http://www.derekleewo.com/wp Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:35:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have what appears to be an unusual gun, or at least one that isn't very popular.  It is an Uzi Eagle 9mm compact polymer handgun.  This was bought several years ago, but it is the same as the Jericho 941 Baby Eagle compact polymer or the Magnum Research Baby ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2009/04/10/homemade-leatherkydex-tuckable-iwb-holster/ UPDATE: It turns out that the fix I describe here wasn't permanent and the TV stopped working again.  I thought it would still be useful to show what I've done: I have a SVA HD4208TIII-PDP plasma TV that was bought about 4 years ago.  All of sudden last week it refuses ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/11/12/repairing-sva-hd4208tiii-pdp/ A user recently brought to my attention that Google was reporting my site as a malware site.  I found that hard to believe, but I went and checked and he was right.  Based on the report I see from Google, my site was acting as an intermediary for installing malware ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/08/29/ive-been-hacked/ I am among the millions who watched Usain Bolt run the 100m and 200m Olympic races in world record time and I was extremely impressed.  I'm from Trinidad & Tobago and being from another Caribbean island, I love seeing other people from the Caribbean succeed on the world stage.  Not ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/08/28/bolt-of-lightening/ Kim and I have now completed week 5. It as tough!! The hardest part was the last set where we had to do at least 40 pushups. We didn't do the stress test before the start of the week, but we figured we could do the 40 ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/08/18/one-hundred-pushups-week-5/ Week 4 was a relatively easy week. I can say that as it was almost identical to week 3, but unlike the difficulty I had in week 3, I'm a little stronger so the effort seems much more manageable. Here is the schedule we had for the week: http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/08/11/one-hundred-pushups-week-4/ Kim and I completed week 3 of the 6-week program.  We are now half-way through the program.  Based on our stress test at the end of week 2, we followed the 3rd column of the plan as follows: I think is was by far the toughest week so far.  On ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/08/03/one-hundred-pushups-week-3/ Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping earlier this year and now the IOC has stripped the US 4x400m relay team of their Sydney 2000 gold medal.  As much as the spectators may feel cheated when this occurs, I think the people the cheaters lets down the most are their teammates.  As ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/08/02/the-victims-when-athletes-cheat/ Kim and I completed week 2 of the 6-week program. Based on our initial stress test, we followed the 3rd column of the plan as follows: The week felt pretty good and I was able to complete all the requirements without much difficulty. At the end of the week we are ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/07/27/one-hundred-pushups-week-2/ It has now been one month since I started back running and almost 4 weeks since I had the cortisone shot in my right heel.  My running chart hasn't looked this good in a long time: My right heel has been holding up great and I have just some very minor ... http://www.derekleewo.com/wp/2008/07/21/one-month-of-running/