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Anyone for Honey Brandy? BRB, BATF.
Submitted by unitinu on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 10:59I know "proper" distilling (for human consumption) is illegal without thousands of dollars in permits and inspections, but is it the production of strong liquor that's illegal, or the use of a still? I ask specifically because I've been thinking about ice distilling.
HULK CLASH!
Submitted by unitinu on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 07:37It struck me the other day: the colors for The Hulk are exactly out of phase with the classic Steel & Straw palette. Is that deliberate, do you suppose?
Jeeves! Fetch me the burny thing, for the wirey stuff! I've had an idea!
Submitted by unitinu on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 06:35Bill has inspired me to dive back into hardware hacking. To complete my grand master plan, I need...
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9569 qty 8
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9418 qty 8
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9358 qty 1
http://www.adafruit.com/products/170 qty 1
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/dso-nano-v2-p-681.html?cPath=174 qty 1
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/rainbow-cube-kit-assembled-p-998.html?cPath=138 qty 1
With this modest arsenal of pieces and parts, I shall build the world's greatest humidor monitoring rig.
I think I shall name her "Bertha"
Submitted by unitinu on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 06:31The big humidor seems to be fully seasoned. If anything, it's a bit damp in there now, and I'm starting to get worried about mold. Letting it air out a bit isn't going to hurt any, though, and I should be ready to decant from the 50-count (and maybe buy my first ever full box of cigars) in a week or two.
Wow
Submitted by unitinu on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 05:26This guy beats NES Tetris in under 8 minutes. I don't think I've ever seen anything so beautiful in my life...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xQGkclWrZPk
The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
Submitted by unitinu on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 09:08Speccing some new hardware for a new project at work. Looking at systems with 80 cores and 4TB of RAM. Looking at maybe ten of them. It makes me feel funny in my pants.
Oh yeah, that gets me wet. Wait, what?
Submitted by unitinu on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 07:54The electric humidifier just wasn't cutting it for getting the humidor up to sealing humidity. It would wander around between about 72% and 78% but never quite stay stable, and definitely never got up into the ~84% range needed to get a good seal. I broke down and picked up a dozen Bóveda seasoning packages. Dropped down to about 67% in the time it took me to install them, but overnight it's back up to 78% and apparently still climbing. Only time will tell.
I've got a new Dell Streak 7, but no data plan
Submitted by unitinu on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 06:29Looking for a good SIM card only plan with unlimited data. Any suggestions?
An oldy, but a goody
Submitted by unitinu on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 14:29This'll probably make you groan, but at some point they've added a bunch of new maps to Company of Heroes, if anyone's interested in a little light-hearted comp-stomping.
The very best in season's greetings to you all!
Submitted by unitinu on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 11:43Santa was extremely generous to me this year: a new (enormous) humidor, with a humidifier for it and a mazo of rather decent smokesticks, six extraordinarily geeky t-shirts, a pre-order of the next WoW expansion, two new chairs for the veranda / porch, a new chair for my office, some new shoes, a matching set of Bill & Hillary corkscrew & nutcrackers, a good-sized wad of cold, hard cash, a giant coke bottle for keeping my loose change, and a Dell Streak 7 tablet. The list, I'm sure, goes on and on, but I'm overexcited right about now, so I can't think straight.
