Lately I’ve been working with QR codes a lot at work. They’re the two-dimensional barcodes that can be scanned with a smartphone camera. They can link to web content, text, an e-mail address, or a phone number. They’re a convenient way to tell mobile users, “Go here for additional information.”
As I was working with them, I had a cool idea… what if, in the future, beer bottles had QR codes printed on the label? You could scan the QR code and it would pull up a page explaining how the beer was brewed, what kinds of hops were used, IBU measurement, that kind of thing. Probably not something that would ever be needed on bottles of Bud Light, but for beer geeks who drink craft beers, it would be way cool.
Wow, the Tiger game last night was a disaster. I’ll repeat a comment I made on Twitter last night: Look at the bright side. Maybe we’ll get a rematch against the Vols in the first round of the NIT.
Lots of Pastner-bashing this morning. I’m sure early in the careers of Adolph Rupp, Eddie Sutton, Bob Knight, etc. they all had a game where they coached so badly that half the town was calling for their resignation. Agreed, Coach P needs to take a hard look at what he did wrong last night, but the city of Memphis needs to stand by its coach.
(Edit: I had a paragraph here blasting Local Gastropub for allowing “Rocky Top” to be played on their jukebox post-game, but I’ve since learned it was played on an iPhone. Assuming they didn’t provide amplification to said iPhone, no hard feelings toward them. Sorry for the misunderstanding.)
According to the MemphisWeather.net blog, we have the possibility of what I call a “just-right” amount of snow Sunday night into Monday. A just-right amount of snow is enough to close most office buildings for the day, but not enough that the bars close.
If you have MLK Day (Monday, January 17) off and are looking for somewhere to volunteer, here’s a good opportunity with MIFA.
The band at the Flying Saucer tonight is called “Lamar Ave. Love.” I know nothing about them, but based on name alone I think I want to see them.
That’s all for now… off to do a little shopping in my lunch break.