Free Beer?

The CBC has notes and an interview with Dane Rasmus Nielson, one of the creators of Vores Ol, the first "open source" beer:

CBC writes: "...when you hear the words 'open source', most people think of computer software programs like Linex...It's a model where the original "source code" can be modified and improved at no cost...and it's shared among users for free. Well now...thanks to Ramus Nielson, beer is free too. At least the recipe is...in an industry where ingredients and processes are typically kept under strict trademark..." Read the full article

In other words, anyone can take the Vores Ol beer recipe, brew it, and sell it for profit as long as they publish their version of the recipe. Anyone is free to use Vores Ol's design and branding elements too.

Get brewing!

Check out these photos of Manny Ramirez's kid's bedroom from Boston.com. Money well spent Manny. Money well spent.

If Manny Jr.'s room doesn't provide enough excitement for you, visit Google Moon (launched today in honor of the first manned moon landing on July 20, 1969). Google Moon an extension of Google Maps and Google Earth that allows you to surf the Moon's surface courtesy of Nasa imagery. What could be better?

NY Daily News: $200 Million Bombers play like a $200 Team
"There are the A-list Yankees. And there are the Triple-A Yankees. They are all part of the same $200 million baseball team, one that has become the "Upstairs, Downstairs" of major league baseball. It is this old television show, almost as old as some of the star Yankees...." Read the full article by Mike Lupica


Boston Globe: Sox Fans Love to Hate A-Rod
"Think Alex Rodriguez has zero friends in the Red Sox clubhouse? Think again. Manny Ramirez gave A-Rod a ride to Fenway in his silver Mercedes early yesterday afternoon..." Read the full article by Dan Shaughnessy

Drop the Frickin' Puck!

"The NHL and the NHLPA have reached an agreement in principle on the terms of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Details of the deal will not be made available pending the formal ratification process. It is anticipated that the process will be completed next week."

Quote of the Day

"I'm glad he did that. He needed to vent. He's been a mild-mannered ballplayer his whole life...The cameraman wasn't hurt...He went to the hospital, pretending to be hurt. He's winking at another guy, saying, 'I'm going to get paid.' That guy's a [expletive] idiot."

-- The one and only Boomer Wells in support of Kenny Rogers

Worst Choke in Sports History?

Here is an interesting argument we've been having via email regarding our Yankees Choke t-shirt. Should the Yankees Choke in the 2004 ALCS be considered "the worst choke in sports history" or does the worst choke actually belong to the Buffalo Bills?



nomad master wrote: I am not even a Yankee fan and I can tell you the biggest choke ever was that oilers bills game. Of which I am also not a fan of either. Any real sports fan can tell you that was the biggest choke ever.

drunkenbleachers: What they blew a 30 point halftime lead to lose a wild card game? Yes, that was a big choke but,
1)That was one game, acually one half that they choked.
2)The Yankees managed to lose 4 staight games, in which they had the lead deep in the game twice, to miss the World Series and
3) who is going to buy a shirt that says "The second worst choke in sports history, right behind the Oilers, Bills game."

There will always be chokes in sports but I'm willing to bet that in fifty years people will remember the 2004 ALCS before the 1990 AFC wild card game. Was it 1990? I already forgot.

nomad master: Indeed you may have a point but then again the biggest choke ever according to your thinking is not one game or one series it is one team and that would have to be the red sux. No one ever expected the Cubs or Indians or White Sox to win but all the arrogant red suxfans always said this is the year and it took some 86 years for them to be right so maybe the biggest choke would be their assclown fans at least the Yankee fans have a reason to be arrogant their team is the best in the history of sport (dispute that).