Irish Class, July 11, 2011
Rang Gaeilge, 11 lá Mí na Iúil 2011
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Monday Night Irish Class, July 11, 2011
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Google learns from its mistakes
Privacy experts praise Google+ rollout so far via Slashdot.
Does this mean Google is “better” than Facebook. Perhaps marginally. However, the fundamentals are the same: These “free” internet services are offered by for-profit companies. Their purpose is to make money for their stockholders, and they are going to do it one way or another. As I posted in in January:
“if you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold”.
Feynman quote
From In the Dark:
Well, Mr. Frankel, who started this program, began to suffer from the computer disease that anybody who works with computers now knows about. Its a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work The trouble with computers is you *play* with them. They are so wonderful. . Continue reading
Not so old after all
Convergence 2011
Convergence 2011
We just got back from Convergence,
the biggest of the local SF cons. We have been going there for some years,
including 2010,
2009 , 2008,
2007 and
2006
We actually did the full four days of the Con, staying over Thursday night as well as Friday and Saturday.
We need to be training for Worldcon in Chicago next year :-)> It was a good time for us. carpe_noctum_93
was able to join us Friday and Saturday in the early evening. Our son J was sick Thursday, but joined us on
Friday.
The Beer Archaeologist
The Six Most Terrifying Words in Information Technology
“We don’t have the source code.”
I just saw these in an on-line discussion about something at my job that I have been working on since 2 PM (recall that today is Sunday).
Shape-shifting Blacksmiths
Monday Night Irish Class, June 20, 2011
Irish Class, June 20, 2011
Rang Gaeilge, 20ú lá Mí na Mheiteamh 2011
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Alex Hijmans
Bottled some ale
I finally bottled the ale that I started in March. It is darker than I thought, so I am calling it a brown ale rather than a pale ale. Should still be good. Next time I try for a pale ale I will use much less crystal malt. Final gravity 1.010, so about 5.0% alcohol by volume.
The process of bottling is somewhat involved, and, because of the need for sanitation, finicky. So I always put it off. However, it is not as bad as anticipation makes it. I finished this 5 gallon batch, including the final cleanup, in a little over 2 hours.
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