I'm on Twitter- June 22, 2008 I've been trying out twitter for a couple weeks. I didn't think I had anything to say using short frequent text-based messages (not "text messages" because I still get charged for those, but messaged consisting only of text). I think I was missing the point of twitter; I think saying some very simple things is pretty useful. I'm also finding that I do have things to say. Compare reading just one newspaper article to reading no articles but all the headlines.http://www.andrewsinclair.org/archive/im_on_twitter.htm American Craft Brew Fest- June 22, 2008 I had a great time at the American Craft Brew Fest today. The fest took place in the World Trade Center Boston, which is the same location of the Massachusetts bar exam. The carpet was the same bright blue color, but by all other measures, the beer fest was better than the bar exam. The fest had a great selection of beers, and the crowd seemed focused on certain craft brew leaders (or perhaps the bar tenders at certain booths were just slow to serve). Among the greats: Lagunitas, Dogfish..http://www.andrewsinclair.org/archive/american_craft_brew_fest.htm Homebrew Brew- June 8, 2008 I started brewing my own beer over the last couple months. It's quite an enjoyable process involving simple ingredients, a reasonable amount of effort, and positive results. Much like baking bread, there are very few ingredients but infinite variety in the finished product. It's also a hobby that requires cool equipment like giant stainless steel pots, tubes, siphons, bottle cap crimpers, etc. Brewing has great colors too: lots of copper, brown, and shiny silver (the stainless steel). My..http://www.andrewsinclair.org/archive/homebrew_brew.htm |