Stuff I Like: LG Blast Chiller
Here’s a refrigerator feature I’d love to have. The Blast Chiller uses compressed cold air from the freezer to chill two beers (or sodas if you want to waste its marvelous capabilities on something like that) or a bottle of wine to 42 degrees Fahrenheit in about 8 minutes (5 minutes for one beer). Awesome. [...]
Stuff I Want: Brewsees Bottle-Opening Glasses
Yeah – that’s multi-purpose at its best. Polarized, 100% UV-protecting sunglasses, with anodized aircraft aluminum bottle openers built into the ends of the frames. $40. Buy them here
Newest Twist on DUI: Driving the Cooler You Drink From
I’ve heard of some strange DUI arrests over the years, but never one like this. A man in Australia got ticketed for DUI while driving a motorized cooler. NOOSA, Australia — An Australian man caught driving a motorized cooler box through a beachside resort town appeared in court charged with drunk driving, The Courier Mail [...]
Stuff I Want: Opena iPhone 4 Case
This is the iPhone case I’ve been looking for. Looks good, protects my iPhone from fumble-fingered drops to the sidewalk, and it has a slide-out bottle opener. Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. You can get yours here.
Greatest Tourism Video Ever?
H/T to Allahpundit. Promotional tourism video for Leavenworth, WA, with your tour guide Woody Goomsba. Gitcha Goomsba Up.
Stuff I Didn’t Know: The First Canned Beer was Sold in Richmond, VA
The longer and more accurate title should be “stuff I didn’t know and am extremely grateful for.” Being from Richmond, that makes it interesting to me. Of course, you could be from anywhere and be interested in the GENIUS company that first thought of this idea. Billions of cans of beer later, people all over [...]
One of the Greatest Inventions of All Time?
Grin On Industries has invented the BottomsUp Beer machine, and it’s awesome. It fills the cups from the bottom, reducing foam and filling cups up to nine times faster than traditional tap systems. Watch, and be amazed. (via SportsGrid)
Cool Poster: The Very Many Varieties of BEER!
Saw this at Fast Company. It’s the creation of Ben Gibson and Patrick Mulligan, and you can get an 18″ x 24″ poster (and soon, a t-shirt) of it for $25. Click the image to see larger version. Want to know how to make your own beer? Check out this book by John Palmer
Dootnie Speaks (7): The importance of showing up, and school activities
As a child, my parents drilled into me the importance of showing up. Dad taught by example: In twelve years of school I only missed 1 day in Junior High School, and in 33 years of working for Southern States Cooperative, Vepco, and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, I had perfect attendance. I thank God [...]
Interesting stuff from around the blogosphere
Reading on some of my favorite blogs, I’ve come across these today: Coyote Blog: San Francisco is concerned about the ill-advised purchase of, and subsequent abandonment of pets, so they’re looking to BAN the sale of all pets, except fish. Oh, and they’re replacing Coke with soy milk in vending machines, because you are too [...]
Here's something we can all get behind – good beer.
Interesting piece on WSJ Online about micro- and craft-brewers. In Lean Times, a Stout Dream – WSJ.com By DAVID KESMODEL The economic crisis has stifled entrepreneurial activity in many industries. But it’s done little to dent the ambitions of those who dream of brewing their own beer and offering it to the world. Surprisingly large [...]
