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One more thing while I’m thinking of it, Icon was …
One more thing while I’m thinking of it, Icon was quite good. My friend actually invited me up to sit on the homebrewing panel he ran and I think I was able to add to the discussion reasonably well. I think the big problem is that there wasn’t anything for people to hang the information we were putting out onto. Maybe the next panel like it should be done as a demo instead, or at least we should have some examples of equipment and etc.
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Another late update, but better than never.
Another late update, but better than never. Last Monday (10/6/2003) I put down my first real batch of non-extract soda. As previously mentioned, a friend had asked that I bring some soda to Icon for the SuperCon party. I was going to bring the remainders of the Birch Beer I had done on the 30th, and then the majority of this new batch. I figured that I should diversify the flavors, so I did the Red Berries based soda and it turned out pretty good.
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A friend here at work pressed a copy of “The Sparr…
A friend here at work pressed a copy of “The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell on me last week. I cracked it on Tuesday night, and finished the last portion last night. I have to say that it is an amazing read, full of humor, thought, and faith. Read a copy if you get the chance, it is not to be missed. Also, finished up “The Goblin Wood” by Hilari Bell last week.
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I got a pleasant surprise via email the other day:…
I got a pleasant surprise via email the other day: There are people who actually read this! While this wasn’t the first person to mail me, it has been awhile since I’ve heard from anyone and now I feel somewhat bad about not keeping it up to date. So, here’s the big update:
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Just a new post so I can test something. Not too m…
Just a new post so I can test something. Not too much going on. Icon the weekend after next. Lots of birthdays, as usual. Getting started on Christmas shopping (I want to be done long before Thanksgiving this year). That sort of thing.
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A short list of interesting bands/musicians you pr…
A short list of interesting bands/musicians you probably haven’t heard, but definitely should:
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Well, the laptop on the trip has been useful, exce…
Well, the laptop on the trip has been useful, except at the new hotel. We had been at the Holiday Inn on King in Toronto where they had really nice and quick wired network access in the room. The new hotel, while beautiful for various reasons is rather lacking in the networking in the room features sadly. However Worldcon does have it’s usual internet lounge so it does make up for it.
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Ah... The couch is a nice place to run a lap…
Ah:.. The couch is a nice place to run a laptop from! The wireless is running, the new Dell Inspiron 1100 is humming away downloading critical updates and such. Almost ready for the trip to Toronto. Life is good.
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Just in case any body else is keeping track, but t…
Just in case any body else is keeping track, but the Twin Cities has reached critical mass as far as high end ice cream shops go. The latest to open is PumpHouse Creamery, which I’m thinking I might try and drop by tomorrow afternoon to give a try. One of the reasons is that I’m very curious what all is in their “20 varieties” of bottled soda’s they also carry.
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I saw the LRT running tests on Monday night! The c…
I saw the LRT running tests on Monday night! The car is a bit shorter than I had thought it would be, but makes sense given they will be running every 15min. Things are still on target for opening the line early next year, and from the visible progress being made I don’t doubt that at all.