Seasons Greetings
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Nollaig Chridheil huibh!
Merry Christmas to you!
Nollaig Shona daoibh!
Merry Christmas to you!
Brewing Notes — Cherry Stout II — update
The wort has been been chilled and transferred to the primary fermenter. The yeast has been pitched. Initial gravity 1.070. I made it up to nearly 6 gallons because of expected losses (cherries) at racking.
There was a messy boil-over at the start of the boil, but otherwise the process went OK.
Brewing Notes — Cherry Stout II
Winter is really here and I am brewing another cherry stout. This will be similar to the some I did in January, but a little stronger. Continue reading
Snowbound
More Linux at home
As mia_mcdavid commented, I did a lot of work on one of my Linux systems last night. As I wrote last week, I had rebuilt one of my Linux systems with Ubuntu, a derivative of the Debian distribution.
mdlbear at the time suggested that I try native Debian rather than Ubuntu. After a couple frustrating evenings trying to get Ubuntu system exactly the way I wanted I decided to take his advice. He was right.
For Bush haters
The beginning of life
We have been working on our family Christmas letter. In it mia_mcdavid mentions that we are almost done raising our children. It reminded me of this old joke.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 