuse’ for possession of a laser pointer includes: Firearms Licence holders.

“The person holds a licence that authorises possession of a firearm in relation to which the laser pointer may be used, and the laser pointer has a power output of less than 10 milliwatts.” (10mw)

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According to this article on WLB’s news page, they’re changing the format of new licences. It’s nice to see they’re putting some security features into the card.

Previously I think you could probably have printed them out on any ID card printer, making it much easier to make illicit purchases of ammunition and other goods.

Additional features will include:

• Clear core centre panel depicting the licence number and category of weapons
• Raised embossed date of birth of the licensee at the bottom of the licensee’s photograph
• Expiry Date of the licence on the rear of the card in extra large font