Sorry to hear about your issues. A big part of any beta is trying to get the code to work on as many browsers and systems as possible. It sounds like the issues you experienced were not caused by the web server so throwing more hampsters at it won't fix anything.
You weren't banned so it must have been a bug. I've seen that happen one other time. I'll look into it. Could you email me your browser and OS? [email protected]
I looked into slack as an option before I thought of making my own. One of the reasons I decided it probably wouldn't be a good fit, is the requirement that users have to be invited via email to join the channel. This would be a barrier of entry and could prevent people from hopping on at the last minute.
I would be worried that if there was a mgoblog subreddit, it would move too much traffic off mgoblog and away from their ad revenue, thus requiring us to all hit that donate button more frequently :)
The most important thing is to figure out what styles of beer you like. There are tons and tons of styles out there, (more than light, dark and amber).
The second step is to understand what makes them different. The major distinctions being hoppyness (how much hops falvor there is, often correlates to bitterness, but now always), maltyness(kinda a sweet/bready quality), and roasty-toastyness(the more roasted the deeper and more chocolatey/coffee like the flavor)
A good way to figure these main qualities out is buy finding beers that have a ton of one of them (but not both). IPAs, or India Pale Ales will represent hoppy, Ambers will represent malty, and guiness can represent roastyness.
Armed with all this knowledge you can begin to zero in on difference between beers, some IPAs may be more malty than others etc.
A couple quick tips:
Most people think they don't like dark beer or "super" dark beer because ofo Guiness. Guiness is a weirdo, classified as a DRY stout. which means it has very little sugar in it. Most stouts, however, are very sweet and are in a completely different category than Guiness. so don't close the door on dark beers just yet :) I find Porters to be a good gateway dark beer. They are usually prety roasty and malty but don't have the heavy meal like feeling.
Belgian beers are also weirdos. They use special Yeast that gives beers a very distinct flavor separate from the major difference I listed above. Furthermore, there are two main different compounds imparted by belgian yeast that taste very differently, so you might like one more than an other. Phenols make beer taste like peppery and grapefruity, and esthers kinda taste like bananas. Most belgian yeasts create a good mix of both of these and are a tad sour. Saisons however (one of my favs) are almost all phenols.
Last but not least, it doesn't make a HUGE difference on flavor IMO, but all beers are broken down into two categories, Lagers and Ales. Lagers ferment in cold condintions and produce a crisper cleaner flavor, where as Ales have a yeastier flavor.
I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of stuff but I'm just writing this all out as I think of it.
brimley mi in the up is awesome for that. super tiny town with small town log cabin bar on lake Superior. Indian casinos abound. it's also only 30 mins from Sault st Marie and 5 hours from Ann arbor.
all the bars and restaurants have snow mobile parking and trails are everywhere.
I've never been to taiquamenon falls in the winter, but I'm sure they have something going on, and that's only 40 mins away as well.
drupal is the most frustrating piece of software on the planet.. except for joomla of course :)
if the blog is ever interested in pursuing a change to something more... productive, I'd be happy to help out.
If first possesion, michigan comes out and runs up the middle for the first two downs, and Gardner throws an ugly ball under pressure on third down -- It's game over. I'm sure I'll get flamed for over-reacting, but Borges game plans seem to be set in stone once a game begins.
I think the difference maker in this game is going to be Borges. If the offense comes out with the same old run-first mentality we will lose. However, if Gardner gets outside the pocket enough, and we throw a rediculous amount of deep bombs, Michigan and the running game will stand a much better chance.
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I saw you had problems last week too. Could you email me your OS and browser. [email protected]
I'll see if I can get you on next week. Sorry for the trouble.
The pedo jokes were strong that game.
Nope. I've tried before and the service was awful.
It's really not that bad. I'm hoping to get a few people to help moderate to help lighten the load.
Sorry to hear about your issues. A big part of any beta is trying to get the code to work on as many browsers and systems as possible. It sounds like the issues you experienced were not caused by the web server so throwing more hampsters at it won't fix anything.
What browser and OS were you using?
You weren't banned so it must have been a bug. I've seen that happen one other time. I'll look into it. Could you email me your browser and OS? [email protected]
Thanks.
I shut it down to make some updates for tomorrow.
Nope, banned by IP
The game.
Actual Bolivia
Just the browser for now. It should work well enough on mobile in its current state.
Thanks!
I'll take a peek. I was planning on using either React or another virtual-DOM type framework. Also, I'm deathly allergic to PHP :)
I looked into slack as an option before I thought of making my own. One of the reasons I decided it probably wouldn't be a good fit, is the requirement that users have to be invited via email to join the channel. This would be a barrier of entry and could prevent people from hopping on at the last minute.
Probably a Go/rethingDB backend and javascript front end. Using websockets of course as well.
I love slack, and I use it everyday, but slack charges per user :(
But slack will play a big role as a plan out the app. /giphy ftw
I would be worried that if there was a mgoblog subreddit, it would move too much traffic off mgoblog and away from their ad revenue, thus requiring us to all hit that donate button more frequently :)
I do love me some reddit though.
The most important thing is to figure out what styles of beer you like. There are tons and tons of styles out there, (more than light, dark and amber).
The second step is to understand what makes them different. The major distinctions being hoppyness (how much hops falvor there is, often correlates to bitterness, but now always), maltyness(kinda a sweet/bready quality), and roasty-toastyness(the more roasted the deeper and more chocolatey/coffee like the flavor)
A good way to figure these main qualities out is buy finding beers that have a ton of one of them (but not both). IPAs, or India Pale Ales will represent hoppy, Ambers will represent malty, and guiness can represent roastyness.
Armed with all this knowledge you can begin to zero in on difference between beers, some IPAs may be more malty than others etc.
A couple quick tips:
Most people think they don't like dark beer or "super" dark beer because ofo Guiness. Guiness is a weirdo, classified as a DRY stout. which means it has very little sugar in it. Most stouts, however, are very sweet and are in a completely different category than Guiness. so don't close the door on dark beers just yet :) I find Porters to be a good gateway dark beer. They are usually prety roasty and malty but don't have the heavy meal like feeling.
Belgian beers are also weirdos. They use special Yeast that gives beers a very distinct flavor separate from the major difference I listed above. Furthermore, there are two main different compounds imparted by belgian yeast that taste very differently, so you might like one more than an other. Phenols make beer taste like peppery and grapefruity, and esthers kinda taste like bananas. Most belgian yeasts create a good mix of both of these and are a tad sour. Saisons however (one of my favs) are almost all phenols.
Last but not least, it doesn't make a HUGE difference on flavor IMO, but all beers are broken down into two categories, Lagers and Ales. Lagers ferment in cold condintions and produce a crisper cleaner flavor, where as Ales have a yeastier flavor.
I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of stuff but I'm just writing this all out as I think of it.
I can't wait to see us using Peppers in safety blitz's. Haven't seen that since Kovacs.
But faster
http://www.vipleague.se/basketball/274198/1/minnesota-at-michigan-live-…
He heard that Harbaugh brought some celebratory steaks with him.
That's pretty generous.
Harblaug should be used for something.
Doesn't fit this, but during brainstorming I came up with...
HARbinger of Boom
That needs to fit somewhere.
I hate myself for how excited this makes me.
But can he Hackett?
I do prefer wordpress to drupal, but my current favorite CMS is http://wagtail.io/
I also find that custom built solutions are often worth the extra effort upfront.
I logged in for the first time in like a year to post that video, and you beat me to it!
I'm looking forward to prank recording this on my buddy's DVR
If first possesion, michigan comes out and runs up the middle for the first two downs, and Gardner throws an ugly ball under pressure on third down -- It's game over. I'm sure I'll get flamed for over-reacting, but Borges game plans seem to be set in stone once a game begins.
I don't know. I'm pretty worried about our CBs and their consistent 10 yard cushion. I have a feeling our CBs will give up lots of dinky passes.
Benching a 5 star sophomore recruit (Kalis), who was physically ready last year, seems like something that's not getting nearly enough talk.
I think the difference maker in this game is going to be Borges. If the offense comes out with the same old run-first mentality we will lose. However, if Gardner gets outside the pocket enough, and we throw a rediculous amount of deep bombs, Michigan and the running game will stand a much better chance.
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