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Taste

Taste 10/29/2003 01:15 AM

My taste buds, with age, have begun to change. Unfortunately, most aspects of my personality are a good lap or two behind. This realization surfaced last weekend, during a trip through the Sonoma wine country.

For dinner, we had a mighty fine meal at a Portuguese restaurant and drank a bottle of Portuguese wine -- a huge step for us. Getting to a point where wine has become palatable involved a year of really only drinking water with our meals. We were so addicted to carbonated beverages -- particularly Pepsi -- that we couldn't drink anything that wasn't as sweet.

Ordering a bottle of wine to go with dinner was a sad sort of accomplishment, but an accomplishment nonetheless.

The day after that dinner I was riding high from our Portuguese wine success. So I decided to press our luck and suggested that we should visit a winery for a tasting. Ben's response? He made a quiet little noise that sorted of sounded like agreement; he then choose to accidentally drive past each winery entrance.

"Oops," said Ben.

Since we had gotten through an entire weekend without fighting, I chose not to escalate and instead thought about what would happen if he did manage to make a turn-off into any of the handful of wineries along the way.

I can guarantee that this is exactly how our tasting would go:

Ben and I would enter, with me cowering behind. I would nudge him to go up to the counter and figure out what's the proper wine-tasting protocol.

He'd say no and tell me to go.

I'd return the anti-social volley and he'd give me the look and angry sigh.

It would be like two kids at a dance telling the other to approach the person they want to dance with. Neither one's going to do it and they're both going to look stupid in the process of deciding.

I would then get extremely frustrated and want to leave. As we'd walk out, I would change my mind and say that I can indeed handle the stress of being out of our element. On the way back in, I'd see some guy swirling his wine and looking all self-important. I would stare, trying to process the moment a person changes into the sort who swirls wine and talks about bouquets.

Ben would nudge me and tell me to stop making my mean face.

We'd then go up to the counter, stand speechless for a while and then realize that we don't like wine that much.

I would then write an inspired poem and wonder, why the hell I'm wasting my talents on software development.

I Can Stomach Fish Now Too
By Mena Trott, age 25

Mushrooms, wine, coffee and tea.
Don't take my youth away from me.

Instead of a "oh my, this bouquet is dripping
with a hint of oakey, strawberry sarcasm."
You get a "tastes good and it doesn't make me want to die."

A New Taste of Yum!

A New Taste of Yum! 04/28/2004 11:51 AM
KFC is rolling out a new line of "oven roasted" chicken. But is fried food the problem with KFC?

A taste of 3G

A taste of 3G 12/24/2004 01:02 PM
CNET Asia Dec 24 2004 7:51AM GMT

A Taste of Qt 4

A Taste of Qt 4 04/19/2004 01:33 AM

A Taste of the System

A Taste of the System 12/19/2004 03:31 PM
Since the election, as you've doubtless noticed, I haven't had much to say here. Having lost that crusade - and I do think we lost, election skullduggery notwithstanding - I have been quietly gathering myself up for the countless smaller contests arrayed before us that, taken collectively, will determine the future of freedom in America. We can't afford to lose many of those, and we will have to emulate our authoritarian adversaries' disciplined resolve if we are are to prevail. As it happens, I am already personally engaged in one of these battles, and it has been testing my resolve for over a year. Now that it seems to be coming to a head, I want to tell you about it. My own liberty is at stake, but so, I think, is the liberty of anyone who wishes to travel in America without fear of humiliation or arrest. On September 15, 2003, shortly after Burning Man, I was hauled off an airplane that was about to depart San Francisco for New York and charged with the misdemeanor possession of controlled substances that had allegedly been discovered during a search of my checked baggage. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to relate this event. Embarrassment certainly played no part. Generally, I like to be fully disclosed, no matter how far I may wander beyond the normative fringe. I suppose that, for legal reasons, I wanted to avoid any apparent admission of guilt, and only now do I realize that it's possible to tell this tale without making one. This is because, in most cases - and this is almost certainly one of them - contraband that is illegally discovered does not legally exist. If that seems a technicality to you, you may want to re-read the 4th Amendment, as well as the subsequent case law (notably Mapp v. Ohio) which sets forth the "exclusionary rule." However shredded by the War on Some Drugs, the 4th Amendment remains part of the Constitution. In order to see that it goes on meaning something, I decided to fight this charge and have spent the last 14 months doing so. Now I will tell you my story....

A Taste of Linux

A Taste of Linux 01/24/2004 10:21 AM
Jim Lynch bites into four low-fat distros that boot off CD but deliver the full flavor of Linux. Use Linux on your computer without ever installing a thing!

OpinionJournal - Taste

OpinionJournal - Taste 06/05/2004 04:33 AM
on OpinionJournal today .. today's Opinion Journal .. rebuke

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A Taste of Africa

A Taste of Africa 09/19/2004 04:29 AM
A Taste of Africa. Life as a development worker in the Horn of Africa.

A Matter of Taste

A Matter of Taste 01/22/2004 03:19 AM
This week's question: Does the same food taste the same to everyone?

A little taste of Home

A little taste of Home 12/30/2002 10:56 PM
A rather large box arrived for me at work today. It was from my parents in Ohio. They apparently decided to send me all of the food I would have normally eaten (but really shouldn't) if I had gone back...

"You Have Bad Taste in Music"

"You Have Bad Taste in Music" 07/24/2004 09:28 PM

iTunes and musical taste

iTunes and musical taste 11/12/2003 01:02 PM
Wired is running a tongue-in-cheek article about the ability of iTunes users to share their playlists. "Thanks to the ability of Apple's iTunes to share music collections over local networks, it is now possible to judge someone's taste in music -- or lack of it -- in a way that previously required a certain level of intimacy," the article states. It further notes that iTunes users are starting to realize that their playlists can affect the social image they project, and...

Study: We're getting used to the taste
of spam

Study: We're getting used to the taste
of spam 04/11/2005 05:47 PM
ZDNet Apr 11 2005 9:49PM GMT

Iraqis get a taste for Linux

Iraqis get a taste for Linux 06/24/2004 04:44 AM
BBC Jun 24 2004 8:12AM GMT

Dutch get first taste of faster 3G

Dutch get first taste of faster 3G 09/09/2004 07:32 AM
Computer Shopper Sep 9 2004 11:39AM GMT

People taste like green

People taste like green 05/11/2004 04:21 PM
Are you on drugs without your knowledge? Take the quiz and find out! I scored high!

Rawhide gets taste of the Wi-Fi cowboy

Rawhide gets taste of the Wi-Fi cowboy 06/08/2004 09:17 AM
Herding cattle, 802.11b style

A Taste Of Computer Security

A Taste Of Computer Security 07/29/2004 10:24 AM

Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple?

Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple? 08/03/2004 12:08 AM
Uncle Sam's coffers, which have long remained elusvie for Apple, are finally opening up. As the federal technology budget ballooned, Apple's market share in computers sold to the government rose from 1.6% in the first quarter of 2003 to 2% in the same period this year. Today, Apple is the government's No. 6 computer supplier -- and climbing. By Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek (via MyAppleMenu)

A Taste of Yum! Wins the World Over

A Taste of Yum! Wins the World Over 09/09/2004 02:41 PM
Strong international sales growth and solid U.S. comps propel the company's stock to its highest price ever.

Flies of Refined Taste

Flies of Refined Taste 07/02/2004 01:16 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Thu Jul 1, 07:58 pm GMT

Taste Filling! Less Great!

Taste Filling! Less Great! 01/26/2003 12:54 AM
Have some fun with the full version of the crappy Miller Light ad with busty chicks fighting in water and ?mud.? Anyway I beat iFilm,

Get a taste of education MIT style

Get a taste of education MIT style 02/04/2003 04:33 AM
For instance, if you want to go to the search engine Google, type "Google" in the address box, then hit "control" plus "enter." Your computer will fill in the ...

A Taste of Linux, Part Two

A Taste of Linux, Part Two 03/08/2004 11:26 PM
In our second helping, we serve up LindowsLive!, MandrakeMove, and SUSE's Live Evaluation. Find out which is the blue-plate special and which gets sent back to the kitchen.

The Fruity Taste of PEAR

The Fruity Taste of PEAR 05/31/2004 12:40 PM
You cannot help but like someone like Greg who is honest and humble:

"I am one of the core developers of the PEAR package who has joined the game relatively late... The base PEAR class is one monstrous mistake, and PEAR_Error is pretty close. Everyone knows this. I designed an error class that is much, much more flexible and it is part of PEAR 1.3.1 (PEAR_ErrorStack) - check it out. "

Sadly it's just not true that everyone knows that PEAR class is big mistake (Jeff Moore has more on why PEAR.php is awful). Given that PEAR is both an important framework and a worthless class, the confusion in names will definitely cause the value of the PEAR class to be overestimated. Just read any article on PEAR and you can see what nice words they have to say about the base classes :-(

I once said once that too many PEAR developers were journeymen. This might have offended some people, but I was trying hard to be diplomatic. I must say that today the PEAR group is definitely more mature, and they have learnt a lot about library design. What would really make my eyes light up would be an PEAR2 initiative that kept the existing classes, but dropped the bad seeds such as PEAR.php (e.g. the PEAR and PEAR_Error classes).

And in case you were wondering, I do think there's great value in the PEAR DB API. API's are important for interoperatability. For example, ADOdb has a PEAR DB compatibility mode. I would certainly be flattered if PEAR DB had an ADOdb compat mode too :-)

Bad taste from new Bagle spread

Bad taste from new Bagle spread 07/06/2004 09:52 AM
ZDNet Jul 6 2004 2:05PM GMT

Revenge Really Does Taste Sweet

Revenge Really Does Taste Sweet 08/28/2004 11:52 AM

Google Taste Test

Google Taste Test 05/25/2004 02:49 PM
Based on a few tasks, a survey found that Google's search results are no better than its competitors. This isn't that surprising -- the differences between search engines should narrow as searching technology matures. The issue really is how loyal users are to a particular search engine and why. For example, Google's user interface might be arguably better, even if its search results are similar to its competitors. And Google's expansion of services suggests that they realize searching isn't the beginning and end of their business.

PHPEverywhere: The Fruity Taste of PEAR

PHPEverywhere: The Fruity Taste of PEAR 06/01/2004 09:17 AM
On PHPEverywhere, there is a new posting that some of the core PEAR developers out there might not want to see.

HDTV: Bet you can't stop after just one
taste of Voom

HDTV: Bet you can't stop after just one
taste of Voom 09/12/2004 05:18 AM
Los Angeles Times Sep 12 2004 8:41AM GMT

Faux-carb taste test

Faux-carb taste test 05/11/2004 07:57 AM
Salon persuades four foodies to open wide for some unappetizing low-carb foods spawned by the Atkins-South Beach craze.

Free speech, bad taste and the Pope.

Free speech, bad taste and the Pope. 03/17/2005 03:20 AM
"The 52 funniest things about the upcoming death of the Pope," by New York Press columnist Matt Taibbi, generated controversy that spread from conservative blogs outward. The Press was de nounced by legislators, one of whom suggested New Yorkers throw the paper away; it was slammed by gossip columnist Lloyd Grove, possibly in retaliation for Grove's being named No. 20 on this list. After refusing a suspension, Press editor Jeff Koyen resigned and bashed his bosses, calling one a "spineless alt-weekly weenie." The public back-and-forth between erstwhile editor and former boss continues, but Taibbi's response to the whole thing is probably the best after the fact summary.

Through the Taste Buds, an Idyll Relived

Through the Taste Buds, an Idyll Relived 06/30/2004 07:38 PM
Summers past do not have to be gone forever with sites that sell nostalgia-inspiring food.

Apple Leaves A Bitter Taste

Apple Leaves A Bitter Taste 04/15/2004 09:04 AM
The success of the iPod may be good news for the iconic technology company but reflects troubles in the gloal music industry. By Richard Irving, The Times (via MyAppleMenu)

Nokia mobiles to taste IPv6

Nokia mobiles to taste IPv6 11/06/2003 11:10 AM
ZDNet UK Nov 6 2003 9:53AM ET

Google Gets a Taste of It's Own Autolink
Medicine

Google Gets a Taste of It's Own Autolink
Medicine 03/17/2005 03:55 AM

Behind the Why of a Rampage, Loner With
a Taste for Nazism

Behind the Why of a Rampage, Loner With
a Taste for Nazism 03/23/2005 12:19 AM
Before the storm of bullets that left 10 dead, Jeff Weise was rarely noticed. But when he was, people saw a brooding teenager.

China gets a taste of democracy, online

China gets a taste of democracy, online 09/16/2004 07:14 AM
Article.wn.com - Thu Sep 16, 10:57 am GMT

Spam, an Acquired Taste
(washingtonpost.com)

Spam, an Acquired Taste
(washingtonpost.com) 04/11/2005 03:29 PM
washingtonpost.com - Americans are learning how to digest spam.
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