Archive for July, 2005

Brewing Beer - Batch 0

(Cross posted to Chelsea Blog)
Today I began batch zero of brewing beer at home. My first attempt was, well, I don’t know yet. I have bubbles from the fermenter, which indicates that at least something is happening. It took a lot longer than I thought it would, although I had no frame of reference.
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The Idiots Guide to the NHL Lockout

Wow, I am so glad I can buy a football soccer package on cable; they screwed with the basics of hockey.
Don’t get me wrong, the players deserved a lot worse than they got, but when I read crap like this:
They extended the blue lines and decreased the neutral zones, making it easier to maintain control [...]

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Dessert - Grilled Nectarines

Quick and easy dessert, perfect for the summer.
Take one ripe nectarine. Cut in half, remove pit. On the expose halves, sprinkle with a generous amount of sugar or Splenda. Sprinkle to taste with cinnamon. Grilled cut-side down over medium flame for 5 minutes. Rotate half a turn and grill 5 more minutes. Flip to the [...]

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Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator

Yahoo! has! purchased! Konfabulator! Awesome! (sorry)
This is actually very cool news because Yahoo! has said they will be giving the app away for free and releasing the APIs so you can tie into Yahoo! content.
I hope they optimize that thing too… it’s cool but it sucks up way too many resources.
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UPDATE: You [...]

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Art Fair Bingo - My Pathetic Offering

We went on Friday after work. It was hot, it was crowded, we ended up at Arbor Brewing bored out of our minds. But I did get a few photos for Art Fair Bingo. Click the thumb for a larger view. (I swear I had a couple packin’ four kids between them, but apparently my [...]

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Longhorn has a name

This is all over the place, but Microsoft announced that Longhorn will be branded “Windows Vista”. *yawn* Can we be done with this idiotic name/version march and go back to meaningful release numbers?
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Art Fair Bingo 2005

Brandon at Arbor Update posted the Art Fair Bingo cards for this year. Let people watching begin.
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