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You’ve always been able to search through patents on the US Patent website, but as usual, Google does it 100 times better.
They even feature notable or hilarious patents on the main page.
So far my favorite patents:
Monkey Doll
Underwear
Nose Hair Trimmer
I also had a good time looking up all the patents we have at work. My Dad is named in seven.
You’ve always been able to search through patents on the US Patent website, but as usual, Google does it 100 times better.
They even feature notable or hilarious patents on the main page.
So far my favorite patents:
Monkey Doll
Underwear
Nose Hair Trimmer
I also had a good time looking up all the patents we have at work. My Dad is named in seven.
Like this guy:
Like this guy:
So I guess Iverson is leaving Philadelphia and even though it’s not finalized it looks like a done deal. It’s a shame, because the guy played every game with everything he had.
Even if he wasn’t always at practice.
So I guess Iverson is leaving Philadelphia and even though it’s not finalized it looks like a done deal. It’s a shame, because the guy played every game with everything he had.
Even if he wasn’t always at practice.
Brewmaster Neil Innes and I are making a batch of IPA in my basement. We started fermenting it last week and this week we moved it into the carboy. It should be ready some time in the next few weeks.
Check it out:
The recipe kit we used was
Munton’s Gold IPA
I never really knew the history of the IPA, but it has a good one. From wikipedia:
The East Indies market was a very tempting but difficult one to enter for English brewers. After the British East India Company had established itself in India by the early 1700s, it had a large number of troops and civilians demanding beer. However, the long hot journey proved a difficult one for the dark ales and porters of England. Ships typically left London, cruised south past the equator along the coast of Africa, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and then crossed the Indian Ocean to reach Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. The temperature fluctuations were huge, it was a very long trip (about 6 months) and the rough waters of southern Africa resulted in an extremely violent voyage.
Despite these obstacles, however, English brewers did try to establish exports to India. Early shipments to India contained bottled porters, the favorite beer in London, which generally arrived flat, musty, and sour. The answer to the great beer problem finally came from a recipe created by George Hodgson at the Bow Brewery in East London. India ale was a variation of his pale ale, which Londoners had been drinking since the mid-1750s. Hodgson began shipping Hodgson’s India Ale during the 1780s. By 1784 advertisements were appearing in the Calcutta Gazette for “light and excellent” pale ale.
Before refrigeration and pasteurization, the brewer’s only weapons against spoilage were alcohol and hops. Alcohol provided an unfriendly environment for microbes and the hops prevented the growth of the bacteria which cause sourness. Therefore high alcohol content and high hopping rates could protect beer from the souring associated with long storage times. Hodgson took his pale ale recipe, increased the hop content considerably, and raised the alcohol content. The result was a very bitter, alcoholic, and sparkling pale ale that could survive the challenges of travel and shelf life in India. IPA reached India in an enjoyable condition and Hodgson’s success became legendary.
The first IPA I ever had was brewed by Neil and I’ve liked them ever since.
Brewmaster Neil Innes and I are making a batch of IPA in my basement. We started fermenting it last week and this week we moved it into the carboy. It should be ready some time in the next few weeks.
Check it out:
The recipe kit we used was
Munton’s Gold IPA
I never really knew the history of the IPA, but it has a good one. From wikipedia:
The East Indies market was a very tempting but difficult one to enter for English brewers. After the British East India Company had established itself in India by the early 1700s, it had a large number of troops and civilians demanding beer. However, the long hot journey proved a difficult one for the dark ales and porters of England. Ships typically left London, cruised south past the equator along the coast of Africa, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and then crossed the Indian Ocean to reach Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. The temperature fluctuations were huge, it was a very long trip (about 6 months) and the rough waters of southern Africa resulted in an extremely violent voyage.
Despite these obstacles, however, English brewers did try to establish exports to India. Early shipments to India contained bottled porters, the favorite beer in London, which generally arrived flat, musty, and sour. The answer to the great beer problem finally came from a recipe created by George Hodgson at the Bow Brewery in East London. India ale was a variation of his pale ale, which Londoners had been drinking since the mid-1750s. Hodgson began shipping Hodgson’s India Ale during the 1780s. By 1784 advertisements were appearing in the Calcutta Gazette for “light and excellent” pale ale.
Before refrigeration and pasteurization, the brewer’s only weapons against spoilage were alcohol and hops. Alcohol provided an unfriendly environment for microbes and the hops prevented the growth of the bacteria which cause sourness. Therefore high alcohol content and high hopping rates could protect beer from the souring associated with long storage times. Hodgson took his pale ale recipe, increased the hop content considerably, and raised the alcohol content. The result was a very bitter, alcoholic, and sparkling pale ale that could survive the challenges of travel and shelf life in India. IPA reached India in an enjoyable condition and Hodgson’s success became legendary.
The first IPA I ever had was brewed by Neil and I’ve liked them ever since.
The album is called Some Loud Thunder, which is also the name of a song they played all over their tour last year. I have a live recording of it, but I can’t find the link online anymore.
Of the two new songs, Long Song No. 7 is definitely the tougher one to get into. The sound is too big and isn’t as catchy as Underwater (You and Me) which sounds a lot like a song from singer Alec Ounsworth’s demo I got in 2003 at the Fire.
The album is called Some Loud Thunder, which is also the name of a song they played all over their tour last year. I have a live recording of it, but I can’t find the link online anymore.
Of the two new songs, Long Song No. 7 is definitely the tougher one to get into. The sound is too big and isn’t as catchy as Underwater (You and Me) which sounds a lot like a song from singer Alec Ounsworth’s demo I got in 2003 at the Fire.
There’s a new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album out on January 30th! They just released a few tracks on their website and you can listen to Satan Said Dance on their myspace page.
There’s a new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album out on January 30th! They just released a few tracks on their website and you can listen to Satan Said Dance on their myspace page.
Jake and I went to the Eagles Panthers game last night and what an event it was. Rocky was in attendance and thankfully, so were the Philadelphia Eagles. The whole team played a stellar game with the exception of the defensive line which has been outplayed since Kearse left for the season. Amazingly if the season ended today they’d be in the playoffs.
The crowd around me was chanting for AJ Feeley after two plays, but Jeff Garcia somehow pulled himself out of a slump in the first quarter.
Great catch at the end by Lito to save the game.
We also found out that Westbrook is the 3rd string QB. What the?
Jake and I went to the Eagles Panthers game last night and what an event it was. Rocky was in attendance and thankfully, so were the Philadelphia Eagles. The whole team played a stellar game with the exception of the defensive line which has been outplayed since Kearse left for the season. Amazingly if the season ended today they’d be in the playoffs.
The crowd around me was chanting for AJ Feeley after two plays, but Jeff Garcia somehow pulled himself out of a slump in the first quarter.
Great catch at the end by Lito to save the game.
We also found out that Westbrook is the 3rd string QB. What the?