As an Alternative to Wine, Think Cider

Jason Wilson at the Washington Post urges you to consider cider instead of a wine or beer and I'm all for it. Cider is quite nice and I highly recommend it. I'll have to see if I can find some of his recommended "fancy" ciders as around here I've only got the choices of Strongbow, Woodchuck, Hornsby, Ace and Woodpecker. Make yourself a note to stay away from Crispin with ice — it's crap. Leave out the ice.

(Via washingtonpost.com.)

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Netflix Watch Instantly for Mac Report
Netflix just allowed Mac users to finally join in the "Watch Instantly" fun with a beta release of their player for Safari and Firefox. I instantly jumped on the chance to check it out. Although I was dismayed that it utilizes Microsoft's Silverlight (I just try to use as little MS software as possible), the reality of the beta is that it works darn near seamlessly and very well. I watched a full length movie last night through our Mac Mini entertainment center (through a projector) and I'd say the quality is better than Hulu's movies and, of course, has no interruptions or advertisements. I even did this test using the wireless home network, so I expect that with gigabit ethernet the quality would improve. I enjoyed the experience completely and look forward to more on-demand entertainment from Netflix besides the DVD rentals we've already been enjoying for years. Bravo, Netflix! posted by jeremy at 10:21 AM | comments (0)