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May 4, 2005
Click for huuuuuuge…
If everything goes according to plan, that will be >48 bottles of 11.3% belgian-style ale in about five or six months. Just in time for fall/winter.
Category moved from livejournal
Click for huuuuuuge…
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May 4, 2005
Yeah, sour mash beer is kinda ass-y.
Fortunately I just went and got the ingredients to brew the 11.some % belgian I posted about earlier.
Beer #5
May 4, 2005
Here’s the recipe for my fifth beer, if anyone is curious:
http://www.nuxx.net/files/beer5_notes.txt
Oh, and in case anyone noticed the imap/imap-ssl/pop3-ssl outage on nuxx.net, courier has been upgraded, normality restored, etc. Enjoy.
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May 4, 2005
To all who I host on nuxx.net:
I’m going to be upgrading the POP3/IMAP server on nuxx.net in a bit. So, you might not be able to check your mail periodically… Regardless, the mail is still coming in. Just wait and check later.
If this is a problem, you know how to contact me.
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May 3, 2005
Yay, I just trashed the OS install on my PowerBook and dumped a bare 10.4 install on there. Time to reinstall everything.
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May 3, 2005
Maybe I’m crazy or just a little out of it or something, but I’m kinda thinking that maybe I should sell my Dual 2.0 PowerMac G5 on eBay and just stick with the PowerBook?
This weekend’s experiences showed me that it’s quite a bit of machine… The only issue would be disk space, but I could use external FW disks when I’m doing anything major.
Compaq / HP iLO / RILOe?
April 28, 2005
Has anyone who reads this ever worked with Compaq / HP iLO / RILOe boards? And more specifically, have they used them with Linux?
I’ve got a Linux-based boot floppy here that works just fine when booted in the server, but when you create an image and try to use it via the iLO / RILOe virtual floppy (this is on multiple servers) it doesn’t complete booting. On iLO it finishes reading the kernel early, then gives an error decompressing the kernel (because it didn’t read it all in). On the RILOe boards it reads the kernel and boots it, but gives an IO error when attempting to load the filesystem.
Guh, I just don’t know.
Rochefort #10?
April 22, 2005
So I came across a recipe for Rochefort #10 over in the Realbeer.com Discussions.
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April 22, 2005
Well, I’ve determined that adding an auxiliary input to a 2005 Subaru Forester XT (well, the Subaru six-disc changer) is possible, but will be complicated. It appears that with the info and software on this page I could build just such an input.
It would then be possible to have a single cable running to the iPod’s dock connector to provide power and take a line-out. This would then be fed into the head unit and selected with (I believe) the AUX button. Or it might be whatever button selected an external CD changer…
There is also some interesting info on interfacing to Panasonic head units – essentially emulating CD changers – to be found here, but I think the first page is more along the lines of what I’m looking for.
So, I think for around US$75 or so, plus a bit of work, I could have a module which would connect into the head unit’s power and CD changer connections and happily allow my iPod to play. Then maybe another $30 or so to get everything mounted nicely…
Dishes…
April 15, 2005
When brewing beer, I wash up my beer brewing tools and gear with the sodium percarbonate-based Oxyclean. This is because it is a non-surfactant detergent which does a really good job. It leaves absolutely no residue, is a great degreaser (soap residue and oils will kill all signs of head in a beer), and just cleans really really well.
Well, I’ve also been washing my beer glasses with Oxyclean as well, because then the glasses are as absolutely clean as possible.
What I’m wondering is… Well… Can anyone see any harm in using Oxyclean for all my dishes?
I don’t believe there are any products I normally use in cooking which it could damage, and it seems like it’d do a great job cleaning… And yes, it would cost a little more per load of dishes, but the cleaning capabilities don’t seem to degrade as much as with soap once the dishwater starts to get a bit dirty. Oh, and even better, Oxyclean doesn’t have any fragrance…