Essential Beer Facts.

December 2, 2007
  1. Beer is made from 4 primary ingredients, Barley, Water, Yeast and Hopsbeer
  2. The brewing process can take up to 40 days
  3. In Fairbanks, Alaska, it’s illegal to give beer to a moose
  4. Prohibition lasted 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours, 32 minutes and 30 seconds
  5. The phrase “Mind Your P’s and Q’s” comes from a time when beers were served in pints and quarts and originally meant to be careful on how much you drink
  6. The average American consumes 23.1 gallons of beer each year

Source: HeresToBeer.com


Amazon Kindle *Uncut Video*

December 2, 2007

This video will tell you everything you need to know about the most expensive xmas gift of the season, 8 gig iPhone not withstanding. The underhyped Kindle just may rival the overhyped iPhone as gadget of the year.


A tale of two e-book readers; Amazon Kindle vs. Sony Reader

December 2, 2007

sony readerThe Chicago Sun Times writer, Andy Ihnatko, loves his Kindle, he says it might rival the iphone… “So here’s what Amazon went and did. Metaphorically, the company invented a humanoid robot capable of autonomous action.” iSay, prove it!

Here are some thoughts:Amazon says you can read Tolstoy’s War and Peace on A SINGLE CHARGE, so let’s compare it!

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The Pirate Bay Dashboard Widget for Mac

December 2, 2007

The Pirate Bay is one of the most popular file-sharing websites in the world and much of the content reachable via the site is pirated. Here the founders of the site and those that keep it running talk about what they do, why they do it and how hard it is to stop them.

Ipirate bayn times when the laws of many nations criminalise the swapping of pirated content, be it music, movies or software, the continued existence of The Pirate Bay might seem to be an anomaly.

Those behind the site say they do not fall foul of those laws because it acts as a search engine and does not directly host any of the content

Logo of The Pirate Bay


Extended interview with The Pirate Bay’s co-founders

The IFPI’s view on The Pirate Bay

But although it may not break Swedish laws that has not prevented the authorities from trying to close it down. Last year police raided the building and seized its servers.

But what the authorities did not expect were the public protests that followed.

In the main the protesters were angry about the US film industry telling their parliament what to do. They believed that senior US politicians forced their government to shut The Pirate Bay down, even though it was not doing anything illegal under Swedish law. And that really sparked public debate.

>>>Pirate answering service

>>>International talk like a pirate day

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Winter Wonderland.

December 2, 2007

As the news pounds away at mother nature, us denizens of lands covered by white dust take refuge in the fact that even though a snow blanket looks chilly, it somehow keeps you warmer when you look at it from inside all the same.

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Mac Break Weekly. Episode 68

December 2, 2007

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Chris Breen, and Brett Larson

Download HERE.

Andy finally explains the Kindle’s appeal by likening it to a waffle-making robot…

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We are not officically affiliated, we just dig their show found at Twit.tv


Fonzie vs. Captain Kirk

December 2, 2007

Captain James T. Kirk and Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli are both transported to a planet populated entirely byfonzi beautiful women. (Since that describes half the planets Kirk visited, it isn’t really necessary to describe it further.) They are ordered to fight to the death, to the accompaniment of Star Trek fight music. They can hide from each other, use any weapons and, of course, prevail upon their girlfriends of the week to save them.

Who will win the fight between Kirk, the iconic TV hero and inexplicable babe-magnet of the ’60s, and Fonzie, the iconic TV hero and inexplicable babe-magnet of the ’70s?

I’m going for Fonzie as he simply has the kind of powers that Kirk cannot overcome. His confrontation with Mork (back when Mork was much more powerful than he was on his own series) showed him to be one of the most all-powerful beings in the universe. When Kirk goes up against someone like that, he usually is on the brink of losing until the creature’s father shows up and gets him. But Fonzie has no father. So Kirk’s screwed.

Besides, Fonzie’s nemesis was named Officer Kirk. And Fonzie always beat him. Coincidence?

On the other hand, it’s been pointed out that if Kirk’s shirt gets ripped, he becomes essentially invincible. And it could be argued that Kirk’s track record with women is superior to Fonzie’s, since Fonzie usually gets non-speaking extras while Kirk scores with full-fledged guest stars like Angelique Pettyjohn or Marianna Hill