Wow, this is just cool. I just find this amazing. This is a photo, and a very good one, of the surface of mars. It shows that there is water there and was probably once surface water. I know there was already proof of that but seeing it this dramatically is just amazing.
Apparently there is a 3D image if you happen to have a pair of red/blue glasses.
Linux and Open Source ISO Torrents
A great initiative by O’Reilly. They keep an up to date list of all the distros available for download. All the distros are in torrents so they don’t put on too much bandwidth strain. Also on the site are news sections and reviews/walk through of distros.
I have seen sites like this in the past and a number of ftp archives perform a similar function. However, having them all in one place in torrent format is really convenient. This also makes it easier for the person considering Linux to have a look and see what is available. The tours of distros is also a good thing for new people and others just wanting to try another distro.
It does seem to contain BSDs too.
Been drinking a little too much and killing too many brain cells. Maybe it can be repaired. This is an interesting story I found on the ABC(Australian Broadcasting Corporation) web site. Very intersting how fast this stuff is developing.
A great site for all brewers but particularly All Grain brewers. I learnt a lot from this site and highly reccomend it to anyone getting into brewing. Just have a good read before asking questions. Most begginer questions have probably already been answered on there somewhere.
If you check out my Recipes Page and have a look at the APA recipe that will give you a good idea of the brew I made. THere were only monor differences in the brew I made on the weekend. A little more grain and a little more hops. Wanted the alc level a little higher and wanted it a bit more bitter. It was a bit sweet for my tastes last time I made it.
This time I picked up my grain from Brewmaker at Holden Hill. First time I have been to this brew shop. Nice shop and the service was really good. I haven’t got a grain mill yet so have to buy my grain already cracked and can’t get it in bulk. Will be getting a mill soon though. One of the guys I know is going to the US and will pick himself up a new one whilst there. So I get to buy his old Barley Crusher.
Anyway, brew day started well. I had everything prepared in advance so just had to clean and sanitise in the morning. Once that was done it was time to spark up the burner. I had cleaned down the frame since last time so no more black smoke. Also made an adjustment to the air intakes so got a much better flame and got it going much more quickly. This helped reduce my boil times etc.
The mash went really well. Temp was solid at 67C for the full 60 minutes. However, this was when the problems started. During lautering it ran through very slowly but did come through. However, when I batch sparged the run through was very, very slow. In fact it was as good as stopped with plenty of liquid still onboard. So I tried to get it going again with little success for quite some time. I ended up pouring it out in small lots through a large strainer I have. The upshot of this was a significantly reduced efficiency in my brew. Not by a great deal but enough to annoy me. From there it was into the boil pot and up to temp quickly with the newly adjusted air intakes. Had a boil over near the start but nothing overly dramatic. Other than that it was all smooth sailing.
After the boil it was through the couterflow chiller and into the fermenter. The chiller did a very good job and the output was around 22-24C at full flow fromk the kettle. The winter water temperature certainly helps with this. I used some of the no rinse steriliser for the forst time. It reminded me of a time when I had a major dairy products producer as a major client. That stuff has a very distinctive smell to it. Ran it through the chiller three times which added up to about 10 minute contact which is more than enough for sanitation. Gave the wort a good aeratrion once in the fermenter.
Pitched in about 1.2l of of 1318 London3 starter. A large quantity of yeast trub in the bottle so a very strong starter. Within 30 minutes of pitching there was bubbling through the airlock. Within 1.5 hours there was a reasonable krausen on the beer. This yeast is a real top cropper so it produces a real thick heavy krausen. Last time I used it that krausen was still in place 1 week later when the beer was racked to secondary. At this point it was into the brew fridge and onto the heat mat. Since it has been bubbling away nicely and sitting at 18-20C. Some nice smells coming from it too. Will rack this weekend and secondary for about three weeks. Then bottle half to stubbies and half to long necks as half of this batch will be used for the AHB SA XMAS case. That is it for now.
Time travel theories of Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Ken D. Olum, Amos Ori, and Igor D. Novikov all packed into a short article. It’s a great read.