Why can’t Intuit manage to squeeze out a new version of Quicken for OSX that looks, acts, and works like Quicken for Windows? Is it because they’re a crappy company that hasn’t focused on innovation for 10 years and now seems to base their business model around “subscription” model of software sales? Is it because [...]
I thought this was a great idea:Micro Fueler Is First Ethanol Kit for Brewing Backyard Biofuels on the Cheap - Popular Mechanics
But consider the economics: the machine costs $10k alone. From the article, 10 gallons of sugar makes one gallon of ethanol. From my homebrewing experience, 10 gallons of sugar equals (roughly) 30-40 pounds of [...]
It’s just a Xerox PE 16 or Samsung 4216 which is re-labeled. Here’s a link.
I was inspired by this thread over at Brewboard and whipped up a spiffy javascript refractometer calculator that should work on mobile phones. Check it out here.
Full URL is: http://www.polydipsia.com/calculators/ref_calc.html.
See also: http://www.slobrewer.com/mobile/
I’m out of control. See also: http://www.polydipsia.com/calculators.
I am a long-time devotee of the Palm platform - dating back to a Palm 1000 (1998 I think). Unfortunately, the company has really let the OS and platform lag and hasn’t really innovated much in the last few years. I finally got fed up with how slow everything was and the twice-daily resets I [...]