Ever feel like The Man is creeping on your cell phone? These days, it seems like it’s more than just a fleeting chance. The people over at Scottevest have come up with a pretty good solution: a pocket-sized Faraday cage. If this thing is really a Faraday cage, sticking your cell phone into it would cause it […]
Read MoreJust in time for the zombie apocalypse, learn how to open a can of food using just some concrete and your hands. Just be careful you don’t cut yourself.
Read MoreWhat a beautiful drive down to New Martinsville this morning to meet with the folks from the Wetzel County FRN. Happy first snow, everyone.
Read MorePretty interesting: you can now read History of Barnesville, Ohio by Richard Taneyhill online. The book is hosted over at the Library of Congress, and you can download it in PDF format, for Kindle, and several other formats for free. For anyone that’s never heard of archive.org, they have open texts of all sorts, from Library […]
Read MoreJust a few pictures I took on my run today on the exercise trail at the Barnesville Park. For those of you in town, I’ve never seen the trail in better condition, so if you want a nice walk in the woods as the leaves continue to turn, get out to the park.
Read MoreI wanted to take this opportunity to apologize for almost stepping on you last week as I was taking my run through the park. It was not my intention to startle you in such a way; I was simply going for a jog, and did not mean to disturb your afternoon nap.
Read MoreBest Bitter Style: English Pale Ale (8B) Brew Date: Batch volume: Two Gallon ABV: TBD IBU: 36 Grain Bill 2-Row 3 lbs Crystal 40L 6 oz Flaked Corn 6 oz Red Wheat 4 oz Total 4 lbs. Mash Eight quarts of strike water raised to 159°, then mashed for 60 minutes at a 149° mash […]
Read MoreSnowbound Chocolate, as it chocolate malt, not as in chocolate flavor. Bittered to hell with two full ounces of whole, dried Chinook hops, one for each gallon. 10% black roasted barley and 10% chocolate malt. The remainder of the grain bill is maris otter. Style: American Stout (13E) Brew Date: 12/29/2012 Batch volume: Two Gallon […]
Read MoreThe newest version of WordPress, 3.5, (code-named ‘Elvin’) dropped today, three months and five days after 3.4.2. Major changes in this release include an upgraded media manager, a new default theme, dashboard resolution improvements, and some behind the scenes improvements. Upgrading from 3.4.2 was as easy as it always is for WordPress upgrades. Maybe I have been […]
Read MoreGot a little happy with the camera this afternoon. Merry Christmas.
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