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Beer Review #8: Total Domination IPA (Ninkasi Brewing Company)

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Appearance - Pours a medium orange/amber (its lighter than I expected). A off-white (eggshell?) head that holds well and leaves a decent lacing. Smell - Very citrisy, with grapefruit notes dominating. Also the smell of hops is very prominant. Taste - Nice and hoppy upfront (the hops definitely dominate), some acidity and sweetness in the middle (definitely more pronounced malt than I was expecting), and ends on a bitter piney note, coaxing me to take the next drink. Mouthfeel - Good, strong carbonation that stimulates my taste buds when I roll it around my mouth. Drinkability - An enjoyable IPA. A little sharper than I want, and not as complex as I may desire, but a solid IPA that I would not be hesitant to recommend (though it doesn't quit live up to its name). 7/B+

Download streaming media (mms) on Linux

Give this a try: mplayer mms://url -dumpstream -dumpfile foo.wmv

Using wine to run Microsoft Reader

If you run linux and have .lit files then its a problem reading them. Fortunately you can use wine to get Microsoft Reader up and running. There is one extra step to get it working, though. First, download msvcirt.dll from here . Unzip it and place it in ~/.wine/drive_c/windows. Now download Microsoft Reader and install it using wine.

Windows Live Mail (Hotmail) stopped working on Ubuntu Linux

If you can't reply to email on hotmail in Ubuntu, the following tip should help. Its Microsoft, again, trying to be incompatible with non-microsoft products (this is type of reason hardcore computer geeks hate microsoft, bastards) - but there is a way to get it working: Type "about:config" (without the quotes) in Firefox address bar. In the "filter" box type: general.useragent.override If nothing shows up under "Preference Name", then right click the main window (i.e., under preference name) and choose "New" and then "String". Enter the following preference name: general.useragent.override For the string value, if your computer is a 32-bit architecture, then use: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86; en; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092510 Firefox/3.0.3 (all one line). If it is a 64-bit architecture, use: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092510 Firefox/3.0.3 There, that should make it work.

Enabling lame for ffmpeg when converting mpg to flv

Athough more extensive directions can be found here , I had a hard time using it without getting a bunch of errors in the process, so I've set up this up as a guide that worked for me. I'm assuming you are using Intrepid Ubuntu on a 32-bit machine. Make sure you have enabled multiverse, universe, and the various source code repos. On the command line: sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg wget http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2 tar jxvf ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2 cd ffmpeg-*/ sudo apt-get install liba52-dev libdts-dev libgsm1-dev libvorbis-dev  libxvidcore4 libxvidcore-dev libdc1394-22-dev libfaac-dev  libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev  libfaad-dev libtheora-dev libsdl1.2-dev ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-debug --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-pthreads --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis  --enable-libxvid Assumi...

Blogging the US Constitution Index

Preamble. Article I. [The Legislative Branch] Section 1. [Legislature] Section 2. [The House of Representatives] Section 3. [The Senate] Sections 4 & 5. [Elections and Procedural Matter] Section 6. [Compensation] Section 7. [Legislative Process] Section 8. [Powers of Congress] Section 9. [Limitations on Congress] Section 10. [State Powers Given Up to Congress] Article II. The Executive Branch Section 1. [The President and the Electoral Proces] Sections 2 & 3. [Powers Granted to the President] Section 4. [Impeachment] Article III. The Judicial Branch Section 1. [Judicial Powers] Section 2. [Trial by Jury] Section 3. [Treason] Article IV. The Federal Relationship Section 1. [States to Respect Each Others' Acts] Section 2. [State Citizens] Section 3. [U.S Territories and New States] Section 4. [Duties of the U.S. Government Toward the States] Article V. [Amending the Constitutio...

Virtualizing Mac OS X on Ubuntu Linux

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Alright, it doesn't work great and crashes quite a bit, but at least its up and working. If you want to get it running I'm assuming you have a licensed version of Mac OS X "Tiger" that you have copied to an .iso file. Here's how to do it: 1. Through Synaptic or apt-get, install: pearpc 2. Next you need to create a virtual partition to install it onto. To create a 3 gig virtual drive, use the following command: dd if=/dev/zero of=3gigharddisk.img bs=516096 seek=6241 count=0 To creating a 6 gig virtual drive: dd if=/dev/zero of=6gigharddisk.img bs=516096 seek=12482 count=0 3. Now navigate to /etc/ppc and open ppc.conf in an editor (in root). Here is a stripped down version of my config file: ## PearPC Configuration File ## Start Resolution ppc_start_resolution = "800x600x15" ## Redraw interval (in ms) redraw_interval_msec = 20 ## Key codes key_toggle_mouse_grab = "F12" key_toggle_full_screen = "Alt+Return" ## Loader prom_bootmethod = ...