Monday, February 25, 2008
Diebold Accidentally Leaks 2008 Election Results
Friday, February 22, 2008
Amigos de Obama
The Amigos de Obama website has a catchy song in Spanish named "Obama Reggaeton" which promotes Barack Obama. Actually, it starts to drive you crazy after a while but it's fun for the first 30 seconds. Here are the lyrics.
Obama Reggaeton is a reggae-style song.
There is also a more traditional folk song named Viva Obama.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Jace's Art
Here are two drawings from Jace after he spent a long time with MS Paint:
Click on them for the full resolution versions.
Click on them for the full resolution versions.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Super Happy Fun Sushi Night!
In order to save money we experimented on making sushi rather than going out. I made tons of sushi and I think it turned out pretty good!
Here are some other pics to keep you happy:
Also... Obama is doing great!!!
Here are some other pics to keep you happy:
Also... Obama is doing great!!!
Monday, February 04, 2008
Electoral Compass
Here is yet another great tool to see which candidate you are aligned with. There are about 35 questions and there are some double negatives to watch out for so be careful. It takes a few seconds to compile the results so be patient. Tomorrow is Super Tuesday so get out there and vote!
It matched me with Barack Obama which is the person I had been planning on voting for (now that Kucinich is out of the race). Here is my chart:
It matched me with Barack Obama which is the person I had been planning on voting for (now that Kucinich is out of the race). Here is my chart:
Anchor Brewing
On Friday night I attended a private tour/party at Anchor Brewing in San Francisco. I was a guest of my friend Raj who was invited because he is a member of RockMed. It was really cool to see the facilities at a medium/small-sized brewery. I had a couple glasses of Old Foghorn which is their Barley Wine and is my favorite of their beers.
Here are a bunch of beautiful copper boiling kettles. I can't imagine how much these things are worth just in terms of the copper, let alone the actual value.
There was a room dedicated to storing huge bricks of hops. It smelled great and it's impressive to see how much they have in light of the recent increase in global hop prices.
Here we are surrounded by large beer vats listening to Tom the tour guide. Several of the vats were encased in ice and I asked him why. He said they do it in the last few days before bottling because it forces the particulates to settle and lets them pull out a more pure beer.
Here are a few pictures of the bottling room. I couldn't help but think of the Laverne & Shirley theme song.
Lots of big power switches:
A view of the inside of a boiling kettle. I had no idea there was anything inside of there. I thought it would be empty. This is apparently some kind of stirring arm.
Buttons that control the boiling kettle room:
Some mystery valves in the boiling kettle room:
And here is a picture of me brewing beer in the backyard yesterday:
I'm making an Amber Lager. I can only make Lagers in the winter since they need to ferment at 48-58 degrees. I have the container sitting in my garage surrounded by a sleeping bag. It is at a pretty constant 57 degrees. It should be done in about five weeks.
Here are a bunch of beautiful copper boiling kettles. I can't imagine how much these things are worth just in terms of the copper, let alone the actual value.
There was a room dedicated to storing huge bricks of hops. It smelled great and it's impressive to see how much they have in light of the recent increase in global hop prices.
Here we are surrounded by large beer vats listening to Tom the tour guide. Several of the vats were encased in ice and I asked him why. He said they do it in the last few days before bottling because it forces the particulates to settle and lets them pull out a more pure beer.
Here are a few pictures of the bottling room. I couldn't help but think of the Laverne & Shirley theme song.
Lots of big power switches:
A view of the inside of a boiling kettle. I had no idea there was anything inside of there. I thought it would be empty. This is apparently some kind of stirring arm.
Buttons that control the boiling kettle room:
Some mystery valves in the boiling kettle room:
And here is a picture of me brewing beer in the backyard yesterday:
I'm making an Amber Lager. I can only make Lagers in the winter since they need to ferment at 48-58 degrees. I have the container sitting in my garage surrounded by a sleeping bag. It is at a pretty constant 57 degrees. It should be done in about five weeks.
Super Blackout
Yesterday with two minutes to go in the 4th quarter of the biggest upset in Super Bowl history half of Brentwood lost power. I quickly drove around the neighborhood to see how big the outage was. This is an approximation of the part of Brentwood without power:
So, I found the game on a portable AM radio and listened to it with candles glowing around me. It actually added some excitement to the experience because I had to use my imagination. The power came on about three hours later. I'm sure there were a lot of upset football fans in Brentwood.
So, I found the game on a portable AM radio and listened to it with candles glowing around me. It actually added some excitement to the experience because I had to use my imagination. The power came on about three hours later. I'm sure there were a lot of upset football fans in Brentwood.
