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Build a startup in 48 hours?
There seem to be many variations on this theme; startupweekend, Garage48, Buildit, Game Jam, Service Jam…. But, almost all of these events seem to ask people to sign up, and select one of their grand sounding titles (Developer, Designer, Visionary etc). I think it would be better if they used titles that described what you [...]
Another beer roundup
Continuing the series of beers found at the local stores (and as I don’t seem to be able to actual write other content recently!) Mämmi beer from Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas Mämmi is a traditional easter dish made of rye, molasses and water. Like many things in Finland the description does not sound that great, but try [...]
Couple of beers before Xmas
A rather nice Xmas beer from the Vakka-Suomen Panimo. A strong chocolate stout flavour. Very nice. I then followed this with a nice scottish beer from the Caledonian Brewary. THis brewary is one of the ones I have actually had a tour round a number of years ago.
FSCONS notes
This was my second time at FSCONS, but this year there seemed to be a lot more talks around “Open Culture” type themes. Two that stuck out for me were; feminism (there are more women involved than thought & some advice on how to get more) and Open farming (the open source tractor in action [...]
