Category Archives: Tech

mint.com to be acquired by Intuit

Great news from the people that haven’t been able to release an update to Quicken for Mac FOR FIVE YEARS! A whole new product to wank up. In a press release, Aaron Patzer, Founder and CEO of Mint.com said “we look forward to Intuit’s multinational reputation of screwing stuff up. They bring to the table [...]

On OSX personal finance software

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 [...]

Micro Fueler Is First Ethanol Kit for Brewing Backyard Biofuels on the Cheap – Popular Mechanics

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 [...]

How to use a Lexmark X215 in OSX

It’s just a Xerox PE 16 or Samsung 4216 which is re-labeled. Here’s a link.

Refractory javascript

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.