Author: Chris Johnson

  • The Loss of a Friend

    The Loss of a Friend

    Aside, there are two cases pending articles. I’m working on them. I do not have many friends. It is difficult for me to reach out to my friends to keep in touch with them. Since I work from home, I’m not forced to interact with co-workers. So, few friends. Note, I use the word “friend”…

  • How To Securely Update A Device

    How To Securely Update A Device

    There are two basic types of devices, an embedded system, and a general system. There are embedded systems everywhere. Your smart TV. The Chromecast you have attached to your “dumb” TV. Your coffee maker, your washing machine or drier. These are a few of the embedded systems you use every day. There are some that…

  • Cognitive Dissonance

    Cognitive Dissonance

    The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people are averse to inconsistencies within their own minds. It offers one explanation for why people sometimes make an effort to adjust their thinking when their own thoughts, words, or behaviors seem to clash with each other. Ok, but what does that mean? More importantly, what does it…

  • The AK Guy Recreated the Assassination Attempt

    The AK Guy Recreated the Assassination Attempt

    Brandon debunks some idiot’s claims of “fake”. 1 MOA red dot on a 2 MOA rifle at 130 to 150 Yards gives you a 4 inch grouping.

  • What comes first?

    What comes first?

    One of the most interesting things I’m currently discovering, is how to move back in time. What happens when there is no electricity? What can we do, how can we do it? One path is to learn how to live off-grid. This is part of where I am. This is why I spent the time…

  • Good Lawyers Aren’t Cheap.  Cheap Lawyers Aren’t Good.

    Good Lawyers Aren’t Cheap. Cheap Lawyers Aren’t Good.

    I grew up in an innocent age of TV and movies. The heroes were the guys in the blue uniforms and the white hats. The lawyers were evil men working for evil criminals, or they were good men doing good deeds. The press was there to expose the truth, to give us the facts. The…

  • Alec Baldwin Gets Away with Murder?

    Alec Baldwin Gets Away with Murder?

    Alec Baldwin’s case was dismissed with prejudice. What does this mean, IANAL view point Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter after he shot and killed his cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. The relevant facts: Alec Baldwin was holding a real gun. Alec Baldwin pointed the gun at a person. Alec Baldwin cocked the gun (pulled the…

  • Case Dismissed, They Miss Trump, Again

    Case Dismissed, They Miss Trump, Again

    There were several cases GVRed at the end of June. This is one of the methods the Supreme Court uses to communicate with the inferior courts. What they are doing is telling the inferior courts, all of them, that this opinion we issued, applies to these sorts of cases. The Loper Bright case was the…

  • Learning A New Skill

    Learning A New Skill

    I like to learn new things. My goal is to be able to fix anything at The Fort At #4. A large part of that is learning how to turn wood. This is not as difficult as it could be because I have experience with a metal lathe. The concepts are similar, but very different.…