Comments on: Heading for WWDC07

By: metaquark.de blog

metaquark.de blog — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:24:22 +0000

→ AppFresh Development Preview 5 Bugfix Release (Mac OS X 10.4 only)

After an all busy month there finally is a new release of AppFresh. We’ve been trying hard to get as much done as possible, but real life is hitting hard these days (and well…

By: Gral

Gral — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:34:50 +0000

Contrary to the bad reputation (which was well deserved for a long time), America has some outstanding craft beers if you know where to look. On the west coast especially. Here in Portland, just a bit above San Fran, we take beer very seriously. We have more breweries than entire countries, even more (or so I hear) than Cologne; and often they each put out 6-12 varieties, including seasonals, with the larger ones boasting 20 or more. Right now the fad seems to be India Pale Ale. There are a lot of intense, complicated tastes coming out around that style of brewing; setting them apart from the “English” style. If you like a lot of hops, that’s a good bet. Try Terminal Gravity’s IPA if you can find it; another good one is Widmer’s Broken Halo. Your best bet would just be to check around for a bar that has a lot on tap (a good sign they are fantatics) and ask the bartender for recommendations. Being only a day’s drive away, I’m sure they’ll have some Portland specialties on tap, or at least bottled.

By: Marcos El Malo

Marcos El Malo — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:59:00 +0000

I’m no longer a drinker nor will I be at WWDC this year, so please, if you try one of my suggestions, have a second beer for youself and toast my health.

Foremost is Anchor Steam which is manufactured in SF using a steam brewing process. I think they still do factory tours, if you are so inclined.

I was also going to recommend 20 Tank Brewery, but they apparently closed their doors some time back. It was a really great place in the 90s.

More SF beer info at: [url]http://www.sfbeer.org/index.htm[/url]

By: Khurt Williams

Khurt Williams — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:19:55 +0000

American brewer, [url=http://www.samueladams.com/verification/]Samuel Adams[/url], makes some of the best beers in the USA. I especially enjoy their Seasonal beers. If you can get your hands on it, try the White Beer ( an imitation of the Hoegaarden ) or the Summer Ale. The Boston Ale is also quite good. They make over 21 varieties of beer in various styles (Larger, Ale, Porter, Stout, Belgian etc).

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:45:21 +0000

Unless there are huge signs at German customs limiting duty-free imports to a few bucks worth of Apple goods with customs duty at a few percent plus VAT. That’s pretty much it about the weak $.

By: Jonas Witt

Jonas Witt — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:42:25 +0000

They have slightly adjusted the Euro prices with this MBP release. Not that it’s really fair even now, but you also have to take VAT (19% here) into account. German customs won’t be happy to see me smuggling a brand new MBP into Germany. Also, I had a 20% ADC discount which I couldn’t have used in the US I guess. So yeah – it ain’t cheap but I guess it’ll be worth it.

By: Andrew Savory

Andrew Savory — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:29:03 +0000

European … travelling to USA … with the weak $, you might find it worthwhile visiting an Apple Store whilst you’re there, rather than waiting for the MBP to be delivered!