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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Mixology Meets Molecular Gastronomy
High-tech tipples: The future of cocktails – New Science There you are, sitting at the bar, faced with so many different cocktail combinations but the truth of it is you have become jaded.Β You’ve done the tequila shooters, sipped your share of champagne cocktails, swilled cheap gin, savored aged rum, and hoisted many shot glasses [...]
The Geek Index for December 28, 2009
Avatar continues to make great gains at the box office which boosts the Geek Index.Β A lot of non Geek movies dropped off the box office chart and television was dominated by forensic science procedure shows like CSI and NCIS. The Big Bang Theory, despite being a rerun also made the top ten and I [...]
Nobody Uses the Internet on Friday – Especially Christmas Friday
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!! Were you good boys and girls this year?Β Did Santa bring you goodies or coal? What’s that, you don’t believe in Santa Claus? Tsk tsk tsk, well, don’t worry, I’ve got all sorts of goodies for you today because as we all know, nobody uses the internet on Fridays so [...]
Be Healthy! Wassail!
I hear of these olden drinks in songs and literature and never really give them a second thought.Β Wassail, however, has always stuck in my head.Β I think primarily because the song is so catchy. I went through easily a dozen variations of Wassail recipes looking for one that seemed appropriate.Β The historical drink was [...]
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Movies in the Amazing Third Dimension
I saw my first modern 3-D movie this weekend and I was appropriately impressed.Β Well, impressed and annoyed.Β There are a lot of annoyances associated with a modern 3-D movie that will need to be addressed before this movie technology is adopted into the mainstream. First, those Buddy Holly thick heavy glasses have to be [...]
The Geek Index for Dec. 21, 2009
As the Geek Index indicates, it is a very good time to be a geek.Β There is only one core reason why the Geek Index spiked over the weekend: Avatar.Β A science fiction movie made with cutting edge technology with amazing fantastic battle sequences between flying dragon like creatures, massive gunships, and mech suits has [...]
