http://www.joechinni.com Calmer than you are Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:25:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This shit is absolutely hilarious. This website will charge you 5 bucks a month and have a computer say 3 prayers a day for you. How can a computer pray, you ask? Well, it uses text-to-speech to actually say them out loud. I'm not really sure where to begin with this ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=475 Brewed a Belgian Rye today. Grains 10 lb Belgian Pilsner .25 lb Belgian Aromatic .75 lb Rye Other 1 lb Candi Sugar 1 lb Corn Sugar Hops 3 oz Styrian Goldings (bittering) .3 oz Styrian Goldings (flavor) .5 oz Saaz (flavor) .5 oz Cascade (aroma) Mashed all the grain with ~3.5 gallons of water at 150 deg F for 60 minutes. Sparged with ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=474 I brewed a half batch (2.5 gallons) of Oatmeal Stout today. Grains 4 lb British 2-Row 4 oz Crystal 60L Malt 4 oz Chocolate Malt 8 oz Oatmeal Hops .75 oz Kent Goldings (bittering) Mashed all the grain with ~1.5 gallons of water at 150 deg F for 60 minutes. Sparged with 2 gallons of water at ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=473 I brewed a half batch of a Piraat Belgian IPA clone today. Here's the ingredient list: Grain and Fermentables 8.50 lb Belgian CaraPilsner Malt .25 lb Caramel 20L Malt 2 oz Belgian Caramel Vienna Malt 2 oz Belgian Aromatic Malt 9.2 oz Clear Candi Sugar Hops and Spices .3 oz Centennial Hop pellets (bittering) .5 oz Styrian Goldings ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=472 My second all grain brew. Here's the grain bill: 11.5 lb German Pilsner .5 lb Cara-Munich .5 lb Munich .5 lb Crystal 60º Mashed grains with 3 gallons of 155º water for 90 minutes. Sparged with 5 gallons of 170º water for about 45 minutes. Hops: 1.5 oz Centennial ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=470 My first All-grain brew. Here's the grain bill: 4.25 lbs 2-Row 4.25 lbs American Pale 1.25 lbs Rye 1.25 lbs Vienna .5 lbs Crystal 15L .25 lbs Carafa Special II Hops .75 oz Columbus? Pellets http://www.joechinni.com/?p=471 It's pretty obvious why we're in the state we're in when you listen to this dumbass. http://www.joechinni.com/?p=469 Bill Gates Retirement Party: Ten Reasons Why Vista Isn't That Bad I'm going to refute these one by one. Here we go. 1. It's more secure than Windows XP. - This might be the only one I'll give them. They've improved on some core security issues. Unfortunately, part of the reason for their ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=468 The TSA has announced a change in their ID policy. Before, someone could cite their constitutional right to fly without ID and be subject to a more extensive pat down (which to me is bullshit and also unconstitutional). Now, not so much. To clarify: Passengers who refuse to show ID, ... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=466 Ahhh. It is like nothing ever changed... http://www.joechinni.com/?p=465