The problem with wine is that if all you have are standard 750 mL bottles, you either have to be prepared to down a good four glasses or put a cork in it and let it sit for the night… or two, or three… or whenever you remember you have an opened bottle and feel [...]

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There are sexier espresso machines on the market, especially in the $600 price range, but the Rancilio Silivia is the benchmark by which everything else is measured.
Silivia is a semi-automatic espresso machine, so if you’re looking for something that you can set and forget or you don’t have the patience to learn how to pull [...]

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This article over at Wired.com about how to do bar tricks reminded me that every Geek needs a little alcohol every once and a while.
And what better alcohol than wine (especially considering one of the tricks in the article above mentions getting a wine cork out of a bottle). I love a good glass [...]

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