Beer #2 was not what I would call a smashing success. I think it could use a little more "conditioning" time. I tried it yesterday and was not impressed. Additionally, it seems to be over-carbonated. Lesson learned on that one. I tend to prefer less carbonated beers, so I will be adding less in the way of priming sugars in the future... So anyway, I am not ready to call it a total failure, but more likely a tolerable learning experience.

I was hoping to start a new series of batches this weekend, but with a string of busy weekends coming, I think that I may wait for 5-6 weeks until my schedule clears up some.

In some cool news, I am heading to San Francisco for the Google I/O developers conference at the end of May. It should be a good time and a good opportunity to learn some things. I have never been to a "developers" conference; so I am expecting to run into a bunch of programmer techie types but I hope to also find a bunch of people that see things more like I do. I think the technology is cool, but only to the degree that it makes my life easier, more efficient, or more financially sound. Technology for the sake of technology doesn't do much for me. Technology that has life benefits is valuable. I have seen Google offerings go both ways.

San Francisco will be cool to visit. I have only been there once before, and that was for maybe 24 hours. So this should be a little longer, but I expect the conference to take up most of my time. This is fine as long as it lives up to my expectations. I should have a couple free evenings to explore. And in my typical fashion, my first stop once in San Fran is here. I already have reservations for the tour.

In other news, a few people will appreciate knowing that my trusty white Kona is once again a rideable member of my household. I spent time yesterday tearing down the polo/pumptrack bike to build up my trusty old friend. Unfortunately, Nepolean also suffered some loss in this build and is currently out of commission. The current plan, though, is to rebuild that one geared so that I have some trailriding flexbility and don't have to hurt so badly on the long haul and mountainous offroad rides. At this point, I am missing a couple of parts to fully get Nepolean going again, but hopefully he will be operational by early summer.

Cheers.