Monthly archives: September, 2005

Bottling the Chilli and Lime Lager

Yesterday I bottled my Chilli and Lime Lager. Bottling is always a laborious and lengthy process of washing, sterilizing, filling, capping, and then cleaning up. But there’s a feeling of satisfaction when it’s over and you’ve created a few cases of beer. In a few months they might be drinkable. I tasted the brew before …

Reversible XSLT and the View Update Problem

I remember talking with Michael last year about how I thought reversible XSLT was an important but unsolved problem. I was particularly interested in the scenario where you have a complex XML document, you transform it to a simpler or more readable form (XML, HTML, CSV, or whatever), edit it, and then you want to …

New Brew

I’ve finally collected enough empty bottles to let me do a batch of homebrew. So last weekend I put one on – my first since I moved to Sydney. It’s a Cascade Lager kit, with a Coopers Brew Enhancer Type 2 instead of my usual cane sugar. I’m aiming to repeat an earlier successful brew …