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Google your past!

October 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Interesting, Tech stuff

In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Google have put up a page linking to their oldest available index from January 2001. Searching for such things as “iPod“, “broadband“, and even “Barack Obama” (yes – he did not just drop from a cloud in 2006) lead to some interesting results.
Of note to us types is [...]

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A (very) short history of beer

August 16th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Food & Drink, Interesting, Travel

I decided to spend the down time in between bouts of beer tasting to research the history of beer, and it is an interesting tale!
The ancient Mesopotamians are often touted as bringing beer to the world, but it is the Czechs that invented lager as we know it today.
It began in 1842 with a riot [...]

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It’s raining, it’s pouring…

July 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Interesting

There’s either a very large baby out there with a serious case of the squits, or considerable precipitation is about.

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Ancient Celtic New Zealand

November 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Interesting

Ancient Celtic New Zealand looks interesting. I haven’t taken a good look yet, but will do so in the near future and share my thoughts.
On a side note, it’s very difficult to keep politics and groups with racial agendas at bay, so good luck to them on this account.

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