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Olvi soltserar som enda överlevande independent-bryggeri sedan 1800-talet i Finland med ett 130-års jubileumsöl. Står det på burken. Om själva ölet står det däremot ingenting, vilket kanske inte är speciellt överraskande för en finlänsk maltbrygd, där man å sin höjd drar romantiska paralleller till björnar, Fänrik Ståls sägner och legendariska vardagshistorier.
Olvis jubileumsbrygd är inte tokig, [...]

Kvällens öl har det lite ödesdigra namnet Lia Fail, kommer från Skottland och bär orden “distinctively rich” på ettiketten. Namnet är inte (bara) ödesdigert för att det låter som ett misslyckande utan för att det betyder “Destiny stone” på gaeliska och är den stenen vid vilka Skottlands kungar historiskt har krönts. Titeln lovar mycket och [...]

Morr. Safarin krashade medan jag skrev förra versionen av det här och oaktat vad Wordpressen sade om att den sparat draften så fanns inget då jag kom tillbaka. Morr.
Men på tal om draft, här kommer en lite snabbare och mindre poetisk salva om kvällens jouröl (som inte i kväll intas för att frun jourar utan [...]

I just keep babbling about Tibet like i knew anything about the place or the situation. But you know what, that’s how i cope with the situation. Babbling and speculating.
I just watched this video on YouTube and in a way i understand the two points Dalai lama has tried to make a bit better. [...]

It was only towards the very end of my academic “career” that i discovered how fun technical articles are. Esteemed researchers — and wannabes — write the latest in technological innovation for the world to see. And since i had the “study right” at the school, i had free (gratis) access to these articles.
However, [...]

Buddhist monks amaze me. What is it that bring the mellow men in their crimson robes out on the streets to voice their opinions when nobody else does? In Burma, a few months back. Now in Tibet. It’s the protest of the monks. And after the monks, the students follow. [...]

I have discovered what may be My Instrument. The Hang. And i want to thank Tommy from Ageness for introducing me to this instrument by sending me a Youtube video of Manu Delago playing the instrument. What a treat!
The Hang looks very much like a wok pan. It works — and sounds — pretty [...]

One nuisance of desk working are created by cords. Either there are too many of them or they have a life of their own. Two ways to tackle this are going wireless and using a docking station. My mouse, for instance, is wireless and i’m not going back. I don’t have a [...]

Mark Pilgrim has an unusually grim comparison between Amazon’s electronic book reader device Kindle (or rather, its terms of service) and George Orwell’s 1984, The Right to Read by Richard Stallman and a few other sources.
Especially amusing is the snippet of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ own Open Letter to the Writers’ Guild (When [...]

’tis the season to want stuff… and while i’d love to have this nifty Toshiba Portégé which i have on test run, and (sadly) belongs to our CEO, i’ll present something a bit more modest. If you really want to get me something geeky for Christmas but don’t know what, get me an Arduino, [...]