Archive for September, 2009

September 26, 2009

Weekly Links (weekly)

by Josh at 7:34 pm

Homebrew Chef: Home
A great site dedicated to homebrew and cooking.
tags: beer, homebrew

Modern Drunkard Magazine
A humorous take on those who love beer.
tags: beer

Let’s Discuss the Matter Further » Python at the 2009 Atlanta Linux Fest
Brandon’s Report on the Atlanta Linux Fest.
tags: technology, software, python

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

September 19, 2009

Weekly Links (weekly)

by Josh at 7:34 pm

Open Source Should Be Open To All – Linux Magazine Online
“How many of you only run Linux and push everyone you meet to do the same? That’s elitism. Elitism causes people to think they’re better than others, and causes others to feel belittled.”
This article is a great look at elitism in Open Source communities. [...]

September 15, 2009

Thinking About Elitism

by Josh at 7:43 pm

I came across this article on Linux Magazine today and I was really struck by it.  I’ve been posting the following quote from the article around verious social networking sites today:
How many of you only run Linux and push everyone you meet to do the same? That’s elitism. Elitism causes people to think they’re better [...]

September 14, 2009

Dragon*con: Browncoats: Redemption

by Josh at 10:36 pm

This will be the first in a series of posts that I’m hoping to write on what I saw at Dragon*con.  I’m starting with Browncoats: Redemption.
Browncoats: Redemption is a fan film set in the Firefly universe.  Being a fan film, it can’t make use of any existing copyrighted material.  Hence, it is not called Firefly: [...]

Making Beer With Rainwater

by Josh at 4:29 pm

I’ve heard that 5 Seasons Westside is tapping their first keg of “rainwater beer” tomorrow evening.  Rainwater beer is exactly what it sounds like.  Beer made from rainwater collected at the brewery.  The brewery partnered with RainHarvest Systems to set up a system with 6 filters and a UV sterilizers that filters the water down [...]

September 13, 2009

Mennonite Relief Sale

by Josh at 10:53 am

Yesterday, Susannah and I went to the Peach Cobbler Mennonite World Relief Sale.  The sale is a fundraiser for the Mennonite Central Committee’s Food For All program.  As you might expect from an event called a relief sale, there were a number of things that you could buy (including a few gigantic butternut squashes pictured [...]