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The original recipe is, sure. But part of the fun of cocktails is experimenting with what tastes you prefer. The parent said they weren't enjoying what they ended up with, so I'm recommending tweaks. A little extra gin is a pretty standard way to make the campari more palatable, used in plenty of bars.

Carpano (at least Carpano Antica, which I think it their common vermouth) is also a very strong flavor. IMO if you're doing equal parts gin/campari/carpano you're totally obliterating the gin flavor.

For a classic and smoother negroni, try:

- 1.5oz gin (Tanqueray is fine, but I'd recommend Ford's)

- 1oz campari

- 1oz sweeter, less intense vermouth like Contratto Rossi or Dolin Rouge

If you want to use your Carpano, I really like this negroni variation called a Kingston that uses rum:

- 1.5oz Smith and Cross rum

- 1oz Campari

- 1oz Carpano Antica

Nobilis was heavily inspired both by the world in Zelazney's Amber books, and also by that system. If you like Amber diceless you'll probably enjoy it.

Just because something is unfamiliar doesn't make it worse. Operators, once learned, can greatly improve readability of code.

If you had never seen +,-,%,• before, simple math statements would be inscrutable. But, once you take the (short) time to learn them you can express things much better than if you had to write `add`, `subtract`, etc everywhere.

I think it is, check out Kneath's (a designer at github) dribble:

http://dribbble.com/kneath

I agree with most of your points, except that you can't skip photoshop.

Depending on your skill levels in various tools, it might be way better to simply start into html + css. I know a couple designer/developers who can go from an idea to visuals dramatically faster in code than they could using photoshop (myself included). Additionally, you get the advantage of being able to style simply effects in right away (ie, hover states, focus states, etc) instead of having to create extra layers or version of a PS file.

Somehow, even after programming my own version of the game of life, I can still sit there watching it evolve. It never ceases to amaze me how such a set of simple rules can cause such interesting behavior.

1. open webkit browser (safari or chrome) 2. go to new photo page 3. click on photo 4. look at url

Has webkit introduced a way to modify the url without adding a hash character? As far as I was aware you could only dynamically change things past a #

I was waiting in line for an iPhone 3G when someone called out "I need a web developer, who's interested?". We talked for a few minutes in line, then I did an interview the next day.

I'm still working with them now.

This just seems like trolling for extra website views by making another useless iPad story.

"Books still seem uncomfortable to read for hours at a time. I mean, you have to hold the thing the whole time you want to read it, and you even have to figure out fancy ways to keep it on the right page, since it keeps trying to close itself. You'd think after hundreds of years someone would have figured out this problem."

Oh wait, it isn't actually a problem. A whole 1.5 pounds? Oh no!

For me, the more obvious benefit to reading on my Kindle isn't lack of eye strain (I stare at monitors all day too), but lack of glare. Even with full backlight, using my laptop outside on a sunny day ranges from being uncomfortable to completely unusable. With the e-ink screen, that's barely an issue.

It's interesting how many articles have quotes like these

  but it also sends Amazon’s own grayscale-only hardware to the back of the line

that lack any consideration for the positives of Amazon's decision to have an E-ink screen. For many people who bought the Kindle, the insanely good contrast, even in areas with direct sunlight, is a must have.

Also, I'd like to see an iPad last for a month without charging.

It is good practice to at least encrypt the authentication process, so that someone can't grab plaintext passwords as they are transmitted.