Some interesting thoughts on people's distaste for good beer:

"In a mass society, with mass media, and a mass food and beverage industry, the tastes of those masses tend to be conditioned to a rather bland, non-distinctive common denominator. Therefore, anything with what is perceived as a "strong," (read = distinctive) taste automatically repels many people.

It's conditioning, pure and simple; if what you know is bland, be it food, beer or entertainment, then that's what you expect and what you "want.""

(via rico567 from HBT)

Will America let itself get this far? Yes, surely strict gun control is a good thing.

Don't trust police, kids.

Google's new programming language "Go" infringes on an already existing language that is 10 years old. Dubbed Issue 9, Francis McCabe's complaint is gaining internet popularity and support. The title page of Google's Go tutorial is "Let's Go", the same title as Francis's book. He has a pretty good legal leg to stand on, with a published book and tons of documented research. If only there was some way the internet-indexing monolith could have sought out similarly named languages.

Will Google, and their credo of "Don't be evil", respect this man's work, or brush him aside with pure legal strength?

Verizon doing it's best...
to make me not want their new phone.

"All of those efforts combined point to a successful device launch capable of going head-to-head with AT&T and the Apple iPhone. But, Verizon seems to be doing everything it can to make the Droid as unappealing as possible by nickel and diming customers so that actually using it is not cost-effective. "

I've never been a fan of VZW, mostly because of their customer service nightmares, but the exorbitant fees and limited unlimited plans are really annoying. No thanks, I will stick with my simple phone.

Ah, fondly remembering the days of Goldeneye through someone else's halloween costume.

big head!

Eating on $50 a week?
4 bloggers attempt to live life on the edge.... of a budget

The trick is eating well, not 2 hotpockets and a cup of oatmeal a day. I find it interesting that the involved bloggers have trouble budgeting coffee into their week, maybe because I drink employer supplied coffee (the best kind). I like each participants' insight into the necessary spices for low budget cooking.


On budget struggles and splurging:
No surprise that $17 tofu hot dogs will cause your budget to collapse.
$112 a month now going to health insurance instead of coffee? Took you three years to figure that out?
These people have some very expensive taste, and are accustomed to very expensive foods.


Could I do it? Sure, I would undoubtedly increase the quality of food I consume, and probably be more conscious about the health implications of the foods I buy. Could you do it?