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Entries Tagged as 'news'
Beer brewing waste will power brewery
March 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · beer, clever, news
Purpose Energy Inc. in Arlington Vermont, is in the midst of constructing a 2 billion BTU digester adjacent to the The Magic Hat Brewing Co. in South Burlington, Vt., where it will take the remnants of the beer fermentation process and break it down into methane that can power a brewery’s boiler and other systems [...]
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Growlers coming of age
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · beer, history, news, video
In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, fresh beer was carried from the local pub to one’s home by means of a small galvanized pail. Rumor has it that when the beer sloshed around the pail, it created a rumbling sound as the CO2 escaped through the lid, thus the term “Growler” was coined.
In [...]
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Roger Ebert’s new voice
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, clever, news, tech, video
After losing his lower jaw to cancer, Roger Ebert was left without the ability to eat, drink or speak. But now, a company in Scotland has perfected a speech synthesized voice using samples of Roger’s previous film reviews dialogue. He recently demoed his beta version voice on the Oprah show.
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The death of Internet Explorer 6
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Internet, Microsoft, bizarre, humor, news
It was inevitable. Finally, after 8 long years of rotten code, IE6 will have it’s “funeral.” More and more Internet services are dropping support for the browser this month. A little memorial will be held in Denver later this week. Check out the details here.
(Incidentally, all our work computers are running XP with IE6 and [...]
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Beer rebate
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · beer, news
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. wants you to try their Old Milwaukee or Old Milwaukee Light beers as a taste challenge. You can receive a $20 rebate on the purchase price of a couple of cases. Say what you will about Old Mil, free beer is free beer. Check out their offer right here.
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Brain bucket cooler
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, automotive, clever, news
Interesting invention, a motorcycle helmet that cools the brain after impact. The cooling of the brain helps prevent long term brain damage after a crash, it is believed. The ThermaHelm helmet will be released for sale in May of this year with a suggested price of ?299 ($460).
The ThermaHelm site is here.
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Point – counterpoint beer
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, beer, news, video
Scottish beer maker Brew Dog Brewery, the brewer of Tactical Nuclear Penguin which weighs in at 32% ABV, has been outdone by German brewer Schorschbrau who recently introduced its Schorschbrau Aberdeenshire which came in at 40% ABV.
Not to be outdone, Brew Dog fired back with a new concoction called Sink the Bismarck! 41% alcohol by [...]
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8 healthful rules for drinking beer
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · beer, how-to, news
Beer can be a very healthful drink if one chooses wisely which types of beer to stick with.
8 simple tips to consider following when selecting the style of beer which could help you stay healthy are outlined in a three page article here.
The Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California at [...]
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Toyota gas pedal fix
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · automotive, how-to, news
A tech at a Toyota dealership demonstrates just what they do to rectify the gas pedal problem.
(Of note: The audio is slightly out of sync but that shouldn’t matter. He gets the point across. Secondly, the key is left in the ignition with the door open causing the warning chime to clang away which the [...]
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Beer consumption by volume
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · beer, news
How does the U.S. stack up against other countries when it comes to drinking beer? Looks like we come in second place to the Chinese. But then again there are billions of those guys. Have a look at some interesting beer drinking statistics.
(Note: Attempting to vote on the Budweiser question at the top will take [...]
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Blizzard of 2010
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · bizarre, news
Parts out east got hit pretty hard from a freak snowstorm as you probably have heard. In order to understand just how much snow was deposited, we have a timelapse video where someone’s back deck gets 25″ in 24 hours. Poor bastards.
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