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In december we have the sunrise around 9.40 and sunset 14.20. It's a bit boring for a few months when it's dark both when you go to work in the morning and when you leave work in the evening.

I agree. But I didn't know what it was, or the percentage, before I tasted it. I didn't see anything unusual. It was more like a normal herb liquor.

Yes, it actually tasted a bit worse than cough medicine. :) I don't know exactly how this batch was born, but seems like a real hassle to make proper Absinth yourself, according to Wikipedia. It was interesting to try, but it's not a new favourite if I put it that way.

We got surise at 02.50 and sunset at 23.17 today.

Happy mid summer! (2018)

I've just tasted 2*4 cl of 85% home made absinth. It tasted mostly like cough medicine (not so much of alcohol as expected), but was very inspiring.

Perhaps you have som application installed that writes heavily to the disk for no apparent reason? Like Spotify used to do.

I have a Certina DS Caimano Titanium. It shows the time and date, but the battery life is very good. :)

Well... My plan was to drink it inside in the warmth, after you have been outside in the cold. :)

Yesterday was -8 C, today -1 C. I think -20 or -30 C would be a really good time for a milk stout.

Saw the Left hand Nitro in the "temporary in stock shelf" at "bolaget" today and bought a couple of bottles. It was very smooth indeed, not sure that I liked it as a beer, but I had no problem drinking it. :) I can imagine it's really nice when it's cold outside. The La Vache Folle that Coug...

Happy New Year.

How about the Moto Z Play (first gen)? I love the battery time, vanilla Android + it should have a descent price.

You need to drink quite a few bottles of whisky at once before you reach lethal levels. But it's probably not good for your health, like most alcoholic beverages.

What is PDE? But phenol levels is used to describe the amount of peat. I think a normal peaty whisky like Laphroaig has about 45 ppm and Ardbeg around 55 ppm, that is quite nice. 309 ppm is probably more of an aquired taste.

And Bruichladdich Octomore 8.1 and 8.3 is available. 309ppm of phenol in the 8.3... https://www.bruichladdich.com/octomore/octomore-masterclass-edition-083

I thought I had to use caps lock all day yesterday?

HAPPY CAPS LOCK DAY!

Yes I agree, but sometimes one small glass is too much, sometimes one bottle is too much. It depends on the quality. ;)

I almost forgot to "review" the Nikka Coffey Malt. It was smooth, but unfortunately not very exciting. On top of thst I got an extreme hangover despite not drinking too much. Next time I want a really smooth and low peated whisky I'll buy an Auchentoshan or Dalwhinnie instead. They are both...

It sounds like it might have been an Abit motherboard... :)

I have never tried a milk stout but it sounds interesting, I might have to try one next time I'm at Systembolaget (the Swedish alcohol monopoly). They don't have the La Vache Folle though, it's either Brewdog Jet Black Heart or Terrapin Moo-Hoo on the menu.

Octomore 7.2?

Yes, Scotland can provide a whisky for every taste and occasion.

And don't forget Kentucky. The worlds most selling whisky brand is from India by the way.

I see, that particular hype train doesn't seem to have made it to Sweden yet.

I haven't heard about Russian whisky before (and that doesn't nessecerily mean that it's bad). But Japanese whisky is in the same league as Scottish, so I can recommend trying one. I ended up ordering a Coffey Malt, so I hope I can give a report next week.

Coffey is the name of the guy that "invented"/improved column still technology (I learned it on the internet this week). It's normally used for distillation of grain whisky, but apparently Nikka uses two pots for malt whisky. It should in theory give a smoother whisky than pot stills, so it...

Anyone tried the Nikka Coffey Malt? I'm seriously considering an investment in one of those.

I suggest you try and cook something that hasn't been frozen. I think it.makes a huge difference to the taste.

And our friend Rush Limbaugh evacuates Florida even though Irma is just a hoax made up by the extreme envoronmentalists? http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/08/media/rush-limbaugh-evacuates-hurricane-irma/index.html

The government here just decided to give a 25% subsidy on electric bikes by the way. The purpose is to stimulate bike commuting on longer distances. And if you have an electric cargo bike you can replace quite a few car journeys to the supermarket/daycare etc. with the bike without having to...

One plus with not having a car is that you can afford an extra vacation to another country every year or so. (There are usually bus or train lines to the airports). So... you might actually see more of the world that way. Another cool thing, if you're living close to work a bike is actually...

You are welcome anytime. :) It's usually warmer in the summer, at least a few weeks with +16-22 where I live (not the warmest place in Sweden) and that's about perfect for me. But this is more like icelandic weather.

How about using wool as insulation? Foam usually shrinks with time and loses the insulating effect. By the way, we have had +10C here today, and it'll be between 8 and 11 tomorrow, not very hot... :(

I have the exact same model. I love it.

I think you're going to be very happy with the purchase. A really good headlight like that is high on my wishlist, I only have a Philips Saferide, commuter oriented, headlight that is too heavy for offroad riding + I really want a helmet mounted light on trails.

We use First Class at my new workplace. :) I've learned that humans can get used to almost anything. You'll be fine, trust me.

These don't have replaceable batteries, but are great lights nevertheless. Rear light: https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/equipment/cycling-accessories/bike-lights/bontrager-flare-r-tail-light/p/13202/ Link to video (tip: jump to 1:30 to see it in action) https://youtu.be/4dBRmzvzv4M I own...

It's difficult to recreate what's not there, that's the first rule in my religion. But I agree that it would make a bigger difference if we could get rid of loudness war, radio channels that didn't use smiley face EQ-curves and so on, rather than of we miss a couple of bits of the music.

First: I don't know snything avout the phone networks in the USA. But the Nokiia 3310 seems to be pretty hot these days. 20+ days battery life sounds pretty compelling to me. I got a Moto Z Play that I enjoy very much, so how about a Moto G5? I couldn't find any info on the screen technology...

Well written CougTek. I sucked it up for quite some time too. I got a bit of stress related sick leave between october 2015 to march 2016, and now I began to recognise the same symptoms again. (Irregular sleep, memory related problems, migrane, short temper with the family etc.) So, my advice to...

It"s sad how an organisation can get turned from successful to mediocrity in very short time. I had a 60+ old politician as a "boss" for the last couple of years. His personality/appearence/leadership style is best described as the real world version of the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters. It...

It doesn't hurt to look around for other interesting opportunities. I thought about getting a job in a completely different sector, but now I 'm going from sysadmin to BI-developer. It's pretty nice to go from 24/7/365-availability to 8/5/251 + colleagues with IT-competence. :)

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to attack you or make this a holy war. Your post was actually the first time I've ever heard about MQA so I tried to get some understanding in what it is, and why. And when I tried to inform myself I saw some mixed opinions. And the word "lossless" appears in many...

Looks like Spotify is testing lossless audio. The article doesn't say anything about the technical aspects, but I hope they don't believe that MQA is lossless. http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/1/14776780/spotify-hi-fi-preparing-launch-lossless-audio-tier

And here's Linns view on MQA. Not very technical, but it makes sense to me. https://www.linn.co.uk/blog/mqa-is-bad-for-music

It is not very often you have the job review in a bar environment. Otherwise I would have seen this as a likely scenario.

Sometimes you just need to put your foot down, so I hope everything goes well. Otherwise I'm sure Coug will find another job fairly easy. I've been in about the same situation, but I just left for another job and let the remaining people do things their way. :)

Don't forget to say "please" :)