I’ve gone on the famous Universal Studios Tour since the 1970’s and experienced many of the changes over the decades. But on this tram tour was different and the longest.
Near the start of the tram tour through the Universal backlot, our all-electric tram experienced technical issues. We had a 5 minute delay at the start of the tour while the system rebooted. Later in Old Mexico, our tram electronics again broke down.
Our tram hobbled over to the Old West set and waited there for nearly half an hour for a replacement tram. We walked through the backlot set to our new tram and then continued our tour. To make up for the delay, we got a Quick Pass that we used to go on the Minions’ ride later.
After my interview with Uintah Precision on my TMI livestream show I was pleasantly surprised to receive a package in the mail. Inside was a plain black round tin, and inside was the Victoris trigger.
The Victoris is a high-quality, drop-in, single-stage AR trigger. It has a remarkable 1.5lb break with no take-up and a crisp, fast reset. The installation instructions came in a print-out sheet outside of the tin, which oddly read “Do not to use anti-walk pins.”
I asked Uintah about this, and they said this was a workaround to prevent returns by unhappy customers. Those buyers who used anti-walk pins often failed to tighten the lock-in screws, which provide the correct tension on the trigger. This caused the trigger to break inconsistently and more heavily than 1.5 lbs. Technically, I could use anti-walk pins, provided I torqued the set screws.
Correctly installed in my budget Anderson lower with a 223 Wyld upper and a Discovery Optics ED-LHT 3-15×50 scope, I tested the setup at the gun range. The trigger was a delight. After gently resting my finger on the trigger, I barely pressed, and I would send my shot. This helped prevent me from accidentally jerking the trigger and provided tighter groups than I typically get with this rifle.
Note that an ultralight break removes the safety margin against accidental discharge needed for everyday or home-defense ARs. The Victoris’ premium price also naturally discourages the casual user from picking up one of these triggers. For bench rest or long-range precision AR setups, ultra-light triggers like the Victoris are ideal for improved shooting.
Olight upgraded their already best-selling OCLIP Pro with a new S model. It looks practically identical on the outside. The OClip is named for the large spring clip built into the body that allows the flashlight to clip onto clothing, gear, and objects; and has an embedded magnet to be attach to metal surfaces.
But the difference is more colorful. Instead of simply outputting a red beam for night vision preservation, the S model now offers RGB color; you can cycle between red, green, or blue color output.
The OClip is designed to clip on pockets, backpack straps or even a hat brim but right angle of the light to the clip provides limited mounting choices. Attached to a hat brim The OClip illimunates as much of the user’s face as it does items at hand reach.
Despite its limited beam direction and mounting choices, the design is compact, elegant, and affordable.
Advertising campaigns have headlines, taglines, and slogans. What’s the difference? What makes them good, bad, or annoying? This video is sponsored by Venice.ai. Get a free trial, go to https://venice.ai/moondog or use code MOONDOG to get 20% off a Pro Plan. Enjoy uncensored and private A.I. with Venice.
Advertising is about words and visuals that move the consumer towards affinity and even love of a company or its products. The words in an Ad is either the Headline or a Tagline or a Slogan. What’s the difference.
And sometimes the headline is the Tagline or the Slogan. What is what?
HEADLINE The key message about the product being sold. What’s the problem? What’s the solution? ie. “Eat more chicken.”
TAGLINE A short phrase or sentence expressing a brand’s core identity or ethos.
Nike — “Just do it.”
Apple — “Think different.”
De Beers — “A Diamond is Forever.”
BMW — “The Ultimate Driving Machine.”
American Express — “Don’t leave home without it.”
California Milk Processing Board – “Got Milk?”
SLOGAN The core idea or benefit of a campaign or promotion of a product.
McDonald’s – “You Deserve A Break Today”
Verizon — “Can you hear me now? Good.”
Disneyland — “I’m going to Disneyland!”
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This shoe and sports brand exploded in the late 1980’s through its sponsorship and partnership with basketball player Michael Jordan, which created his Air Jordan shoes.
The LHT 4.5-18×42 is the newest model of their LHT 3-12×42 scope. This scope has the lightweight, slim profile of a traditional 3-9x hunting scope, with an cross-over tactical features like a FFP reticle and exposed locking turrets.
This LHT 4.5-18×42 is practically identical to the 3-12×42, save for 1.5″ longer tube section forward of the turrets. Its glass performed like a budget optic. It has noticeable distortion and softening on the outer edges with some chromatic aberration. But its higher top end of 18x provided acceptable resolution of at the center of its image to identify features on my reference targets at 100 yrds.
What makes both LHT scopes stand out, is its value proposition. Both LHT’s have a street price under $150, making them a better value than even Walmart grade 3-9x scopes. Its modest size and above-average performance make this an ideal standard scope for my 10/22 takedown.
Jurassic World: The Ride is a high-intensity water-based attraction located at Universal Studios Hollywood. This ride is designed to immerse guests in an adventure from the Jurassic World film franchise. We paid for Early Access to Super Mario World. After the park opened for general admission at 9:00 am, we ventured next door to the Jurassic World ride at about 9:15am and found it almost no waiting line that early.
We jumped into a boat and I filmed the experience. The added large screen LCD action and new improved animatronics ending battle scene with the T-Rex and Indominus Rex were impressive. When I rode the original Jurassic Park ride when it opened in the early 2000’s, I remember feeling a bit underwhelmed and disappointed the the animatronics. But this new and improved ride was worth it.
At the Steiner booth, they had an overwhelming array of new products. To follow on their best-selling MPS pistol red dot, they’ve created the smaller MPS-C. It has the clear glass and quality build of the MPS but with an RMSc footprint for compact pistols.
For Law Enforcement, Military, and Private Security, Steiner launched that ATLAS (Advanced Tactical Laser Aiming System). This next-generation aiming and illumination device features five powerful laser, visible and IR emitters. All 5 emitters are co-aligned with a single set of adjusters for effortless zeroing and co-alignment retention.
Finally, they showed their revamped line of H6 hunting scopes and T6 LPVOs, all made at their facility in Colorado.
The Maven B.3 series of compact binoculars are designed for those who want high performance in a small package. Despite its size, it offers a generous exit pupil for a big image. Its 30mm object Japanese ED glass offers extremely bright and clear image with a wide depth of field and field of view.
The body is covered in a rubberized grey armor with stylish color accents that can be customized on Maven’s website. It comes with retained lens covers and a neck strap. It has integral, rotate to extend eye-cups and a buttery smooth focus dial.
Maven is the most premium-looking American-made optics. They also offer the most customizable products of any optics maker. When purchased from the website, you can upgrade to a custom package which allows you to change or customize the color of its components and skin.
Maven is known for making some of the most luxurious-looking optics in the market, with stylish external design, colors, and user customization. They also produce some excellent performing pocket-sized binoculars in the B.3 series. I reviewed their 8×30 binoculars a year ago. This season I test its 6x model offering a wider field of view in an identical footprint.
The 6×30 produced a crisp, bright, and color-accurate image. It is lightweight and small enough to fit into a wide coat pocket. While this performance and style comes at a premium price, its performance is worth every penny.
Social Security is insurance, not a strategy. Today, we’re going to chat with Porsche Speedster about what he’s learned about retirement planning. This video is sponsored by Venice.ai. Get a free trial, go to https://venice.ai/moondog or use code MOONDOG to get 20% off a Pro Plan. Enjoy uncensored and private A.I. with Venice.
1957 Porsche Speedster is a retired biotech engineer, who spent over 30 years developing and manufacturing Medical Diagnostic Testing regents. He’s lived and worked in California, the UK, Deleware, and Pennsylvania.
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Founded in 1982, this company was one of the first online stock brokerage firms. First on Compuserve in 1983, and then on the World Wide Web in 1992.
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This online brokerage was aquired by Morgan Stanley in 2020. It remains a discount brokerage brand for budget minded investors.
Last year OSight released the SE, a compact RMS-c footprint enclosed relfex sight. And their first to offer a user-replaceable coin battery tray. This year, they’ve added a feature missing from that red dot: a green dot.
The OSight SE GN is physically identical to the red SE but now offers the same multi-reticle in a green colored LED. This is great for people with astigmatism or who prefer a green color for visibility in daylight.
