Thanks to the people who've helped me develop my ties to life.....

I've had more than a few coming of age experiences in my time.... I've found two good women and four good friends that were more than worth the time, money and trust I invested in them.... I've had more than a few bad experiences along the way, but overall I've always received an equal if not greater return for the time, money and trust I've invested.... I gotten to know people that were socially, financially, and culturally capable in ways I was not and my life has become better for it.... Plus, I've learned a lot from them and I'm more than glad I had the opportunity to be a part of there lives before our time together was up.... They were responsible for most of my exposure to life and my ability to look at the world with an open mind and the proper perspective.... If their's one thing I've learned about people over the years it's that through self-improvement, self-destruction, loss, gain, opportunity, opposition, care and callousness. People, their goals, their agendas, and their personality's never change!!! Make a decent ling, live a decent life, support those who support you, care for those who care for you. Not to mention if necessary. Address and prepare for those that would do you harm, with the support of those who would also come into harms way at their hands. I can honestly say that for such a simple group of individualists, I honestly can accredit most of my social, political, religious, emotional, financial and sexual development to the people I saw the least change from.... I usually knew what to expect from them and I always knew what I hoped for from them. I'm happy to say that in my experience, "People, their agendas and their goals will never change no matter what their circumstances or their condition...." I can still say I believe that even after seeing them lose things they'll never be able to replace and gain things they know they can't keep. I'm glad I had a chance to get to know them while they had the Time, Resources, Trust and Influence to invest in me and others like me.... I'll always remember them that way and I hope to see them that way again should our paths cross in the future.... Anyways, I just thought I'd give credit to those who've helped me develop a large number of my positive ties to the world.... Thanks to you all, BearNEU05237846!!!





My Top Ten List of Things to Bond Over....

As far as investing time, money and trust goes.... These are ten easy ways to address all of the above and have some fun and maybe start a little peer to peer networking in person or on-line!!! I know there's not that much here, but there are a few hobbies that I've left out. Everything from Browsing, to Reading, to TV, to RCs, to Cooking and Eating in and out, to Tinkering and Repairing Personal Projects.... To name a few, but most of those I prefer to do on my own anyways.... Those aren't the kind of things I enjoy sharing near as much as my top ten. Especially if it's with someone I've just met and know nothing about.... Anyways, I hope you all find something here you come to develop and interest in and care for almost as much as I do. I wish I had more to say, but I'm not all that good at sales pitches. I can gives an honest opinion and a little perspective, but for the most part it'll be the hands on time that makes the difference and that's up to whoever reads this list.... Thanks and I hope you all enjoy!!!

(1) An Account with IPage!!! [link]

"Because filling out a FaceBook.com or DeviantArt.com template is fun, but it limits you in so many ways.... With IPage.com you can develop your own templates and embed, host, distribute, and protect your content as you see fit!!! Plus you can use 4Shared.com to host all your content from videos to pictures to files to PollDaddy.com survey results.... Anyways, if your looking to establish a little of your on-line identity this is the easiest way to do it!!! I chose to be a bit vague with my site, but you can do all-most anything with the web space!!! I thought about listing a few of my older one words references like "Gate Keepers", "Fish Eye Cams on Freeware", "E.V.E. and M.V.E.", along with "The Apple", "The Snow Globe", "The Deck" and a few others like "Commissions", "Consultants" and some of the old "Peer to Peer Programmers".... Then I thought about slang and it's abillity to identify different interest groups.  I've done the tomato - tomoto thing for years, the truth is I don't really want to argue over the possibility of a tomato being a piece of fruit when I know it's a vegetable. So I guess in order to indentify with my current interest groups I'll continue to use slang references so that most of my generation will know what I was reading through my late teens and twenties.... Wow, I just realized most of that was better discussed over food or anime with someone who didn't have other things to do with their free time.... D#mn, I just realized how much I've typed!!!

(2) A "Night Owl" or a "Q-See" Security System!!! [link]

Most people all-ready have Phones with Loopt, CarChips, Zoombaks, StreetWise & Mace Remote Dialers, TrustedID & Intelius Memberships, StolenCarReports & IDSticker Accounts, NRA Insurance and the the like.... I've got Skype, an XBOX 360, a Desktop PC and a PSP Slim. All of which support video recording and live voice chat. However, if you talk to your tax preparer about a video surveillance system. You may be able to get it as a tax deductible purchase if you don't already have an account with ADT or ProtectAmerica. Be sure to check the laws in your area first or it just going to be a straight up investment.... Anyways, to my knowledge you only need to have two cameras to on your home to qualify!!! Whatever you chose to put the other two on is entirely up to you!!! So if you live in an area out in the middle of know where like I do. Then HughesNet is one of your only options for High Speed Internet.... It's not all bad though, they have unlimited upload band with and 500 megs of daily download bandwidth.... Along with an unlimited bandwidth window from 2-7 a.m. that you can use Orbit Down-loader and VLC Media Player on. So as far as live streaming to an Smart Phone or Web Sever goes, it's still just as easy as being on Comcast!!! Anyways, as a rule of thumb you'll want to keep the cameras outside your home just to keep people comfortable. Installing a mic inside the center of your home isn't a bad idea, just make sure you keep the cameras outside and the mic inside!!! The only downside to the system is camera range, but any electronics geek can get you camera extensions that use AA batteries to extend your camera cables up to 500 feet!!! They'll go bad every 3-5 months, but they're easy to replace and you'll know when you signal degrades and becomes grainy.... Plus with a wire tuck and a lawn spreader you can get the wiring a good six inches under your lawn and you can use a cutting disk on everything from stone to concrete to wood to bark to tuck your wires to a decent height. If that's to much trouble, then a decent chain saw should be enough if not a little sloppy and messy when you cut out that diamond wedge. Just remember the higher you mount your cameras the easier it'll be to judge distance to your residence. Anyone who's familiar with dry wall can help you make a recess for you cameras. Just be sure you use the proper concrete and wood putty to make it look natural when your done. Also take into account any areas of your property you wish you'd had a flip cam on!!! Those are your top candidates for the other two cameras.... Personally, I've got a target range with a picnic table and a basket ball court up on the hill with a picnic table that where both ideal for those moments when no one remembered a camera and missed a great clip.... Anyways, I like the (Night Owl LION-4500) personally. However, everyone has different wants, needs and limits. So at the end of the day you need to decide whats right for you personally. Anyways, become familiar with the hardware and the software. The different accessories and install setups and the lock boxes and backup power sources for your DVRs. As well as your long term storage needs. A (Night Owl LION-4500) can hold 8 years of video from a single camera and 2 years of video from four. Plus an Iomega eGo has 1 Terabyte of storage, uses USB 3.0 but is still USB 2.0 backwards compatible, has 256 bit hardware encryption, it's the size a credit card and it has drop protection. Needless to say it's the perfect solution for backing your DVR up and it'll hold 4 straight years of video and audio from all four cameras and costs less than $130 from TigerDirect.com!!! It's good idea to get your community familiar with the tech and if enough people get in on it it'll become a given just as common as in the areas outside your home that have had similar systems for years!!! Plus the ability to share any part of your property with a sever capable of streaming to over a thousand phones nationwide is a powerful thing!!! You can even grant certain IMEI, SIM, and IP numbers access without giving them passwords and restrict access at any time!!! Plus the ability to see what happening on your property while your at work or on the road is nice!!! So get out there spread the idea, make a few sales pitches, get a few pledges, help people on your web rings with there installs and have a little fun in the process it's all about investing in a good company and increasing the size of the owner base!!! Just draw the line at home systems and use your best judgment with SNKOutlet.com and some of those Droid X Programs....

(3) An "XBOX 360" and "XBOX LIVE"!!! [link]

This is easily one of my favorite ways to bond with people!!! The console is time tested and still my favorite to date next to the PSP GO.... Plus, "Midnight Club LA: Complete Edition" is a must have along with "Border Lands: Game of the Year Edition" and "Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter". Plus the 360 has some of the best split screen and link gaming out there!!! Not to mention Netflix, Hulu Plus, XBOX Market Place, and all the major accessories.... Plus it offers a unique experience when it comes to playing over a phone line, just get a Juno Account a 56k modem and an ethernet card!!! Just share your internet connection with your ethernet card and you can play most Arcade games with voice chat and no lag!!! UNO and most turn based games are a safe bet if you have a bad phone line with less than a 56k connection. Anyways.... I believe with 40 hour weeks, alcohol, cigarettes, bad relationships, and the "Tension", "Silent" and "Acknowledgment" treatments we all deal with.... That it's one of the easiest ways to wind down, laugh, have a little fun, and bond you can get in the world today!!! Plus, as far as NetFlix goes.... The Party options to watch with friends is awesome, if the commentary stays in check.... Not to mention the seating is better, the food is better and the schedule actually is easy to keep!!! Alright, I guess that's it.... Oh yeah, for all you PSP owners!!! Show some support and download FF7, FF8, FF9, Dino Crisis 2, Resident Evil 3, Red Alert Retaliation, Power Stone Collections, Crazy Taxi and any other classic ports you can find on PSN!!! Plus with the TV out cable you can use Vuzix Wrap 920 Video Glasses for a great HD Wide screen experience anywhere and with a great battery life!!!

(4) A Joy Toy like a "King Cobra GY6 Buggy" or an "Ice Bear PST150-11 GY6 Trike"!!! [link]

Both of these are at the top of the list for cheap easily insurable tagged or tag-less, on or off road fun.... Plus they are easy to maintain, fun to drive, easy to wire a Zoombak to, safe for most driving conditions and they both cover a ridiculous amount of ground for a few gallons of gas!!! The best place to get an Ice Bear Trike is www.scooterdynasty.com and the best place to get a King Cobra is www.countyimports.com.... Also, a Performance GY6 and a Power Pack Kit from www.monstergy6.com can give you the reliability and power to make sure you never regret the purchase.... I grew up with a Yamaha XT200 and it was one of my favorite pass times as a kid. It also helped me when I became old enough to respect it and drive it a little more competitively. I lived in Woodlands West up in Knoxville for about 2 years and I never really forgot tagless toys or target practice. I love XBOX Live and having enough pavement to drive anything with a pistal grip is nice.... However, at some point you'll wind up missing the little things you lose going urban. I'd still like to get a hold of a 2006 Yamaha WR450F since they went to all digital gauges and threw in all the computer mods for the Enduro riders....

(5) An Air Rifle like a "Ruger Explorer" or a "Walther Talon Magnum: Nitro Piston"!!! [link]

Air rifles are easy to maintain, cheap on ammo, great to fire on small properties, good for first time shooters to learn with, quite and easy to handle.... Plus they let you fire safely in areas you might not want to use a firearm!!! Anyways, I got my little sister a "Ruger Explorer" for her birthday and we've both been very impressed with it. It'll hit paint balls accurately from 10 yards like it's nothing and it'll hit 16 ounce cans from 50 yards like it's nothing, though there's a lot of drop even from an elevated position atop a hill. She's using a 3-9x mil-dot scope and a barrel mounted bi-pod and she really has impressed everyone with her skill and her ability to keep track of the range, half the time a dog or bird moves onto the range she yells "Muzzles Up!!!" before we do. Also the best ammo I've used for this gun is definitely the AirArms Diabolo Field 8.4 Grains. As for me, I love my "Walther Talon Magnum". It's a great gun no matter what your shooting at, it's got a great feel to it, it's heavy, it's got weaver rails and a shock absorber system patented by Walther. Plus, with Predator PolyMags it's a great hunting gun and a lot of fun with used 16 ounce cans and water. If you just want to hit a few spinners and some gravel or sand stone then Beeman Kodiak Coppers are a great pellet to go with. Plus If you can find the right targets and the free cash, she'll handle PBA Armor and PBA Bullet pellets like there nothing. The only thing I'd recommend buying for her is a Porta-Aim and a good Fifth Gen UTG 4-16x Scope. Oh, and just for the h#ll of it.... If you've got the money and are looking for the best, get a hold of an "Evanix Hunting Master AR6" with the thumb stock and un-shrouded barrel!!! Stick to PBA Armor, PBA Bullet, Beeman Kodiak Copper, Eun Jin Pointed Hunting, and Predator PolyMag pellets and she'll make you happy. You'll need an AirForce Hand Pump which will kind of s#ck, but it's more than worth it if you have the money. As a final note, I've been firing a Crossman Nitro Venom Dusk for a while now. I really like it and it's the cheapest of all my air rifles!!! It's got a Charlie Da Tuna GRT-III Trigger and a UTG Fifth Gen Scope and it's hitting spinners from 50 yards in the dead of night like it's nothing from a Porta-Aim atop a hill. It does great with Crossman Premier Heavy Dome 10.5 grain pellets, though they need to be washed and Napier Power Pellet Lubed before they'll fire the way you want them to.... So if your on a budget then it's the air rifle I'd recommend, you can get 5,000 rounds from PyramydAir.com with shipping and a $5.00 NRA Donation for under $76.50 if you use the coupon code (pyramyd-NRA).... Hope you all have fun out there!!!

(6) A Good Pistol like a "Taurus Tracker" or a "Kel-Tec PMR-30"!!! [link]

Both are beautiful pistols and worth reading up on, if you can find someone who has either then it's worth buying a box of ammo and offering to split it 50/50 at the range or on their property.... I personally like the Taurus Tracker, it's got the integrated security key, a life-time repair or replace warranty that transfers owner to owner, it holds 9 rounds of .22 Magnum Hornady 30 grain V-Max. Or you can get regular .22LR Aguila Super Maximum 30 grain Hollow Point both of which are extremely cheap from www.cheaperthandirt.com. Plus, the PMR-30 will fire both the above rounds just as easily and holds 30 rounds of ammo in it's clip!!! I've personally got a thing for the .218 Bee Winchester Cartridge, which the Taurus Tracker used to be offered in along with .45 ACP which was also discontinued but still not to hard to find if you take the time.... I can honestly say that the Tracker is one of the most comfortable revolvers I've ever held!!! I've never held a Glock, Beretta, or 1911 so I can't say how they compare.... However I've allways loved revolvers so I guess that's a mute point. Also, if you want a good scoped pistol you can get a Taurus Raging Bee or a Taurus Raging Hornet and get a few Winchester 46 Grain Jacketed Hollow Points either way....

(7) A Good Home Defense Carbine like a "Hi-Point 995" or "Hi-Point 4095"!!! [link]

Both are great Carbines, Affordable, All American Made, have a life-time repair or replace warranty just like Taurus, were used on a prairie dog hunt from 200 yards with great success in press material from Issue #32 of the GUN 2005 Buyer's Annual, is low maintenance with factory recommended barrel brushing every 300-400 rounds and complete dis-assembly for cleaning after 1,500-2,000 rounds. I personally like the "Hi-Point 4095" with .40 cal Cor-Bon Pow'R Ball which has impressive FPS and FPE numbers for a sub $250.00 Carbine, not to mention she got a .75" grouping in GUN with that very ammo.... As for the "Hi-Point 995" I'd still stick to the Cor-Bon Pow'R Ball and the fact that ATI offers an after-market stock that has an integrated laser and looks a lot like a Beretta Cx4 Storm.... Plus if you want to save a little money you can trim a $10.00 shotgun butcuff from 6 shells to 3 and use it to hold 3 extra factory clips upside down on the stock. It's actually a very easy motion to make. Anyways, if you want a light weight, rugged, low maintenance, cost effective, carbine you can have fun with and feel safe holding. Or if you really need to get someone off your property. This is a good family gun and a great investment, considering their are only guns in one out of five homes in the U.S. and the NRA has less than 5 Million members.... Now is the time to get familiar with a fire arm as a hobby and a bonding experience, before they're written off as last resorts to only be handled by crime and cops. Half of which have slower response times than Domino's and Pizza Hut!!! Anyways, she's a great place to start if you want to put the right stigmas on firearms before someone else destroys those very stigmas all-together.

(8) A Good Youth Firearm like a "Savage Striker" or a "Henry U.S. Survival AR7"!!! [link]

A "Savage Striker" is one of the more famous 10" hunters like the "Ruger Charger" and the "Competitor Remington".... The "Savage Striker" is by far my favorite though!!! I like the Model 503F which fires .17HMR Hornady 17 grain V-Max, but the Model 501F which fires .22LR Wolf 40 grain Match Extra Solid Round Nose. Plus, she's got a bi-pod, a scope and a Rifle Basix Adjustable Trigger priced at next to nothing on-line. Not mention she's a little easier to keep tabs on as far as trigger locks and gun safes go.... The other option is the "Henry U.S. Survival AR7" which is a great back pack gun. It weighs less than two and a half pounds with two fully loaded clips. It's completely teflon coated from the barrel to the receiver to the stock. It's 100% water proof and will float if dropped in water. It assembles in less than 30 seconds with no tools. It's extremely accurate with the above ammo from Wolf. Plus it allows you to moves it very quickly without any strain on your arms because the clip itself is used as a fore grip. Not to mention Wal-Mart sells them for $212.00 a piece last I checked.... Also worth mention is the Savage Shorty Bolt Action .22LR, which is extremely hard to find but well worth the trouble from what I've heard....

(9) A Good Rifle like a "Savage Model 212" or an "Alexander Arms Grendel"!!! [link]

The "Savage Model 212" is a slug rifle, firing 12 Guage Hornady 300 grain SST Slugs. It'll gets sub 1" groupings from a hundred yards when it's in a good mood. It costs just under $600.00 without a scope, it's fairly easy to find a decent assortment of ammo for. However, a box of 12 Guage Hornady SST Slugs will cost you $11.99 last I looked. Plus, these slugs are firing with just under 150 FPE less energy than a "Taurus Raging Accuracy" with .500 Mag Hornady 350 grain XTP. Putting it in the 2150 FPE Range at 50 yards, the only downside to her is her clip only holds 2 rounds. She is fairly easy to re-load though.... The other rifle is a "Alexander Arms Grendel" which fires a 6.5 Grendel Hornady 123 grain Match A-Max. Plus, you can can also get Wolf Gold Multi Purpose Tactical 6.5 Grendel for $14.23 a box!!! That a 120 grain round traveling at over 2600 FPS and hitting with over 1800 FPE for under $14.50 a 20 round box!!! She's a serious competition rifle that has some people bragging that after just under a grand of smithing and a drive through a few states, she'll impress at 1,500 yards like nothing else in the price range!!! She's just under $1,400.00 on the web and is a h#ll of a find considering you could easily spend months looking for a "DPMS Panther Race Gun" with a cryo treated barrel, coated bolt and carrier, along with all the hot rod parts and still wind up paying over $2,000.00 for the same kind of cool. Not to mention she has a huge following on the web. And last, but not least. The Savage Model 93 BSEV Magnum Edition which has some of the most beautiful curves I've ever seen on a rifle!!! Not to mention it's got an AccuTrigger that's adjustable to as little as 2.5 pounds, though the Rifle Basix Trigger is available for it.... Plus it just happens to come in a .22 Magnum so you can buy a 50 round box of Hornady V-Max shells for less than $10 or a 500 round box of FMJs for under $100!!!

(10) A Good Shot Gun like a "Kel-Tec Shot Gun" or a "Mossberg 500 Camp"!!! [link]

The "KSG" is still some what new but is making great first impressions on authors and readers everywhere!!! It holds a total of 15 rounds of 12 Guage Shells or Slugs.... It has a look that is unique almost entirely to itself. It has an eighteen and a half inch barrel and multiple weaver rails, one of which is practically made for a fore grip.... It's also the perfect gun to use a warning blank such as Bore Thunder in for your first round. Plus, you can switch the tube ammo is fed from with the flick of a switch!!! Allowing you to keep a warning round in the chamber, and seven rounds of 12 Guage in each tube under the barrel. Such as 12 Guage Hevi-Shot 2-3/4" 00 Buck Dead Coyote and 12 Guage Hornady 300 grain SST Slugs. Which would allow you to use the Dead Coyotes for targets under 50 yards and the SSTs for targets over 50 yards. Pretty cool considering the gun itself is under $900.00!!! The other Shot Gun is the "Mossberg 500 Camp" which is about as famous as they come. It has a pistol grip, it's fairly light and compact. It's got an eighteen and a half inch barrel just like the "KSG" but it only holds six rounds of ammo.... It does however have a 3" Chamber and Cylinder Bore making it perfect for 12 Gauge Hevi-Shot 3" 52 Pellets T Shot Shot Shells. Which should be more than enough to make most people happy, plus it's currently on www.cheaperthandirt.com for under $290.00!!! So it's hard to argue the cost effectiveness of the gun, or all the different ammo's it can handle.... I'm more of a pistol guy myself, but I can appreciate the fact that if someone is about to break into your home and you don't have any way of see who they are or what they're armed with. You'll probably want to sit in a corner and hope you catch them as they come through the door, it'd suck to get shot through a wall just trying to look out your window.... Especially if everyone in a 17 state radius including your local PD watched it happen over a freaking Webcamsoft Webcam Watchdog, "Pixel Margin Programs" used to be a good thing about a half a decade back.... Anyways, hope some of you out there take the time to at least consider getting a decent firearm. If you do decide to become a gun owner, do the responsible thing and join the NRA. Firearm insurance is under $4.00 a month and covers you for up to $5,000.00 in stolen guns. Plus, additional insurance that'll give you $500,000.00 in coverage for everything from home invasion, to burglary, to kidnapping, to road rage, to car jacking, to my understanding it'll cover you for anything that happens while your on you property or in your car. I don't think it'll help you anywhere else though, it'd be a good idea to join up an see how much of that I remember in detail.... Alright, this is the final item on my list.... Thanks for reading!!!




I also decided to put up a few of our older ideas that helped develop "Clarity", "M.V.E. and E.V.E.", "Gate Keepers" and some of our more creative auto mods.... I know most of the references are pretty old, but I still remember most of them in detail!!!

Granted they're fairly wide spread now, but in the day we were brainstorming for the guys with the money to make them happen before most of us new HTML.... Not to mention I still don't know C++ or any other programing, or technical skills outside basic electronics and what I learned at NADC.... As far as why I'm putting these up, I know a lot of my references don't mean much to most people. So I wanted to at least give people an idea of what they were all about back in the day.... This seemed like the easiest way to do that and add a little good and happy to my blog. Anyways, here's a start on "Actuation" which was essentially how I paid for the little things back when I was still working at the Piggly Wiggly.... We all new a guy nicknamed 430 who had a few jobs available for anyone honest who was willing to do a little electrical work. I was making about $5.15 at the Piggly Wiggly and I never got paid for farm or yard work.... So I was along for the ride any chance I could get, not to mention it gave me a chance to hang out and learn. I was a huge Lego Technic fan and most of the social interaction I went through was outside my main skill sets. So I was more than happy to be involved in something I was good at and familiar with!!! Anyways, there were three levels of an actuation kit. A clip strip, engine start button and cylinder.... We experimented with magnetic switches by putting them under JB Stick where the antenna on the rear quarter panel was, essentially shaving the antenna and hiding a magnetic switch you could use a rare earth ring on. We also worked with infra red switches and eventually got a bunch of other switches not intended for use on DC systems by using relays instead of straight switches. The main component that put 430 and Supra ahead of most the commission guys was a simple component he got straight from Japan while we were all still using Windows 98!!! Which after a few years of letters has yet to make it to a single company in the US!!! He'd by them in bulk 50-200 packs to help all the local assembly guys and the peer to peer guys get by. The one stupid little item that was almost a half a decade ahead of it's time.... The latest relays that put switches out of our minds for good and changed the way we thought about proximity based actuation. Cheap over seas Blue Tooth Relays and Key Chains!!! Long before we used it in key boards mice and cell phones they were selling all the components individually to anyone who could find a decent use for them!!! I'm talking a two week battery life off those micro AAA batteries 123A's or something like that you had to get from EBAY because no one else had them. Sixty Four bit encryption with no need for rotating codes and cheesy little key fobs. He'd haggle all the home assembly guys who were doing cheesy little custom cell phone cases that you can get at any mall now days. Along with a little help from all the DIVX and DVD Source Code guys all the way through Sweetwater High and my last year in public school for the peer to peer programing rings. At the time though it was mostly just CarDomain.com and HappyPuppy.com back when it was a gaming site and still hosted E-mail accounts.... At the time I was using my dad's 200mhz MAC which ran OS 7.6 and we only got one TV channel at the time WB20 before it became CW20, plus there was no cell reception for 13 miles and there still isn't. Not to mention the only radio station I could get was 96.5 The Mountain which used to be Classic Rock.... So for the most part he was just trying to pitch the TN guys on CarDomain.com and was hoping for 30% of his target cars at the time. Unfortunately, by the time I went to College at NADC we had barely worked our way past 7%.... Anyways, we used Blue Tooth Relays and Sync Key Chains along with Clip Strips to handle most of our needs for a couple of years without ever having to learn from or update our approach. The Blue Tooth Relays could handle up to 30 amps and cost just under $10 a piece when bought in bulk and the key chains were next to nothing as well. The clip strips were a bit of a pain since they almost cost $20 a piece!!! The basic idea was simple use Blue Tooth Relays along with Sync Key Chains to actuate the Clip Strips whenever you got within about 20 feet of the vehicle. The clip strips have been around since long before Radio Shack, Think Geek, Edmund's Scientific, or EBAY.... You basically had complete freedom on a dozen different components, a clip strip for anyone who's never used one is basically a long plastic strip with black spring tabs on the top row and red spring tabs on the bottom row. It has a separate power and ground hookup which allows it to turn everything wired to it on and of through a main switch or relay. You have the ability to push tabs after each set of spring clips up, down, or dead center to change them from all on to all off to half on to half off and that with or without the main switch A.K.A. when your at or away from your car you can flip a switch to change actuation without re-wiring!!! Plus, they used a small capacitor when left in the middle to create a fading circuit every time the main switch was flipped. All you did was turn a small dial from one to seven and you could control the circuit fade. The only thing you had to do was break a single bead of solder to make sure the clip strip only lit up one way or it would fade every time you flipped the main relay, which basically meant it would only fade one way. Plus all the wiring was mini clipped so we never had to use wire strippers or electrical tape. We just alligator clipped, zip tied and brush on electrical taped everything to make sure the system could be installed without the wire wraps slipping loose or all wiring from the same spot. So when we wired we could actuate up to six components per clip strip, provided there was no need for reverse polarity which in most cars is a given since they use rocker switches for the factory controls. All we did was thread the door loom, pop the door panels, pop the side pillars, pop the center console, clip, zip, and brush the wires, hide all the components for optimal reception and Blue Tooth range, and reinstall all the body panels. You walked within 20 feet of your car and your doors would unlock for 2 seconds. Your windows would go down for 7 seconds. Your sun roof would go up for 7 seconds. Your neons would stay on. Your stereo would stay on. Your Mace Foamer or Fogger would disarm along with your fire extinguisher and primary security system if you chose to include it. So you could bring your car to life just by walking to or away from it. Plus, Japan knew that staying at the edge of reception could burn out components so they gave you a slight delay before the relay would trip when you entered or left Blue Tooth range. Anyways, if you didn't break your solder beads your locks, windows and sun roof would actuate both ways when you entered and left Blue Tooth range. However, if you broke the bead properly. When you walked away from the car your doors would lock for 2 seconds. Your windows would go up for 7 seconds. Your sun roof would go down for 7 seconds. Your neons would go off. Your stereo would go off. Your Mace Foamer or Fogger would arm along with your fire extinguisher and primary security system if you chose to include it. Anyways, that was a basic $100 "Actuation" kit. For about $500 and with the help of some of the other commission guys you could get a three way system with three Blue Tooth Relays all of which were capable of syncing with up to 4 key chains. The Engine start button took a little more time, because you had to build them from scratch to get the housing right. We all had a little input here and there when we brain stormed. However at the end of the day most of the commissions and a lot of the freeware remained unchanged unless there was a major design or component change. So for the most part she was a vinyled L.E.D. push button with a Blue Tooth Relay inside a re-enforced 1/4 inch steel housing full of JB Stick. So she couldn't be cracked open. We would replace all the wiring from the starter relay all the way to the engine start button eliminating the steering columns involvement in the starter circuit all together. We'd only use black wiring going component to component to eliminate the use of color codes and anything other than trial and error along with enough dummy wires to give the harness some rigidity. 430 could get pretty decent sized spools of steel braided dress up sheath to keep the wires safe, we just laid them down on plexiglass to slide the steel sheath over them from the side electrically taped. Then we un-taped the plexiglass and slid it out leaving the wiring harness and saving us hours of electrical tape and frustration. Then we put wire through silicone dress up hose which came cheap off EBAY and was a good way to keep thing snug and safe from heat, you just had to be sure to pull it through by the steel braid or you'd have to wrap the wires create a knot and get stuck in the silicone half way. Which leaves one more layer of steel braid to give it the right look, which is really hard to pull over by the way.... Usually, a little 1/4" steel on the starter motor and some JB Stick to cover the imperfections was enough to keep both ends of the harness safe. So when you got in range of your car the engine start button would light off it's own self contained Blue Tooth Relay in sync with the clip strip. The final component was a replacement cylinder which you had to get most of the parts for molds and the other equipment needed to create most of the custom parts necessary when replacing unused or replaced parts. No grinding, maybe some sanding, but he knew a guy who could make a great copy of almost any cylinder and all it was good for was running a self contained Blue Tooth Relay to unlock the steering column and a black push button that would kill the ignition circuit of any car with a distributor or CDI Ignition. So when you car sprung to life as you approached it, all you had to do was get in and push the engine start button to get her started. You could leave your keys in you pocket and just push a button, plus you only had to carry your apartment, trigger lock, deposit box, PO Box, and bike keys on your ring. When you pulled in to a parking space, you pushed a black button on the side of the steering column and she shut down in less than a second. Plus, with a CarChipPro or a ZoomBak which we didn't have in the day you could really make some decent improvements to the ignition circuit kill. Anyways, it gave us all something to bond over. Not to mention he'd help us with any extra parts, components, personal problems, or personal expenses we had. He gave a lot of people the system overlooked a chance to something other than mow lawns and run cash registers. Plus he was responsible for most of the major opportunities we had growing up. He got Candy's Red Honda Coupe fixed up for next to nothing and helped everyone get a hold of the luxuries along with the necessities. Plus he kept Candy safe and got the approval of the standbys when no one else could. So I'm glad to say I was a part of it!!! It gave me a chance to bond with some of the most influential people I've met in my life to date. Not to mention it was Time, Resources and Trust well invested with an equal and usually greater return than anyone in my circumstances would have normally gotten. So if any of you are reading this then I'd like to say thanks for the work on "Frankenstein" and the "Tracker" I wish you could have seen "Skittles" come of age and I hope you all are doing well. God willing the next generation won't lose interest like some of the last one.... I challenge them to Brain Storm, Create, Share and Spread the concept until something new comes of it. I personally would like to see someone wire up a rain sensor outside the weatherstripping to cut power from the clip strip to the windows and the sun roof while it's raining so that they don't get soaked walking to and getting into their car. Which as far as I know has not been done by any of the DIY guys out here. It's been a while since any one's done anything original in terms of commissions.... Alright, I guess I'll get into the other references a little later. So this is BearNEU05237846 saying thanks to everyone who's helped me along the way!!! That being out of the way I also thought I'd give a rough description of the Little Red Coupe for anyone who saw her on the road.... She was a little more involved in the interior work on vehicles, mostly in re purposing the interiors. She had a way of making use of almost any income range that was impressive, regardless of what she was working with it always became something people loved. Her coupe was a home away from home so to speak. It had a custom sun roof and a great suspension, but most of it's major work was done under the hood and on the interior. It was a hobby of 430's to help everyone get parts installed in his spare time if they had the money. Not to mention he was good to all the girls when it came to helping them out with the little things, almost as much as the standbys were for me. Anyways, we did most of the interior. 430 had a way of leveraging his age over most people, older and wiser I guess eventually got old.... So we did most of her interior work, though she had a lot of help getting parts. The first thing she had done was new seat brackets for the upper half of her seats. She knew someone who could have them made inside of two weeks. So that she could change the mount point to about five inches up the seat so that she could have spring pull-pins installed on the base of the upper half of the seat. The most important part was to get the height right so that the pivot point for the seat kept it from hitting the steering wheel, but also let it lay flat with the rear seats. The Brackets had to be smoothed around the edges and we had to make outer brackets with vinyl covering to conceal the new brackets on the sides of the seat. We had them installed above the pivot point and as snug as possible so that they would sandwich the brackets when you put the seat up and let it move out from between them when it was folded down. If you popped the seat lever first it would lean the seat back allowing you to pull the pop pin and lay the upper half flat, then lean the seats forward and tuck them both flat. The whole process took all of five seconds when you got used to it. The backs of all four seats where also upholstered in vinyl and also very easy to clean, the rear seats were also custom but not worth getting into. The spare tire cover was a custom plexiglass panel that was supported with sanded wood blocks that had silicone hose with washers and screws through it to keep it in place on the wood frame. I suppose we could have used weather stripping if we had wanted to, but it would have literally been double stick taped into place. Anyways, the rear section of the panel was almost even with the back of the car. The trunk was sliced along with everything else, she had a true blue hatch back. She had a better hatch than my 94 Eclipse "Skittles" even though it was a bit strange looking inside. It looked fairly flush outside, almost 100% factory. It had a ridiculous amount of frame work, along with custom cage. Just to give an idea of how cool that is in comparison to my 3000GT. My 94 3000GT weighs just under 3100lbs. and a 95 3000GT VR4 Spyder weighs just over 4100lbs. though it does also have an AWD transmission. Her cage was something to see though.... She was just as gutted as my first eclipse by the time she was done just without all the under coating. Once she had all the body and engine work done, it stayed gutted for a long time. I had been driving my 90 Tracker for a while before we actually considered getting her an interior again. The car was gutted, hatched, lowered, caged, and didn't have anything inside left to rattle around. Not to mention it was still 100% all motor at the time, though it did have a great suspension and good brakes. She thought about getting a new car more than a few times, but me and the pervs always managed to talk her into giving it a little more time to come together. I guess we all tried to learn as much on the coupe as possible without pushing anything she didn't want done. It was nice to see everyone do something cool or cheesy here and there to show there own little contributions to the vehicle. Some of us ever signed her when we got a chance to spend time with her. I mostly stuck to paint and wiring for security systems and neons. It glowed much brighter than my tracker though, the interior was something entirely unique that made you question her construction. Plus the exterior had a much higher retail cost to it so it trumped my tracker on every possible level. I had Allteza Tail Lights, Blue LED Head Lights, a Eibach Lowering Kit, a Ridiculously Huge Exhaust Tip, a Neon License Plate Frame, Chrome Wheels, 2 Chrome 12" Subs and a ridiculous amount of glow inside too. All of which was a joke by comparison when I looked at the coupe.... It also had sleeping bags under the plexiglass and re-enforced cylinders on the hatch, no liner actuators or anything cool like that. It was something to see though, it looked almost normal until it pulled a double pop. It would almost raise on it's own.... It had a custom mosquito net that was trimmed and tensed one section at a time to give it that cool no slack look. It had been done with a little fitting help from the pervs and some custom melting time and trimming along the interior sheet panels. (If it was me I'd have just laid the stuff over a piece of hard plastic and screwed another piece over it to pi the netting between them....) The interior panels weren't of any use and were non-adjustable. So they made plastic panels about a foot long a piece that could be attached to the interior frame to hold the mosquito netting in place when it was fitted properly. It looked like it was made to be a moving tent when you brought the rear end up. Plus it showed off the custom frame work to anyone who wanted a peek. It also had a huge transformer that powered a popcorn maker on the left quarter panel and a mini cooler on the right quarter panel. It had a 14" flip down monitor behind the sun roof and a 240 watt sound system. Along with enough neons to make things interesting.... She was something to see though, and by the time everyone had made their own contributions she came together nicely. I've always wanted to improve on the mosquito net she had by making one for my 3000GT. It's already got fold down rear seats gut like the 2009 Eclipse GT and it'd be perfect for a plexiglass panel, I just don't know where to get the seat brackets from. If I did a net though, I'd measure it in advance and use a single piece of silicone dress up hose to unite multiple sections of hard plastic about 6" long which I'd place beneath and above the silicone hose and the mosquito netting in sections kind of like a spinal cord. Anyways, it was a great place to catch up and get a little half way space on the weekends. Especially when I lived out in the middle of nowhere and had parents that were going through a few things at the time. It was my sanctuary when I just needed to have some space from the problems of my week. Plus it was just a nice place to enjoy the AC and the sound of crickets and the night life. I'd like to see a few more like it out there just so people like myself who grew up hitching rides rather than giving them could enjoy their space a little more when they needed it.... Not to mention in comparison to theaters, the seating was more comfortable, the company was familiar, the food was better (Fritos, Black Peppered Jerky, Mello Yellow and Skittles), the AC was cooler, the sound was incredible, though the picture wasn't quite able to compete with the theater screen the content made up for that with a healthy helping of anime!!! I may get into the others a little later, but I guess that's as far as I'm going for now....  



P.S.  In case anyone else out there has had bad luck with Wi-Fi or surveilance cameras....  I thought I'd toss these two links up in case they sounded half as good to anyone else as they did to me.  This little guy is supposed to be good for the Wi-Fi (www.ampedwireless.com/products/sr600ex.html) and this guy is supposed to be good if you don't want to deal with running wires through your home (www.dlink.com/products/?pid=664).  These two are way ahead of anything I've worked with before.  I've used one of those cheasy little 2.4gz ecrypted cameras but without much satifaction since none of the software out there will recognize it....  The D-link 920 however is fully supported by (www.webcam123.com).  Hope this helps anyone out there trying to keep up to speed with the latest toys in their tax bracket!!!  Also, I know they're not on my list....  However, I just got my first real pet in four years!!!  She's a Canadian Duck named PeepMeister!!!  I've only had her for about a month , but I love her dearly....  I've known a few women who've loved they're fish, but I've never really thought of them as real pets.  To me they were allways just really pretty eye candy, you just fed them twice a day and looked at them when no one else was around.  I know that's not fair to the people that love them, but for me.  I need a real pet, something I can pick up, hold, play video games and watch TV with.  She's the first real pet I've had in a while and I'm glad to say that everyone who's met her has fallen in love with her!!!  So I'd like to say I believe pets to be a bonding experiance too....