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I’ve been having trouble hosting a panoramic photo. The applet consists of panoapplet.jar an ivr file and the jpg image. I kept getting the error:
LP Core Error: Invalid Image URL
LP Core Error: Invalid Component parameter in lipImage
It turned out that the server was not serving the ivr document. To serve ivr documents with IIS 6 got to Start ->Administrative Tools->Internet Information Services(IIS) Manager. Under Internet Information Services will be the computer name. Right click on the computer and select Properties (Or click Start right click on My Computer, and click Manage. In the Computer Management window expand Services and Applications right click Internet Information Services and select Properties). In the properties window click the “Mime Types…” button. Click new and add the extension “.ivr” with the mime type “i-world/i-vrml.” Restart IIS to see changes immediately. W3schools has a good reference for other multimedia mime types.

My first attempt at homebrew has been bubbling away for a number of hours. This is all kit. Instructions followed to the letter. I wanted to get the experience so I know what to expect before I try to experiment. I’m not sure how much experimenting I will get to do. Right now, there is a strong smell coming from the plastic bucket in the second bathroom. The new malty smell and the bubbling from the fermentation lock have my dog on high alert. He is on edge, ready at any moment for an epic battle with the strange cylindrical intruder. He knows it’s alive and is wondering if he will soon be challenged by the bucket. A condo may not be the best place to brew. I will soldier along as long as I’m allowed.

Straight Kit (Muntons):
2 cans Malt Extract Amber
1lb Crushed Crystal
prepackaged Hallertau pellets: This is where i screwed up. I waited to long and I’m sure the pellets were dry and useless.

After the boil it smelled like bitter tea.

5/12/08 Corrected original gravity: 1.0535
5/14/08 Moved to glass carboy. G: 1.022 It tastes like beer!
5/22/08 Bottled. G close to 1.02
6/5/08 The first taste.  This is NOT a great beer.  The hops didn’t impart any noticeable bitterness.  There is a gritty quality that i can’t put my finger on.  Hopefully it just needs more time.
7/10/08  Wow the carbonation on the most recent bottle surprised me. Maybe this was just an exceptional bottle. Hopefully it just needed some time and all the bottles will be like this. This was different. It had a thick sandy colored head that held for at least a minute. There is still something odd I’m blaming on the hops pellets but this beer is getting so much better.

After the disappointment at Three Floyds, I needed to find something fun and reassuring in the beer world. So, we headed down to Warrenville, IL to check out the Brewery and Tap House at Two Brothers brewery. I say double drat because there was a homebrew event so we couldn’t go on the tour. This upset a friend of mine who is now 0 of 2 after Dark Lord Day. Also their imperial stout, Northwinds, was sold out. I was kind of expecting this since it is a winter seasonal brew for Two Bro’s. We did get to drink a few beers and try the grub. Cane & Ebel is still the favorite: strong, hoppy ale that isn’t one dimensional-bitter.