Julie and I went to the Extreme Beer Fest on Saturday. We drank a lot of beer.

(via. Andrew)

I played my real guitar through my GT-8 for the first time in a long time last night. It was awesome.

… to go help her sister give birth. Good luck Margy and Dan!

No “Best Picture” nomination for The Wrestler. Grr. WFT is Forrest Gump doing up there anyways?

I just subscribed to the White House Blog.

I should not have seen this (via. BoingBoing. I especially love how much time (about half the video) the creator spends elaborating on why freebase caffeine is “completely legal”.

Note: This post should not be interpreted as suggesting that freebasing caffeine is a Good Thing To Do. If you want caffeine I suggest you consume it like a normal person: drink far too much coffee.

Too much Indian food. Real post tomorrow.

I’m a longtime fan of Consumer Reports and a big proponent of sticking up for your own rights when it comes to interactions with various retailers, service providers, etc. I like The Consumerist a lot too – they provide nice real world tips for negotiating problematic situations as a purchaser of goods. Sometimes, however, their insistence on restitution for being inconvenienced seems a little too much like advocating feeling overly entitled:

… the Zune Dock (a 100 dollar product) is certainly moving in the right direction. (source)

I’m all for demanding a refund or repair but insisting that a business has not done right by you unless they throw some extra money your way goes too far.