Yearly Archives: 2017


Day 103 of 365 – MAME Cabinet build from the past

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This was the MAME cabinet build in process back in the late 2000’s.

MAME (an acronym of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is a free and open source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms. The intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten.

 


Day 102 of 365 – A little T with your G?

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The Perfect Gin and Tonic
2 oz gin
4-5 oz tonic
2 lime wedges

Method
In a frozen collins glass, add the gin.
Fill the glass with ice, the larger the cubes are the better.
Squeeze in one of the lime wedges.
Add the tonic.
Squeeze in the second lime wedge, briefly stir.
Put you feet up, and drink.

You can apply this method of using quality, cold, carbonated and balanced ingredients to any highball cocktail: rum and coke, whiskey and ginger, dark and stormy, what have you. These two-ingredient drinks may seem like no-brainers, but a little scrupulousness goes a long way. Believe me, you’ll taste the difference. Cheers!

– Tom Macy tommacy.com – Cocktail bartender, and beverage     director and co-owner of Clover Club


Day 101 of 365 – Red Sky at morning

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The common phrase “Red sun at morning” is a line from an ancient rhyme often repeated by mariners:

Red sun at night, sailors’ delight.
Red sun at morning, sailors take warning;

The rhyme is a rule of thumb used for weather forecasting during the past two millennia. It is based on the reddish glow of the morning or evening sun, caused by haze or clouds related to storms in the region. If the morning sun is red, it is because clear skies over the horizon to the east permit the sun to light the undersides of moisture-bearing clouds. The saying assumes that more such clouds are coming in from the west. Conversely, in order to see red clouds in the evening, sunlight must have a clear path from the west, so therefore the prevailing westerly wind must be bringing clear skies.