Author Archives: Ben Mazhary-Clark

The rise and the fall of yeast

Spurned on by my first success on home brewing my first batch of beer, I soon got together a plan to make up a second batch.  Given that my wife wasn’t fond of the dark and hoppy ale I crafted … Continue reading

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Making a video out of text

Recently I discovered an interesting site that will take plain text and help you make a video out of it.  The tool takes in whatever text you enter, converts it from text to speech, and then syncs a generated cartoon … Continue reading

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Playing with your words

We’ve all done it. The fun of Google Translate or Babelfish. Taking in a word or phrase and then piping it through as many translations as possible to get something amusing and awesome. While listening to a podcast today I … Continue reading

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Filling your mind with Podcasts

Over the years, podcasts come and go.  You find your niche and stick with it.  Though every so often you get jolted back from your comfortable existence when you are informed of a special podcast that captivates and entertains you.  … Continue reading

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My first batch of homebrewed beer

Several months ago, I started expressing interest to my wife about brewing beer at home. I mentioned this in full ignorance, unaware of the process or joys that can be had with this hobby. The only experience I had was … Continue reading

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Wishing for more of the suite life

As my three kids get older, it is increasingly more expensive to travel. It’s not just because they want to do more exciting things, which of course they do. It is not just because they eat more as they get … Continue reading

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A whole new world

It has been years since I first setup borked.us as a personal playground.  Originally I limped along on the ml.org and dhs.org 3rd level dynamic domains, but over time they went away and became too unreliable. Borked.us was born in … Continue reading

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Funny Unix commands

When you have been doing Unix systems administration for several years, you start to gather a stash of comical commands that get passed around from sysadmin to sysadmin. The torch is passed between the old and the new, the torch … Continue reading

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Reedsport loop ride report

Ride report for April 10-11 2010 I decided a couple months ago I had to try out this BLM road I heard about that was paved and was 70 miles of going through the middle of nowhere. The route is … Continue reading

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