Tag: balloon
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Keep Your Balloon Away From An Unsuppressed Firearm
I hate when my novelty balloons get ruined by muzzle blast: I really need to look into a suppressor. I went way over my helium balloon budget last month, that was NOT cool. Hat to make cutbacks in cashmere socks, smoked cheeses, and artisan salts. The real crime here is that perfectly good helium to…
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Water Balloon Silencer
Ban water and balloons: This just in… combining water and balloons creates an NFA item. I heard a guy got busted last week for constructive intent just by having his kid’s birthday party balloons near the tap in the kitchen. The ATF doesn’t play… except when they do, then they play hard. That balloon on…
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Balloon Russian Roulette
A revolver based pin popping party game for those with a dark sense of humor: Are toy firearm related games that break the 4 rules of firearm safety OK? Is this any different than kids shooting each other with water guns? Probably not, although since this game has suicide connotations pulling the game out around certain…
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Slow Motion Water Balloon Shooting
These guys talk way too much: Initially I thought it was kind of lame they were using a pellet gun, but then I saw the pellet bounce off the one balloon… nice. Still pretty lame though, but judging by the accents they probably don’t live in the US so real guns might be harder to…
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Javelin Missile Malfunction
Over in Afghanistan: I was expecting something funny, but not that! haha
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M.I.T. wins the DARPA Network Challenge
On December 4th I blogged that DARPA was holding a competition (On Dec. 5th) where you could win $40000 in prize money. My Predictions: My guess is the correct answer is submitted in less than 30 minutes, on behalf of some sort of tightly knit organization. It will be interesting to see how this plays…