March 2009

On Hiatus

I am officially on vacation from my real job until next Friday and as I am taking the kids to Disney and am the sole author here at Shadowscope I won’t be posting much (if at all) here until next Thursday or Friday. Check out the crime links in my sidebar for some really cool…Read more

Wednesday Hero: Chief Master Sergeant Paul Wesley Airey

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Elena Chief Master Sergeant Paul Wesley Airey   “Chief Airey was an Airman’s Airman and one of the true pioneers for our service,” said Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff. “He was a warrior, an innovator… and a leader with vision well ahead of his time. His…Read more

The Trouble With Twitter…

When Twitter first started up I thought it was a pretty stupid fucking idea. I tried it out and didn’t use it very long but then for some reason I picked it back up and while not quite an addict I am ‘on’ Twitter quite often. My blog posts are broadcast on Twitter as well…Read more

Internet Explorer 8

So Microsoft has released IE8. I ran it for a while during it’s beta phase, prior to my computer biting the dust but just have not cared enough to reinstall it on my new laptop. I just don’t really care….

Site Updates

Over the next couple of weeks I will be redoing the entire site. The end result will make for easier commenting, profiles, actions streams and the ability to sign up and write articles to submit should you wish to do so. There won’t be any noticeable changes until it’s complete as I am going to…Read more

Kontera

At one point in time I was running Amazon context links here but ditched them about a year and a half ago, mainly because most of the paid review companies don’t allow them. Since it’s been well over a year since I’ve done any paid posting here at Shadowscope I have re-implemented context links, using…Read more

New Storm OS Leak: 4.7.0.114

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeOS 4.7.0.114 for the Blackberry Storm has been released into the wild. Before you head over looking for links to download bear in mind that this is a beta release and can hose your storm…

Site Maintenance

I’ve exported around a thousand more posts that don’t have anything to do with the subjects at hand and moved them over to my personal site. Still have a long way to go. Once I get to where it’s just the crime blog entries left I will rebuild the templates, which will make it easier…Read more

New Game for the Storm – Crackberry Smash

It’s been quite some time since I posted over here. I’ve been putting all of my energy into my crime blog and now it’s time to rectify that. I will attempt to start posting here at least once a day….

Wednesday Hero

Spc. Brian K. Baker 27 years old from West Seneca, New York 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) November 07, 2004   Near his hometown, the flag flew at half-staff outside the East Concord Volunteer Fire Department where Baker had been a junior firefighter. He joined the Army shortly after graduating…Read more