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  • Google your past!

    Google

    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 a search for ADSL which leads the webarchive page of Telstra BigPond extolling the virtues of broadband. One would want it to be very virtuous with prices ranging from $189 (18 month contract) to $399 (3 months) for install. The plans themselves are a snip at a $89.50 for 200MB at 256kbps download speed and 64kbps up, or (more…)

  • A (very) short history of beer

    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 in the West Bohemian city of Plzen (now known as Pilsen). Burghers, unhappy at being poured crap beer yet again, went on a rampage and destroyed all the beer barrels in the town. The town’s mayor, showing a reasonable understanding of the human psyche, gathered together the town’s smartest, and they came up with a more reliable process of brewing known as bottom fermentation. The technique spread quickly, and even now many Europeans still ask for a ‘pils’ when ordering a lager.

  • It’s raining, it’s pouring…

    Weather shot

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

  • Ancient Celtic New Zealand

    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.