- All Cocktails – IBA
And here is that list of 102 cocktails. And being me, rather than setting out to go to bars and try them all, I wonder about setting out to make them all, at home. That could be fun.
- I Drank Every Cocktail | Adam Aaronson
So it turns out that the International Bartenders Association maintains a list of cocktails (presumably in an effort to standardise training a bit. While I've got books containing hundreds (if not thousands) more on my shelves, this is probably the closest thing the world has to an "official" list of cocktails, and this chap tells the story of his setting out to drink them all.
Tag: food
Bookmarks for April 30, 2025
- Why translating Chinese food names into English is ‘an impossible task’ | CNN
Fun insights into Chinese food culture.
- Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025 – Ars Technica
So, on the one hand, they're not saying it'll stop working. Just that it'll only have more or less the same features that a non-smart thermostat has. But still – I'd be pretty irked, if I had one. This is, broadly, the peril of buying smart home gadgets. and why my rule of thumb is that I want them to be able to perfom most of their functions without internet access – in case the company behind them goes bust, and the infrastrcuture vanishes. But Google haven't gone bust. There's no suggestion that the couldn't, if they chose, keep these running. They're just not. Unimpressive.
- Doctors condemn Supreme Court ruling on trans women as ‘scientifically illiterate’ | The Independent
Because, well, yeah, it really is. It's justghastly stuff, and I just do not understand these people with hate in their hearts who are determined to drag us all backward. On this issue, and so many others.