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Archive for February, 2007

Beerchus

I attended a beer tasting event called Beerchus (punning on Bacchus, but for beer) at Columbia University on Friday. It was a great event, and I want to write about it to report on the beers tasted. The theme of the night was American microbrews (though the definition of microbrew in this context [...]

Digg announced today that it was removing the “Top Diggers” area of the site. This is the area of the site that shows who are the most active and most influential members of the community.
Digg’s efforts to obfuscate the identity of their top users is incredibly short-sighted. It is the equivalent of security* [...]

Unlock Car with Tennis Ball

I can’t believe this works… has anyone tried this? Seems so insecure. Maybe it’s just a fake video, and they’re actually using the keyless remote to unlock the door, but I pulled this guy’s anecdotal evidence out of the Digg comments.

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Asobi Seksu’s Citrus

When I first heard Asobi Seksu’s Citrus I was a big fan, but for some reason or another it never entered heavy rotation… until last week. This album managed to get inside my head, and now I can’t satiate my desire to listen to it no matter how hard I try.
It’s got [...]