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Free as in beer!
My case of free beer just arrived. It's the James Squire Porter, a lovely drop. Only trouble now is getting it home from work. I think it'll have to be one six-pack at a time.
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Free beer!
I'm subscribed to the Malt Shovel Brewery's (of James Squire fame) email newsletter. The latest one had what I thought was a pretty condescending comment for something sent to self-identified beer lov…
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Brewing again
Now that the weather has cooled down to reasonable levels, I put a brew on yesterday. Nothing spectacular, a Cooper's Mexican Cerveza kit with a kilo of Cooper's "Brew Enhancer 1". I'm planning to put…
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Organizing geek stuff
Someone recommended those shoe rack hanging things for keeping geek bits and bobs. I bought one last week and just spent some time putting all my shit in it. I can now see my desk! Brilliant idea. Eve…
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The Wasp Nest Principle
I've been listening to a great radio play called The Department from Radio 4. It's very sharp satire. This afternoon I listened to the episode where the team tackle terrorism, and it had this brillian…
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The Beer Box
Last night I finished my woodworking course at Sydney Community College (old Leichardt High School). My project was to make a box that will keep my beer fermenter cool, as our house gets to very high…
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What's appropriate on the Planets?
My blog is syndicated on quite a few Planets: GLLUG SLUG Linux Australia Linode During my recent exchange with Erik de Castro Lopo about Fred Nile and racism, I got a few emails from people asking us…
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Turnbull says something intelligent: Shock!
Malcolm Turnbull yesterday said something I find difficult to disagree with: " I think religion is a very poor guide to public policy. " Can't argue with that! Doesn't mean I actually like the Vauclus…
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SMH shows some tact
The Herald has shown its tact with this teaser about "Big wave surfing" alongside the story "Tsunami: 'move to higher ground'".
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Smug is...
When some warns you about the latest Windows virus and opening a particular type of email and you don't run that buggy heap of crap. Apparently there's some new virus out for Windows/Outlook. If you r…
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A Winter after two Summers
Last night I actually got a little chilly at the pub. We haven't had a Winter since we left the UK in April last year. Two Summers in a row was pretty luxurious, but we're actually looking forward to…
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How useful!
A job ad from realstate.com.au led me to their site, where you have to register to apply for a job. It helpfully tells you this: I can guarantee you, my password isn't made up of asterisks. Further hu…
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Justifiable homicide?
Does having an annoying, very loud ring tone on a phone that rings every five minutes in an open-plan office qualify the owner for removal from the gene pool? Is that qualification increased when he's…
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Real estate agent making threats
I had a couple of phone calls from the real estate agent who got us into this house yesterday. He made vague threats about my web page, which details our troubles with them. Fortunately the defamation…
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Fred Nile: racist (part three)
I thought I could have a reasoned debate with Erik, but his latest post's first argument quotes me out of context and ignores the entire point. Thus, not much point continuing as it will just descend…
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New tuner and anyone got a crappy AGP video card?
I slotted a new tuner card into my MythTV backend last night. This time it was a KWorld "Dual Hybrid" from Dick Smith Powerhouse. Once again it's an SAA7134-based card, so it Just Works. Nice to have…
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Fred Nile racist, or just playing politics?
Erik de Castro Lopo has responded to yesterday's post about Fred Nile's recent conversion to racism. Erik makes the pedantic claim that Islam is not a race. In this era of the dog whistle I thought th…
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Lovely morning for a ride
Sunny when I left home. Sunny as I wheeled into the office. Pissing down the entire journey. Reminds me that I need to get some mudguards.
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Fred Nile: racist
I don't suppose I have too many hardcore Xtians reading my blog, what with me thinking it's perfectly okay to ridicule adults who still have imaginary friends. Just in case I do, it's worth pointing o…
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Beach and beer
We had a great weekend up the coast at my parents' holiday house. We drove off on Friday night and watched a film when we arrived. Saturday morning we slept in, had a lazy breakfast reading the paper.…