Hummingbird Lane Homestead + StudioIncomplete and fragmented posts from the many years of false starts for this blog.
10.7 the iOSification of my favorite operating system
“natural scrolling”? fix in general control panel
double click windows to minimize
not always showing scroll bars…. finder preferences
no icons on the desktop? WTF?
let me turn off that stupid 3D dock
Launchpad? Really? Piling icons on the screen is the wave of the future, apparently.
My first full track day. Running with COMSCC on May 31st, 2010.
My first attempt at brewing two beers at the same time was a real challenge. Plagued by constant boilovers and missed readings, I still managed to get through it. One batch was Portsmouth’s Kate the Great clone for a club barrel project and the other was an American wheat beer. Shot a little video after fermentation started…
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Truly captivating blogger journalism here- my explosive weizenbock fermentation!
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And vertical video, too!
So after sitting on this tiny bottle for a little while I decided to pull it from my cellar and drink it. First beer of the new decade. Thanks to David and Sarah for picking this up for me on a 2009 trip to the area.
Appearance
Dark ruby, almost brown. Slight lacing with a hint of cloudy sediment.
Smell
Caramelized raspberry, deep wooden undertones.
Taste
Hint of sweetness in front with a malty raspberry finish. Slight bite of alcohol.
Mouthfeel
Smooth as silk, lightly carbonated. Excellent match for the taste.
Drinkability
Frightening and amazing for a 13% brew. This beer is special.
We’ve all been in that traffic where you’re moving slowly then suddenly everyone speeds up only to slam on their brakes again. Picture that situation. Two lanes, me in the right one. Traffic went from 10mph to about 45mph. I watched the left lane traffic come to a stop ahead of me, one by one. The Volvo S80 which was almost next to me at my 11 o’clock kept accelerating, clearly not paying attention. Without so much as tapping the brakes, he slammed into a stopped Jeep. The chain reaction was about 5 cars.
What was amazing is that I felt the impact, like a shockwave. Glass and plastic shrapnel just exploded everywhere. I didn’t see what the driver was doing but I did see the airbags go off and the whole front end cave in like a piece of paper. Guy had to be going 40mph.
I’m keeping my eye on the local news outlets. I hope there were no serious injuries.