Photographs by Nick Brandt

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Stephane Halleux sculptures

I just browsed by some really amazing sculptures made by Stephane Halleux - a French sculpture artist.

Robot spider by Stephane Halleux. Don't forget to check out all the other creations.

Asciimation - ASCII animated Star Wars

I stumbled upon the Beer Brewing Bender Project and found out that Simon Jansen also previously worked on an ASCII animated version of the Star Wars movie. I remember browsing by the Asciimation webpages years ago thinking that this guy had too much spare time. Looking at his other projects it seems that he has way too much spare time :)

Awsome- although I personally prefer the real stuff.

The art of beer making - part 1

After months of speculation I finally went to the local supermarket and bought a Micro Brew Kit from Coopers. The total costs were about 55 USD and the kit included the following:

• 1 plastic fermenter (30 liter)
• 1 airlock
• brewing sugar
• carbonation drops
• 1 adhesive digital thermometer
• 1 hydrometer
• 1 plastic spoon
• 30 plastic bottles (740ml)

The kit also included an instructional video (VHS) which turned out to be completly useless since I don't own a VCR anymore (it broke down ages ago). More importantly, the kit included a can of Coopers Lager Home Brew (1.7 kg malt extract and some yeast) for making the first brew. Since I'm not a big fan of regular lager, I will save the lager can for some future experiements and try out a wheat beer or a stout instead (I will report back when the brewing will commence).

Finally ready to unwrap my pre-Christmas present.

The beginners kit in all its glory.

Top-down view.