Even before the Abbey Cyser experiment I’ve been intrigued with the idea of a bragot/bracket/bragawd/bragaut [1] – a mead with a beer base. Over the weekend, I tried a bottle of Brasserie Lefebvre’s Babãr. Amazing and balanced. The honey had a presence, the ale had a presence. And despite their distinctive flavors – neither overpowered …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Writers Blocks
Imported from Detroit
Best Superbowl ad since 1984. I alternated between shouting ‘Hell Yeah!’ and crying. This is the message Chrysler needed to give, Detroit needed to give, and America needed to hear. Assisted by Eminem just underscores the point.
12 Weeks or 90 Days.
“And we have 12 weeks?” “Yes.” “Well, then we can make miracles happen.” – Timothy Ferriss, 4-Hour Body I’ll second that. In my experience 12-weeks of deliberate effort is the minimum required to do anything of significance. Those 12 weeks will change your life. But you have to change your life first to make that …
“Your economy tricked me.”
Even Has an ‘Undo’
“If It’s Important It’ll Find Me” – The Daily Edition
“People who don’t pay don’t get the list view so they have to wait for other people to share the content from the iPad app if they want to see it.” – Ryan Tate “There are very few things that happen in tech that I can’t ignore for 8 hours. If it’s really important, someone …
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Thawing
I just wrote down a second book idea in as many weeks, I’m investigating how to bring some older projects back from hiatus, and accelerate the timeline on some new projects. Feels good.
So, Where Are You Currently Logged In?
“When you visit my website, I can automatically and silently determine if you’re logged into Facebook, Twitter, GMail and Digg. There are almost certainly thousands of other sites with this issue too, but I picked a few vulnerable well known ones to get your attention.” – Mike Cardwell