Mustacular!

Remember the first time you tried a craft beer? The first time you bought wine that wasn’t on the bottom shelf? The first time you wore silk anything? The first time I used Woodsman Mustache Wax [1] was like that. Oh for all that is holy, this stuff is ridiculous. A little BB-sized ball is…

Santa’s Brewery

Thanks to Santa I’ve got a pressure cooker and some other toys. Working on my first set of slants for yeast [1] right now. I’ve got two Wyeast strains in the fridge and could possibly be picking up another depending on what gets brewed this weekend. Still trying to choose from amonst these choices. another…

Fargo Farce

How pumped up am I for live hockey tonight?  I watched the season home opener against Fargo on On Demand already this morning. Here’s to another shut out win against the Farce tonight.

Punting

Try punting your many issues into my inbox on your way out the door for vacation, will you? I blocked both kicks on my way out the door for a similar run of days off. Check and mate, sir. Enjoy fixing your poop as I enjoy BBQ and [eventually] beer.

Mockity mock moq

Getting a rare chance to do some serious refactoring and have committed to doing it “right” with TDD. To that end I’ve been introduced to my new friend Moq [1]—a lazy-evaluating object mocking framework. Abstract your objects to interfaces and then create a new Mock object with the interface as its type… and Bob’s your…

Wastebin

Yet another half a day spent chasing down issues for folks who are using version control. Notice I said ‘using’ not ‘using with a single shred of logic or forethought for what these actions might bring.’ Hence the venting.