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The Pub / Happy Nerd St Patrick's Day

« on: March 17, 2011, 10:07:43 PM »

I had to share this one, the best new Irish song I've heard in a long time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oax3cUFsBSw

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Equipment and Software / Giant pot, cheap

« on: March 16, 2011, 09:49:04 AM »

16.5 gallon stainless steel pot, $175, free shipping

http://www.amazon.com/Precise-Heat-Surgical-Stainless-Stockpot/dp/B000VXSEQI

I don't have one and can't speak to the quality.

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The Pub / Japan quake

« on: March 11, 2011, 12:28:41 AM »

 

Conflicting reports of 8.4 - 8.9 magnitude.  Live coverage of the tsunami on the news, moving cars being swept away . . . fires burning everywhere.  Bad bad bad.

<edit> Are you hearing the tsunami sirens yet punatic?

<edit2> Wat's worse than a tsunami?  A tsunami filled with flaming debris . . .

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Zymurgy / March/April Issue?

« on: March 10, 2011, 11:27:57 PM »

Has everyone else gotten theirs by now?  Still missing mine . . .

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Ingredients / cheap hops at morebeer

« on: March 02, 2011, 11:28:20 AM »

How does $0.90 per ounce sound?

https://morebeer.com/search/103540/beerwinecoffee/coffeewinebeer/Home_Brew_Clearance

HNB2W: Hop (Whole) - Northern Brewer (2 oz) $2.38  (discounted 60%)
HCZE2W: Hop (Whole) - Czech Saaz (2 oz) $2.88  (discounted 50%)
HSTE2W: Hop (Whole) - Sterling (2oz) $1.98  (discounted 50%)
HSTE2: Hop (Pellets) - Sterling (2 oz) $2.00  (discounted 20%)
HAMA.5: Hop (Pellets) - Amarillo (.5 oz) $0.45  (discounted 40%)
HBKG.5: Hop (Pellets) - Kent Goldings (.5 oz) $0.45  (discounted 40%)
HCEN.5: Hop (Pellets) - Centennial (.5oz) $0.45  (discounted 40%)
HCHI.5: Hop (Pellets) - Chinook (.5 oz) $0.45  (discounted 40%)
HPER.5: Hop (Pellets) - Perle (.5oz) $0.45  (discounted 40%)
HVAN.5: Hop (Pellets) - Vanguard (.5 oz) $0.45  (discounted 40%)

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The Pub / bikeskills

« on: March 02, 2011, 03:01:07 AM »

I couldn't find the Danny MacAskill thread we had going, I wanted to post this there.

http://wimp.com/bicycleskill/

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The Pub / Congratulations Phil Farrell!

« on: February 26, 2011, 10:01:06 PM »

Congratulations to Phil Farrell, named the latest Beer Drinker of the Year by Wynkoop Brewing Company!

http://twitter.com/wynkoop

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Events / Good luck Mike!

« on: February 21, 2011, 12:14:25 PM »

The 2011 Beer Drinker of the Year competition is this Saturday, and Mike Dixon (mdixon) is one of the finalists.  Best of luck Mike!

My friend Phil Farrell is also a finalist, for those who know him.  And hey, I just realized he's wearing a shirt from the 20th anniversary of Big Time Brewing in Seattle!   Best of luck Phil!

James Clark - I don't think I know that guy.  Is he here under some other name . . . ?

http://www.wynkoop.com/beer/beer-drinker-2011

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The Pub / Beer lovers more likely to have sex on the first date

« on: February 11, 2011, 01:34:59 PM »

Interesting trends noted in the article

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/10/randy-report-beer-lovers-more-likely-to-have-sex-on-the-first-date/

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The Pub / awk sucks

« on: February 10, 2011, 01:21:31 AM »

Why the hell would awk return a value of 1 when I say

awk '{ if ( $9 == "step" ){ print $9 }}' $mut1 > $out1

and the value in that column is 0?  Isn't this a string comparison?  Why does 0 == "step" ?  Makes no sense.  This fixed it though, after 20 minutes of trouble shooting.  Stupid awk.

awk '{ if ( $9 ~ /step/ ){ print $9 }}' $mut1 > $out1

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The Pub / pork soda

« on: February 09, 2011, 11:58:56 AM »

Why would you make a beer and call it Pork Soda?  Anyone try it yet?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/pork-soda-debuts-in-chica_n_820705.html

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Beer Travel / I need a bit of help please . . .

« on: January 27, 2011, 03:12:54 PM »

My brother is getting married later this year.  He wants to rent a house for everyone to stay in, so something with 8+ bedrooms.  I know such house exist in NC on the Outer Banks, we go there every couple of years.  He's looking for some place different, but is having trouble finding places.

Criteria:
Big house
Oceanfront or close to it
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida (not gulf coast)

Anyone have any ideas?  We're looking in the Wilmington NC area, Topsail Beach and such, but could use suggestions on other nice areas with monstrous beach houses.

It's not required, but if there is a good brewery or five nearby that would be awesome.

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The Pub / mistakes people make

« on: January 27, 2011, 02:01:32 AM »

For example, coming to my house to pour a bunch of concrete . . .

I fee a little bad for the guys, since they got here before 8AM and it's 1AM and they're still working.  Then again they had to wait for the concrete to cure to get the right finish, and I fed them beers while we waited

Live webcam
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/concretepour

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The Pub / DMM help please

« on: January 08, 2011, 02:15:19 PM »

What am I doing wrong?

I got out my DMM to trouble shoot something, but I'm getting odd readings.  I'm trying to measure the DC output of a 22.5V DC converter, so I set the DMM to read DC voltage and put the probes on the output (inside is positive for this one) and the reading doesn't change from the 30-60mv it reads when not connected to anything (it fluctuates).

So maybe the converter is bad, right?

Well, just as a sanity check I switched it to AC volts and checked the outlet.  It goes from something under 5 mv (again fluctuating) when not connected to anything, right up to 365 mv when I stick the probes directly into an outlet, one in each of the straight slots.

So what's the deal?  Bad DMM?  User error?  I've used this thing intermittently over the years so I sometimes forget what I'm doing, and I'm not the most electrically inclined person.  But I don't remember having this kind of problem in the past.

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The Pub / bobcat in my yard

« on: December 15, 2010, 02:08:36 PM »

If you had one of these sitting in your front yard for the next 18 hours or so, what would you do with it?




I'm leaning toward leaving it alone so I don't hurt myself