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Archives for December 2006

The J.O.S. Cocktail

The J.O.S. Cocktail J.O.S. stands for Juice, Orange, and Stuff? dash of orange bitters dash of lemon or lime juice dash of brandy 1/3 oz. Italian vermouth 1/3 oz. French Vermouth 1/3 oz. gin shake – strain – pour Rating: 1/10

27 December 2006 | Cocktails, Rating 1 - 4 | Comments Off

Why Recorded Music Stinks

Recorded music stinks, and it stinks on many levels. When we listen to recorded music, what we want and think we are getting, is a reproduction of what the musicians sound like in person. This goal is frustrated on so many levels as to make it easier to find the hold grail. The first hurdle [...]

21 December 2006 | Audio, Music | Comments Off

Interstitual Angst

I sometimes read a humour site called somethingawful.com. I clicked on a link today and was sent to an interstitual. An interstitual is advertiser speak for a bait and switch advertising method used on more annoying web sites. You go to catsRus.com and click on “view cute kittens” and instead of sending you to their [...]

7 December 2006 | The Net | Comments Off