That is all.
2009-11-07
2009-11-01
2009-10-14
Baguala Torrontes 2007
A light white wine. Floral notes on the nose. Tastes of stone fruit, possibly apricot. A bit of musk on the finish.
2009-10-07
Wine Blogging - Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008 Washington
A halb-trocken white wine, very fruity. Think somewhere between peaches and lychees.
2009-10-04
Playing D&D was being Goth in the '80s
Something I found while digging through mu old papers.
To speak of old gods and ancient time, of both joy and sorrow, is in itself a mystery.
One hears of Poseidon and Atlantis, of Yahweh and the Twelve Tribes. One listens to tales of Lucifer and the drowned city of Ys, of Solomon and this mines.
History is half deaf and half blind. For history is written by the winners and the voices of the losers are still.
Who sings of the the Sidhe that fair Avalon had forgotten? Who can speak to me of the little people who laid gifts to lost gods, of the folk of bronze and flint?
Having won so often, when have we lost so much? Having enjoyed victory, where did we lose?
Who can show me the first forests of the dryads, of beasts unseen, of spirits unknown? Who can show me the arts of people the vanquished had conquered?
Where can I find the temples and palaces of gods who came before the gods? the toys and games of forgotten children?
Having won so often, when have we lost so much? Having enjoyed victory, where did we lose?
Where can I hear the old songs of life or paens of praise, the cries pf the buried city, or the silence of the forgotten groves? Where can I learn the old rituals of life and darkness, the rites of spring or a dying sun?
History is half deaf and half blind. For history is written by the winners and the voices of the losers are still.
To speak of old gods and ancient time, of both joy and sorrow, is in itself a mystery.
One hears of Poseidon and Atlantis, of Yahweh and the Twelve Tribes. One listens to tales of Lucifer and the drowned city of Ys, of Solomon and this mines.
History is half deaf and half blind. For history is written by the winners and the voices of the losers are still.
Who sings of the the Sidhe that fair Avalon had forgotten? Who can speak to me of the little people who laid gifts to lost gods, of the folk of bronze and flint?
Having won so often, when have we lost so much? Having enjoyed victory, where did we lose?
Who can show me the first forests of the dryads, of beasts unseen, of spirits unknown? Who can show me the arts of people the vanquished had conquered?
Where can I find the temples and palaces of gods who came before the gods? the toys and games of forgotten children?
Having won so often, when have we lost so much? Having enjoyed victory, where did we lose?
Where can I hear the old songs of life or paens of praise, the cries pf the buried city, or the silence of the forgotten groves? Where can I learn the old rituals of life and darkness, the rites of spring or a dying sun?
History is half deaf and half blind. For history is written by the winners and the voices of the losers are still.
2008-11-17
2008-04-05
Vina Godeval 2006
2008-01-20
Wine Blogging - Show
Excellent Wine. From VintageSpec;
Unlike most inexpensive Cabernet Sauvignon on the market, this one is friendly to the palate. It is full of ripe juicy dark berry fruit layered with vanilla, clove, and allspice. It is not extremely complex, but it is good! A touch of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, and Petite Syrah are incorporated to round out the boldness of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape.
2008-01-05
Wine Blogging - 2006 Moschofilero Boutari
A solid dry white wine. Lots of fruit, both for the palate and the nose. There is a bit of minerality to refresh.
2007-11-19
Wine Blogging - Belle Glos Meiomi
A 2006 pinot noir from Sonoma, this is nice warm red wine. Full-bodied, but still light. Lots of fruit for the palate. (Think peaches and a hint of vanilla.) Has a bit of chocolate for the finish.
2007-11-03
Wine Blogging - Pirramimma petit verdot
A good fall red wine. The nose shows grilled pineapple (smell the caramel!)
There is plenty of summer fruits like peaches in the palate and the is full bodied enough to keep one warm on those crisp autumn evenings.
2007-08-14
Wine Post - Teusner Jousha 2005
What can I say but rant and rave, rant and rave?
An extraordinary red wine. The nose is a little sharp (can I say spicy?) with a lot berry and some vanilla. The taste of the wine fills the mouth with lots of fruit (I just cannot identify it). And while it does have some eucalyptus, among other things) at the back of the mouth, there is a very long finish of vanilla.
Since the vineyard is marketing the Joshua 2006 vintage, I'd better grab the '05 while I can
Ed: Raspberries, red Raspberries!! That was the fruit that I was tasting!
2007-08-05
Wine of the Day - Ciro, Rosso Classico
A dark red wine, Ciro starts off with caramel and fig overtones and has a nice warm finish. One point of interest, the grape used in this wine also made the wine that Greece imported way, way, WAY back when Greece was establishing colonies on the Italian peninsula.
Still a very good, solid table red.
PS. Cherry. Did I mention cherry in the finish? There is a taste of cherries (dark cherries) in the finish that lingers a bit.
2007-08-01
Wine of the Day - Palazzo Della Torre
A dry red wine, light enough for the heat of summer but has enough body to hold its own with grilled or braised meals. Lots of woody aromas for the nose with floral notes, the taste is more a blend between herbs and currants with some oak coming out at the back of the tongue.
This wine is unusual in that some of the grapes used are dried for three months before blended with the rest of the harvest.
This wine is unusual in that some of the grapes used are dried for three months before blended with the rest of the harvest.
2007-06-23
Wine Blogging: Spier Pinotage, 2005
Spier 2005 Pinotage
A ruby red Shiraz. Jammy, but not overly sweet. More to the herbal / woodsy end of red wines.
A ruby red Shiraz. Jammy, but not overly sweet. More to the herbal / woodsy end of red wines.
2007-05-24
ToDo list
What I need to do ...
1) I had to re-create my Poggle game program, so I should do a write-up of what I changed.
2) A study of my Concentration game program, with respect to unit and regression tests.
3) Re-create my Kono game program.
4) Go over game position evaluation, a la Conway.
1) I had to re-create my Poggle game program, so I should do a write-up of what I changed.
2) A study of my Concentration game program, with respect to unit and regression tests.
3) Re-create my Kono game program.
4) Go over game position evaluation, a la Conway.
2007-05-22
Wine Blogging: The Pretty Miss, Creed of Barossa
A very good blended red wine. Warm with lots of fruit in the palate, somewhere between cherry and plum. Recommended meal would be grilled porterhouse steak that was rested on a mix of chopped rosemary and thyme with a drizzle of olive oil.
2007-05-21
Programming Mephistopheles' Computer
In terms of paranoia, there are three ways to look at computers;
Naive - Once a program compiles and is debugged successfully, there will be no problems with the program. Apart from the user of course.
Murphy's Computer - Programs will fail fail at random. Usually at the worst moment for the user.
Mephistopheles' Computer - Programs will not just fail, they will fail in a manner to cause the most pain for the user.
While it is a good idea to lock down the program's input so that a "clueless user" (translation: some one who can find an undocumented feature) cannot break a program, there are are other ways that inputs can mess up a system. For instance between threads, between processes, or between function calls. In many cases, the programmer must add reality checks to any input from any source, "trusted" or not, in order to keep problem at a minimum.
For instance, reading and writing to the Windows registry. The cases a program will access the registry can be summed into three; when the program starts, when the program stops, and when the program's parameters change.
When the program starts, either the registry entries are there or they are not, as in starting the program for the first time. Plus, just because the root entry is there for the program, does not mean that the sub-entries are there as well.
All a quitting program wants is to write what ever values it has into the registry. If the entry is not there the entry can be created for the value to be stored..
When the program changes parameters, all that it needs is to store the old value and read the new value. While if the entry for the old value does not exist and can be created, a non-existent new value means that the program must recreated this new value with the programmed defaults.
Note that with multiple choices, the program does not have to check those choices not wanted. When done properly, this can be done on-the-fly.
Just remember, "The devil is in the detail."
Naive - Once a program compiles and is debugged successfully, there will be no problems with the program. Apart from the user of course.
Murphy's Computer - Programs will fail fail at random. Usually at the worst moment for the user.
Mephistopheles' Computer - Programs will not just fail, they will fail in a manner to cause the most pain for the user.
While it is a good idea to lock down the program's input so that a "clueless user" (translation: some one who can find an undocumented feature) cannot break a program, there are are other ways that inputs can mess up a system. For instance between threads, between processes, or between function calls. In many cases, the programmer must add reality checks to any input from any source, "trusted" or not, in order to keep problem at a minimum.
For instance, reading and writing to the Windows registry. The cases a program will access the registry can be summed into three; when the program starts, when the program stops, and when the program's parameters change.
When the program starts, either the registry entries are there or they are not, as in starting the program for the first time. Plus, just because the root entry is there for the program, does not mean that the sub-entries are there as well.
All a quitting program wants is to write what ever values it has into the registry. If the entry is not there the entry can be created for the value to be stored..
When the program changes parameters, all that it needs is to store the old value and read the new value. While if the entry for the old value does not exist and can be created, a non-existent new value means that the program must recreated this new value with the programmed defaults.
Note that with multiple choices, the program does not have to check those choices not wanted. When done properly, this can be done on-the-fly.
Just remember, "The devil is in the detail."
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