Monthly Archives: October 2007

Google Begins IMAP Rollout in Gmail

Many users of Google’s Gmail service will begin to see IMAP listed along with Forwarding and POP in their settings. Google started rolling out the availability of IMAP for their Gmail webmail service. This will allow for “2 way” communication … Continue reading

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Malt and Hops

I’m actually getting this up early. Yay for me! Tonight, I had 2 beers (rough tiring day at work). I had a Leatherlips IPA the minute I got home. The beer pours a nice cloudy amber color with a good … Continue reading

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Hops and Cherries

In my continued writings of beers, I missed a day and I’ll write about the one I had last night. I’ll start with the one I missed, Victory Hop Wallop. It’s a Double IPA and the name is quite literally … Continue reading

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Boxed Lunch Comics

A former employee of mine, now living in Boston, started a new web comic called Boxed Lunch Comics. The site just went live today, so there’s not a whole lot of content, but check it out. First comic is already … Continue reading

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Pumpkins Used as Fermenter and Mash Tun

Found a link to a Flickr photoset on Boing Boing where a guy used a couple pumpkins as the mash tun and fermenter for brewing. Be sure to go through the set looking at each image individually (starting with the … Continue reading

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Porter Night

Looks like Beer-of-the-Day is back! Tonight, I had 2 porters. One with dinner and one after dinner (and in just the right order too). The first was Stone’s Smoked Porter. The beer pours a thick black with a nice 2 … Continue reading

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Belgian Tripel Night

As my cold is subsiding, I decided to head out to Nikki’s last night for the weekly tasting. This week was Belgian Tripels, with a nice lineup of beers. Since there were a lot of them, I’ll only mention my … Continue reading

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Sony Announces New, Cheaper PS3… but they still don’t get it

Sony announced a new model of the Playstation 3 today that will be cheaper.  They recently reduced the price of the model with an 80 GB hard drive to $499 from $599, basically eliminating the 60 GB model which cost … Continue reading

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Beer-of-the-Day on Hiatus and some Past Beers

I just wanted to let anyone who might read my “Beer-of-the-Day” posts that it will be on hiatus for at least a few days while I nurse a cold. While one beer might not make a difference, it’s the cold … Continue reading

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Murphy’s Irish Stout

I had the pleasure of trying a new beer tonight that I am kind of surprised I had yet to try. After tonight’s Murphy’s Irish Stout, I can now say I’ve had all the major Irish stouts — Guinness, Beamish, … Continue reading

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