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User:MaK

2008-10-15T00:05:05Z

Merchelo:

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maK. An enigma of sorts. A pretty cool guy - "trips balls" and doesn't afraid of David Sinclair.

Awarded "Single Biggest Provider of Lulz in 2008".

LOLOLOLLOLOLOLPOOLTHOLRYJOLLIL87OLK7LJTOPGLGFERVOLLOLZ!!!!111!!!1eleventy-one!!1

Is apparently ultra-leet at Quake 3 but lost to both coconut and undone multiple times because they're great and Gamessoc never lose.
= Overusing Words =
Likes to use an ellipsis an awful lot.
He joined 6 days ago, and since then, he's used the ellipsis 744 times.
And Increasing.

merchelo@minerva:~/irclogs/redbrick$ cat \#lobby.log | grep maK | grep '...' |wc -l
774

Redbrick Companies

2008-10-06T15:34:02Z

Merchelo: /* Other companies brickies work for */

[[Category:Jobs]]
Once upon a time there were a lot of former RedBrick people starting companies, particularly in the professional services area. Do any of these companies still exist and if so, where do I find them? -- [[User:Fergus|fergus]]

You can find them right here!

==In present operation==

* [http://www.vade.ie Vade] - Web Hosting & Development: [[User:ryaner|ryaner]]. (Formerly [[User:kyper|kyper]], [[User:phreak|phreak]]).
* [http://www.jeebers.com Jeebers] - E-business solutions: [[User:Jeebers|jeebers]].
* [http://www.cliste.net Cliste] - Consultancy: [[User:Colmmacc|colmmacc]] and [[User:X|x]].
* Beanbag Ltd - Consultancy: [[User:Shimoda|shimoda]].
* [http://www.terminalfour.com Terminalfour] - Enterprise Content Management: [[User:Piero|piero]].
* [http://www.digitalrights.ie Digital Rights Ireland] - Online Lobby and Activism group. [[User:Colmmacc|colmmacc]]
* [http://www.farrellscientific.com Farrell Scientific Consulting] - Consulting services in science. [[User:lithium|lithium]]
* [http://1timetracking.com Time Warden Ltd.] - Time management solutions [[User:jeebers|jeebers]].
* [http://www.gits.ie GITS ] - ICT Support and Consultancy: [[User:kyper|kyper]].

==Previous==

* Eolach - Open Source consulting: [[User:Hyper|hyper]], [[User:Thalia|thalia]] and [[User:Fergus|fergus]].
* [http://www.rfc-networks.ie RFC-Networks] - Web dev, hosting, consulting, open source: [[User:Phil|phil]], [[User:Mark|mark]] and [[User:Noelfitz|noelfitz]].
* [http://www.callisto.ie/ Callisto] - IT Vendor: [[User:Halenger|halenger]] and [[User:Af666x|af666x]].
* [http://www.magnet.ie Magnet Networks]: [[User:Grimnar|grimnar]].

==Other companies brickies work for==

* [http://www.amazon.com Amazon] - [[User:Pixies|pixies]], [[User:Grimnar|grimnar]], [[User:Jerry|jerry]], [[User:Marvin|marvin]], [[User:Singer|singer]].
* [http://www.accenture.ie Accenture] - IT Consultancy: [[User:Tuama|tuama]].
* [http://www.securelinx.ie Securelinx] - Linux consultancy: [[User:Kpodesta|kpodesta]].
* [http://www.pwc.ie PwC] - System Audits/Compliance/Process Improvement/Tax: [[User:Cokane|cokane]], [[User:Myk|myk]].
* [http://www.kerna.ie Kerna Communications] - IT Security: [[User:Lecter|lecter]], [[User:Stark|stark]], [[User:Halenger|halenger]] and [[User:Prolix|prolix]].
* [http://www.pharmaplaz.com Pharmaplaz] - Pharmaceuticals: [[User:kyper|kyper]].
* [http://www.ericsson.com Ericsson] - Telecommunications: [[User:dec|dec]].
* [http://www.google.com Google.com]: [[User:aeris|aeris]], [[User:doc|doc]], [[User:drjolt|drjolt]], [[User:pooka|pooka]], [[User:trevj|trevj]], [[User:valen|valen]], [[User:dizer|dizer]], [[User:redgiant|redgiant]], [[User:toaster|toaster]], [[User:usal|usal]] and [[User:magluby|magluby]].
* [http://www.heanet.ie HEAnet]: [[User:cns|cns]], [[User:orly|orly]], [[User:Rob|rob]], [[User:esoteric|esoteric]], [[User:Bass|bass]].
* [http://www.joost.com Joost]: [[User:colmmacc|colmmacc]].
* [http://www.thus.net THUS]: [[User:homerj|homerj]]
* [http://www.symantec.ie Symantec]: [[User:macbain|macbain]], [[User:moridin|moridin]], [[User:plop|plop]] and [[User:tibor|tibor]].
* [http://hosting.digiweb.ie Digiweb]: [[User:.phil|phil]].
* [http://s3group.com/ S3 (Sillicon and Software Systems)] (and no, it's not the video card makers) - Software and hardware services for Digital Media, Medical Systems, System IC and Network Processors: [[User:cammy|cammy]].
* [http://www.rte.ie RTE] - Your national broadcaster. (No, your TV license does not fund my wages): [[User:spock|spock]].
* [http://www.sbpost.ie Sunday Business Post] - Ireland's national business newspaper: [[User:griffin|griffin]].
* [http://www.ibm.com IBM]: [[User:waggers|waggers]], [[User:goratrix|goratrix]], [[User:edel|edel]], [[User:smudger|smudger]], [[User:merchelo|merchelo]]
* [http://www.yardmedia.ie Yard Media] - Digital Post Production: [[User:decob|decob]].
* [http://www.itconvergence.com IT Convergence] - Oracle Consulting, Staffing, Education, Remote Support and Hosting Services. [[User:mark|mark]]
* [http://www.smartcentric.com SmartCentric] - Smartcard security/financial application development: [[User:markpb|markpb]], [[User:elpres|elpres]].
* [http://w4.siemens.de/ct/en/home/index.html Siemens] - R & D Medical Imaging: [[User:MLynch|mlynch]].
* [http://www.demonware.net/ DemonWare] - Network Software for Computer Games: [[User:Atlas|atlas]]

Acronyms

2008-06-18T16:31:53Z

Merchelo:

This page is a list of acronyms which are commonly used on redbrick, and the internet in general.

If strong language offends you, turn back now!

{| border="1"
|+ Acronyms:
|-
|
*'''''afaik''''' - as far as I know

*'''''afk''''' - away from keyboard

*'''''asap''''' - as soon as possible

*'''''asl''''' - age/sex/location

*'''''bbl/s''''' - be back later/soon

*'''''bg''''' - bad game

*'''''bj''''' - bon joue

*'''''brb''''' - be right back

*'''''btw''''' - by the way

*'''''diaf''''' - die in a fire

*'''''ffs''''' - for fuck sake

*'''''ftw''''' - for the win

*'''''ftl''''' - for the lose

*'''''gl''''' - good luck

*'''''gg''''' - good game

*'''''gtfo''''' - get the fuck out

*'''''gtg''''' - got to go

*'''''hf''''' - have fun

*'''''idk''''' - I don't know

*'''''iirc''''' - if I recall correctly

*'''''irl''''' - in real life

*'''''jk''''' - just kidding

*'''''lol''''' - laughing out loud

*'''''lulz''''' - a different way of saying lol

*'''''lmao''''' - laughing my ass off(can be combined with rofl - roflmao)

*'''''MDR''''' - morir de rire

*'''''nm''''' - never mind

|
*'''''np''''' - no problem

*'''''NSFW''''' - not safe for work

*'''''omg''''' - oh my god

*'''''orly?''''' - oh really?(paired with yarly)

*'''''PEBCAK''''' - problem exists between chair and keyboard

*'''''pita''''' - pain in the arse

*'''''pmsl''''' - pissing myself laughing

*'''''pw''''' - password

*'''''qft''''' - quoted for truth

*'''''rofl''''' - rolling on the floor laughing(can be combined with lmao - roflmao)

*'''''rtfm''''' - read the fucking manual

*'''''stfu''''' - shut the fuck up

*'''''tb(q/f)h''''' - to be (quite/fucking) honest

*'''''ttfn''''' - ta ta for now

*'''''ttyl''''' - talk to you later

*'''''ty''''' - thank you

*'''''waf''''' - what a fag

*'''''wb''''' - welcome back

*'''''w/e''''' - whatever

*'''''wtf''''' - what the fuck

*'''''w8''''' - wait

*'''''yarly!''''' - yes really!

*'''''<3''''' - a heart, implying love, liking or agreement
|-

Suggestion Box

2008-06-17T12:01:34Z

Merchelo:

== Got something you think Redbrick should have or should do? Put it here! ==

=== Services ===

* OpenID - make http://openid.redbrick.dcu.ie/username/ a valid OpenID service
* muWordpress
* Optional Google Apps for domain
* Subversion, http/https
* bebo/facebook bridge
* mono/mod_mono
* Proper bleedin boards, phpbb or somefink
* proper suggestion box process also :)

Category:Jobs

2008-06-15T22:10:37Z

Merchelo:

DEY R TAKIN UR JIBS

Why Did You Choose Your Username

2008-06-15T21:55:54Z

Merchelo:

Feel free to add an an entry about your username below!



==[[User:AngelKat|AngelKat]]==

I wanted AngelEyes1 since its my nick everywhere else, but the dam 8 char rull and all. Drusilla actually picked it, she registered me with AngelKat. Dame her smart ways, I know, Ill make her watch mind numbing soaps so I can be the best hehe ;p

==[[User:art_wolf|art_wolf]]==

Cool picture I have hanging up. Have had it for ages and its by Art Wolfe.

==[[User:atlas|atlas]]==

I originally handed in my student card, and said "Use my first name, please". I got an email later giving me my username as 'James' ( my middle name ). When I asked them to change, I decided to go with something a little cooler. I had been up for hours before that playing Mechwarrior somethingorother, and the Atlas mech was my favourite. I also, occasionally, feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders.

==[[User:Attol|Attol]]==
My name, but backwards.

==[[User:bilco|bilco]]==

Cause as a fresher I though it was the character's name from The Hobbit

==[[User:cain|cain]]==

I always thought Cain got a raw deal. Firstborn son of Adam, built the first city on earth and he's remembered for allegedly killing his brother Abel though the evidence is, to put it mildly, unconvincing and God was clearly biased against him. When I joined Redbrick, Cain was gone so I got Caine, which was the spelling of the name in an RPG I played at the time. Dropped the 'e' in my second year.

==[[User:calyx|calyx]]==
Misread the name of a song. In a perfect world, I would have been calx.

==[[User:cambo|cambo]]==

An abbreviation of sorts on my surname (campbell)... original eh?

==[[User:cammy|cammy]]==

I was using it as a web handle long before I joined Redbrick. It comes from the name of one of my first roleplaying characters that wasn't just a bunch of stats. The name for that roleplaying character though, came from the computer game Streetfighter 2.

Well actually cammy was my second choice. I would have liked to use The_Dead_One but that exceeds the 8 character limit.

==[[User:coconut|coconut]]==

On Clubs and Socs Day 2005 I was put on the spot while joining Redbrick (LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WAS)! It went a little something like this:

atlas: "Okay, and pick a username." 
Me: "What... now?!" 
atlas: "Yes." 
Me: "Right now?!?" 
atlas: "Yes." 
Me: "Errr.." *looks down at the free chocolate being given away - notices the wrappers and ingredients* "Em.. coconut?" 
atlas: "kk lol fag" 
Me: "I'll change it later!" 

That last part was, evidently, a lie.

==[[User:colmmacc|colmmacc]]==
I was assigned the username colmmacc for the purposes of my first ever internet account (and job), colmmacc@clubi.ie , way back when in 1995/6 (I think). Ever since, I've used it for all my accounts and it works at every domain on which I hold an account. Despite the huge coincidence, my username is fact not just a mere contracted concatonation of my real name "Colm MacCarthaigh", but is fact an acronym. It stands for "Colm's On-Line Memetic Mechanism [for] Accessing Complicated Computers".

==[[User:cooker3|cooker3]]==
It is my username for the lab machines in the CA building, it's not to do with an obcession with cookers!

==[[User:david|david]]==
The year that I joined DCU Hasselhoff was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. With all the new challenges in my life at that time I found that he was someone I could look up to. I could admire his achievements. He was like an uncle to me. I grew up on Kinght Rider and am looking forward to the new movie coming out this year. And then when I got a little older and started noticing girls I got interested in Baywatch. I wanted to be the stud that he was on that show. Appropriately in 2000 when I joined redbrick he released one of his many hit albums in Germany - "The Magic Colleciton". So I chose david as my redbrick username because ... well actually its not that interesting really, its my name in real life.

==[[User:doc|DoC]]==
It's the initials of my real name. I've been called DoC in real life by friends, family, etc, for as long as I can remember.

==[[User:drag0n|drag0n]]==
Friends in college said that I needed a nickname, probably because they're too lazy to say my full name "Diarmuid" and I find "Diarm" quite creepy, so basically, "dragon" popped into their heads and it stuck! I used be called siphi (for no particular reason, it was a random name I was known by onli ne), then changed to drag0n (with a zero). The zero is because the user "dragon" is allready taken on rb. But everyone loved the new name so I added the zero. If you hey the other dragon, you generally get a confused hey in response, so I generally have heys disabled. anyways...

==[[User:dregin|dregin]]==
The lead guitarist with the Backyard Babys' name is dregen[sic]. I took it and stuck an x on the end for a few years as a forum alias but then knocked off the x. tada!!

==[[User:drusilla|drusilla]]==
My nick was surprisingly enough, from the character on Buffy! Friends of mine in second year of school gave it to me when they noticed the similarities between myself and the insane vampire. Funnily, dru was my second nick on RedBrick, before that I was zerocool

==[[User:elmer|elmer]]==
My username came from my first ever email address(elmer@clubi.ie) which i chose based on the looney tunes character elmer fudd

==[[User:exzantia|exzantia]]==
As many, many people have pointed out, my name seems like a random string of letters, and it kinda is... When I was signing up for a Yahoo mail account in '98 everything I tried was already taken. I was not having under-scores or numbers so I decided to come up with something that would always be available! I thus far have succeeded.

==[[User:fatwa|fatwa]]==

In first year, whilst learning to program, my friend Andrew wrote a program that printed out "That's a fatwa on you, mein freund".
I thought it was funny and it must have stuck in my head for redbrick registering. Also, it's short for "fat wanker".

==[[User:fox_chic|fox_chic]]==

Cause I'm an xphile and Mulder's first name is Fox. :)

==[[User:gizmo|gizmo]]==
My nick came from a combination of thinking gizmo was a pretty cool name due to that little flurry critter in Gremlins and also cns putting me on the spot on Clubs And Socs day when I first joined so that I couldn't think of anything else. Strange, but true.

==[[User:gavin|gavin]]==
I needed a username I wouldn't forget and seeing as Gavin was written on my underpants I decided to use that. Handy quinkadink that it is also my real name eh !

==[[User:gmblitis|gmblitis]]==
Would've been gamblitis but for those dam restrictions!so the idea came in the first place came from my unhealthy obsession with horses and cards!

==[[User:hauk|hauk]]==
Well, I got put on the spot when I first went to play UT in secondary school(We used to play it on the old shitty computers they had, at lunch time). So Dalamar from #intersocs, who was in my school, started to lose the plot with player12, and shouted at player12 to change his/her name. So I tried to think of a good name. And at the time I was reading Stormblade from the Dragonlance series, and Hauk was a ranger in that book. So I eh "temporarily" used the name.. It wasn't meant to stick! But I like it now ^_^

==[[User:hurl|hurl]]==
My second name is Hurrell and people cant pronouce it so I went by hurl. Turns out Hurrell was originally Hurl, you know, in the old country, so its my family name. No, I dont have a vomit fetish, but I'm always open to new experiences :P

==[[User:ian|ian]]==

Its my name JACKASS!

==[[User:jesjes|jesjes]]==
My name is Jessica. And people from home call me Jesi, and at some stage during sixth year I decided I liked Jess much more. So when I got THE INTERNETS, I just called myself jesjes. It stuck.

==[[User:keloe|keloe]]==

I wrote down kehoe, my surname and an old nickname, on the slip. However, due to my incapability to write h's correctly, the admins read it as keloe.

==[[User:kpodesta|kpodesta]]==

Because that's my real name. I thought Redbrick was some email yoke - all else fails, I was getting a decent email address.

==[[User:lil_cain|lil_cain]]==

Wanted lil_cian, as he is the smaller Cian, it was mistyped.

At this point, I've grown quite fond of it. Unlike lil_cian, it makes me almost unique on the internet.

==[[User:lithium|lithium]]==

Coz I like the sound of it. And coz it goes crazy when you put it in water. And not because of the Nirvana song.

==[[User:macbain|macbain]]==
He wanted the username 'mcbain' but Karlos (mcbain) got it before him. Being original, Sarv decided that macbain would do instead, so he could forever confuse new users between himself and Karl.

==[[User:marvin|marvin]]==
There are three references here : Starvin Marvin from South Park, Marvin The Paranoid Android from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Marvin the Martian from the Warner Bros cartoon. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which one was the greatest influence (hint: it wasn't Starvin Marvin).

==[[User:merchelo|merchelo]]==
On a school trip back when I was young, sitting in an italian hotel, talking to the chef about football, he suddenly asked my name, and he couldn't pronounce my surname, Maxwell, so he decided to italianiase my name, by calling me Roberto Merchello, I thought the name was cool, and started to use it in championship manager, and after registering with the most shittest nick ever, "partyb" I changed it to the 8 char nick, merchelo.

==[[User:mo|mo]]==
Due to my considerable soccer talent, I was nicknamed "mo" after Mo Johnston, the scottish football hero.

==[[User:MoJu|MoJu]]==
It's in a similar vein to HoJu(Homer Junior) from the Simpsons. Given to me by a someone on a forum after they saw a picture of me and thought I was someone named Mordeth. So they suggested Mordeth Junior which was then condensed to MoJu. I then adopted it as my second online nick.

==[[User:montoya|montoya]]==

The name is that of a character from the book "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman. The specific character is Inigo Montoya, a Spanish swordsman out for revenge against a 6-fingered man who killed Inigo's father.

==[[User:moridin|moridin]]==

The most evil and therefore cool character in a series of books that I was reading. Said series of books has since degenerated into a mush of crap writing. Boo.

==[[User:nit|niT]]==
Originally my name was a combination of many words that described me, and was dreamt up whilst I was at college in Aylesbury. It all started when I got a demo copy of Diablo from my cousin in Singapore, and us lads built our first LAN at my mate Dave's house. We also played Carmegeddon, the Star Wars game and Quake 2 (of which my mate Dave had a 600mhz processor and TWO 3dfx cards linked up in parallell - he was our God). It was necessary for me to have a character name in Diablo so I chose Nitsuj Buaya Chen, the latter two meaning 'Crocadile man that snaps up ladies' (in Singapore slang) and monkey (as my star sign is golden monkey). I later joined a CS clan called Black Legion and people naturally shortened my name down to nit. At that time I also had a friend who was called 'kippy' in real life and online, so I started using nit in real life too. Later I joined a 'talker' called theManor which was a twin site to the LambdaMoo, there was a guy there who set it all up and went by the nick 'beN', he and girlfriend sadly died in a car accident and so manor spods paid tribute but capitalising the final letter of their nick, hence why I use niT.

==[[User:noelfitz|noelfitz]]==

8 letter truncation of my real name (boring but true.)

==[[User:ornat|ornat]]==

You'd have to ask my parents that question. Ornat is my real name, and unlike popular belief, no, I am not a guy!

==[[User:p|p]]==

Back the old days of IOL/Indigo's IRC servers I used a variety of names, which all began with the letter p. Eventually, I ditched the different nicknames and used ^P^. Redbrick doesn't support weird characters though, so now it's just p. It also happens to be my middle initial.

==[[User:phaxx|phaxx]]==

Originally from the character Lord Fax in the book [http://www.google.com/search?q=dragonriders+of+pern Dragonriders Of Pern] by Anne McCaffrey. I used Lord_Fax in [http://research.microsoft.com/vwg/projectsheets/comicchat.htm MS Comic Chat] for a while. I saw somebody using a 'ph' instead of an 'f', and thought, in that usual 13-year-old way, OMGZ COOL, and promptly became LordPhaxx.
I was LordPhaxx for a few years, until until around 16 when I met a bunch of other Irish nerds one afternoon. [[User:jerry|jerry]] was among them, and commented, "With a name like LordPhaxx, I expected you to be taller."

So er, I dropped the pretentious 'Lord', and I've been 'phaxx' ever since.

See, nothing to do with fax machines! :)

==[[User:receive|receive]]==

It was Michelle Smith (swallow) that dragged me along to sign up during first year, so I'd handed over my 4euro before I'd begun to think of a username, so I turned and said "Shit, Michelle, what will I pick?" and she suggested "receive" because it went so well with swallow. Stupidly I agreed, and it stuck (after we found a spell checker to check how to spell it that is), so i never changed it to anything better. Ironically, i never have been at the receiving end of swallows abilities.

==[[User:r0b|r0b]]==
Rob is my name *shock* *gasp* rob was taken so used r0b instead. Amazing story tbh

==[[User:robby|robby]]==

its short for robert...thats cool no?

==[[User:sandman|sandman]]==

I didn't. It was assigned on the basis that a) I was asleep and b) I read comics, didn't I? Ironically, I hadn't read much Sandman at the time.

==[[User:scraib|scraib]]==

I'm from Kilkenny and 'ScrÃ¡ib' is the Irish for 'Cat-Scratch'! 'Tis a very GAA name, but to be honest I could never play hurling so I picked it really cause it sounded cool...

==[[User:shimoda|shimoda]]==

It was a character in a book (Illusions by Richard Bach) I read during my formative years. Another rb user thought the description of the protagonist was suited to me so I nabbed the name.

==[[User:singer|singer]]==

I was a singer in a band. The guitarist mocked me for being the singer by calling me "singer". The nickname stuck. Non-Redbrick people address me as singer! My 2nd choice username was "scano".

==[[User:spanner|spanner]]==

In fact eeh! picked it out during the hay days of eeh gift grub and in fairness now sometimes im a bit of a spanner.

==[[User:spock|spock]]==

I chose spock because I had no idea that it would follow me around for at least the next 10 years.
I didn't even know what Redbrick was when I was joining, and when I had a membership form thrust
in my face by Hyper on Freshers day 1996, we had three preferences for username. I put down "spock" as my first preference. It wasn't taken, and that is how I didn't end up with the username "data", or "benji".

==[[User:svan|svan]]==

Sarunas Vancevicius. First letter of name, then first 3 letters from surname.

==[[User:Taurus|Taurus]]==

It is my star sign, so I just went with that. Sounds cool enough. :-)

==[[User:thedara|thedara]]==

My nick was given to me years before redbrick on irc (irc.phishy.net) I was the first person some americans had met called Dara and they
found that interesting for some reason or other and hence I became thedara.
On redbrick irc i'm known as Darz0re, It was a in-joke at the time when myself and dizer stuck z0re at the end of out names
hence thez0rekorp.com and z0re.org

==[[User:tnkrbell|tnkrbell]]==

As a kid my dad used to always call me Belle.When I got older and after many trips to Disney I took a loving to the mischiefious tinkerbell from Peter Pan. Tinkerbell though was too long so JesJes decided on tnkrbell instead.

==[[User:undone|undone]] ==

Couldn't think of anything on Clubs & Socs day, so for about 2 days my username was my actual name. Then I picked this, because of the Weezer song, but also because I think it's a nice word.

==[[User:werdz|werdz]]==

A long time ago in a net cafe far, far away, a sexy asian friend by the name of quank said "Hey Andrew, stop using the name andrew in CS. Use werdna instead. It's andrew only backwards!" - That lasted about five minutes until people got bored trying to pronounce it ("OMG! WERDNA! QUIT TK'ING YOU NOOB!") and just started shouting werdz instead ("OMG! WERDZ! QUIT TK'ING YOU NOOB!"). And that's my life story up until this point.

==[[User:wilburt|wilburt]]==

Long story, guys i used to know named me Wilburtino, i didnt really like it cos they were muppets. However, it grew on me over time. Wanted Wilburtino or Will as my username but they wouldnt let me :( so wilburt was the only one left. Like all rb usernames i think, they are spur of the moment. (or admin mistakes)

[[Category:Community]]

Wine

2008-06-15T21:44:03Z

Merchelo:

='''Wine'''=
I've decided to create this page as a guide for people who want to know more about the world of wine. After working for 5 years in a wine shop, and having an Advanced Certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Any questions feel free to hey or mail me [[User:merchelo|merchelo]]

=Grape Varietals=
==Major==
'''Chardonnay'''

Expanded from it's Burgundian roots and planted almost world wide, it is fantastic in areas of chalky soils, in massive yields the wine tends to lose some of its character. Best when aged in wood, which gives it a round buttery flavour.

'''Gewurtztraminer'''

A native of northern Italy, but now most commonly found in Alsace, France, a grape which produces spicy wines with hints of exotic fruits. Now grown mostly in Australia, New Zealand, California, and also in eastern Europe.

'''Muscat'''

There are different types of muscat grown throughout the world, but commonly the wine produced comes in a fortified or sparkling form. Tends to be sweeter than normal, and is susceptible to mildew which can give low yields but fantastic wine.

'''Riesling'''

Another varietal which is gorwn all around the world, but produces it's best work in Germany. The wines have high acidity with a peachy/petrolly aroma. Can have varing levels of residual sugar in the wine, but the more the alcohol in the riesling, the less the sweetness, and vice versa. Australian Rieslings tend to be dry and crisp.

'''Sauvignon Blanc'''

A classic varitel planted widely in Bordeaux, Loire Valley, and the New World. Generally used to produce wines with marked acidity, either with or without oak againg. Can be used by master winemakers to produce some of the most fantastic and saught after wines. Gennerally not as Dry as Chardonnay and not sweet, a real thirst quencher of a grape.

'''Cabernet Sauvignon'''

Produced mainly in Bordeaux, Chile, Australia, and California. Produces a full bodied wine if correctly made, and can be very tannic (fuzzy feeling on the tongue), normally black berry tastes, but has been known to be chocolately on occasions. One of the most used grapes on the market, can come in all shapes and sizes, from a jug form from California, to a very refined St. Emillion from Bordeaux.

'''Grenache'''

Spain is where this grape mainly resides and the Rhone region in France, but has known to travel to places like Australia, as well as Argentina. The main ingredient in most Rose wines, but also used to make those great meaty powerful wines like Chateauneuf Du Pape and Rioja wines. Not as tannic as Cabernet Sauvignon, but if made correctly, and aged properly, can create a wine which is moresome.

'''Merlot'''

Second Grape of Bordeaux, and has become fashionable in the US, and Chile. Grown in great yield in New Zealand, this wine has a much softer touch than that of Cabernet Sauvignon, and has a beatifully soft fruitiness to it as well as low tannin. Some of the best "easy drinking" wine can be found from this grape.

'''Pinot Noir'''

The Red King of Burgandy, and the sweet sweet son of New Zealand. This grape produces small yields of great tasting wine if grown correctly. The taste is rather lighter than that of a merlot, very light bodied in the most delecate of New Zealands Pinots. In Burgundy, you pay for what you get when it comes to red wine. Cheap Burgundy tends to be very light on flavour and texture, while the more expensive, well looked after wines are nothing short of perfection when it comes to Pinot Noir.

'''Syrah/Shiraz'''

Australia, home of the best shiraz's on the planet. Don't let the name of syrah put you off, they are exactly the same thing, just some people like to call it syrah. Can be full bodied and full of flavour when grown in the right sort of area's. A lovely heavy deeply fruited wine with small hints of red berry fruits, and even from the more wetter parts of OZ, can give a jammy/tarty flavour to it.

'''Zinfandel'''

The Slut of California. Personnaly i dislike this grape, mainly because it is treated with the most upmost disrespect by the Americans. On it's day it can be some of the most fantastic wine made, but it's very hard to find those wines in Ireland. Main contributer to the "got any ernie & julio rose?" problem which Ireland has. Stoped at it's prime to produce a wine with high residual sugar to get the "yung wans" intoxicated. Best of this wine can be found from private labels from California, but also be on the lookout for it in OZ and NZ

==Minor==
=Best Grapes from which country?=
==Italy==
Pinot Grigio -White
Falanghina -White

==Spain==
==Australia==
==New Zealand==
==Chile==
==Argentina==
==USA==
==France==

=Champagne & Sparkling=
Dom Perignon lol
Cristal 4 mai homies
=Some nice wines=

[[Category:Food & Drink]]

User:DoC

2008-01-07T15:50:45Z

Merchelo:

Internet Celebritary

The Great Lobby Raid Of 18/12/07

2007-12-19T08:17:35Z

Merchelo: The Great Lobby Raid Of 18/12/07 moved to The Great Fail Raid Of 18/12/07

#REDIRECT [[The Great Fail Raid Of 18/12/07]]

The Great rB Raid Of 18/12/07

2007-12-19T08:17:07Z

Merchelo:

Retards did it.
Please take down imgchan
-Committee

RBOnly:VideoGameNetworks

2007-09-02T08:57:30Z

Merchelo:

[[Category:Community]]A number of Redbrick users now own [http://www.wii.com/ Wiis]. If you wish to share your Wii Friend Code with out Redbrick users, please add it to the list. Don't forget that if you want to actually "be friends" with someone on the Wii, they have to input your code as well!

'''Privacy Notice: This page can only be seen by other Redbrick users!'''

== Wii Codes ==

* [[User:calyx|calyx]]: 5103 8838 9962 9224
* [[User:cammy|cammy]]: 7776 4004 5596 6481
* [[User:doc|doc]]: 0858 2764 8172 8121
* [[User:igy|igy]]: 2684 9003 0290 9015
* [[User:belial|belial]] : 1207 2565 3316 3927
* [[User:marvin|marvin]] : 8821 9930 3079 5114
* [[User:art wolf|art_wolf]] : 4883 6170 0516 3986
* [[User:fatwa|fatwa]] : 5756 4993 4834 0397

[[RBOnly:WiiGameCodes|Friend Codes for specific Wii games]]

== DS Codes ==

[[DSGameCodes|Friend Codes for specific DS games]]

== Xbox Live ==
Redbrick users on [http://www.xbox.com Xbox] Live:

* [[User:calyx|calyx]]: Freaky Drunk
* [[User:merchelo|merchelo]]: merchelo
* [[User:zyox|zyox]]: DaveZyox

== Playstation Network ==
Redbrick users on the Playstation (3) Network:

* [[User:calyx|calyx]]: FreakyDrunk

Wine

2007-04-23T16:26:48Z

Merchelo:

='''Wine'''=
I've decided to create this page as a guide for people who want to know more about the world of wine. After working for 5 years in a wine shop, and having an Advanced Certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Any questions feel free to hey or mail me [[User:merchelo|merchelo]]

=Grape Varietals=
==Major==
'''Chardonnay'''

Expanded from it's Burgundian roots and planted almost world wide, it is fantastic in areas of chalky soils, in massive yields the wine tends to lose some of its character. Best when aged in wood, which gives it a round buttery flavour.

'''Gewurtztraminer'''

A native of northern Italy, but now most commonly found in Alsace, France, a grape which produces spicy wines with hints of exotic fruits. Now grown mostly in Australia, New Zealand, California, and also in eastern Europe.

'''Muscat'''

There are different types of muscat grown throughout the world, but commonly the wine produced comes in a fortified or sparkling form. Tends to be sweeter than normal, and is susceptible to mildew which can give low yields but fantastic wine.

'''Riesling'''

Another varietal which is gorwn all around the world, but produces it's best work in Germany. The wines have high acidity with a peachy/petrolly aroma. Can have varing levels of residual sugar in the wine, but the more the alcohol in the riesling, the less the sweetness, and vice versa. Australian Rieslings tend to be dry and crisp.

'''Sauvignon Blanc'''

A classic varitel planted widely in Bordeaux, Loire Valley, and the New World. Generally used to produce wines with marked acidity, either with or without oak againg. Can be used by master winemakers to produce some of the most fantastic and saught after wines. Gennerally not as Dry as Chardonnay and not sweet, a real thirst quencher of a grape.

'''Cabernet Sauvignon'''

Produced mainly in Bordeaux, Chile, Australia, and California. Produces a full bodied wine if correctly made, and can be very tannic (fuzzy feeling on the tongue), normally black berry tastes, but has been known to be chocolately on occasions. One of the most used grapes on the market, can come in all shapes and sizes, from a jug form from California, to a very refined St. Emillion from Bordeaux.

'''Grenache'''

Spain is where this grape mainly resides and the Rhone region in France, but has known to travel to places like Australia, as well as Argentina. The main ingredient in most Rose wines, but also used to make those great meaty powerful wines like Chateauneuf Du Pape and Rioja wines. Not as tannic as Cabernet Sauvignon, but if made correctly, and aged properly, can create a wine which is moresome.

'''Merlot'''

Second Grape of Bordeaux, and has become fashionable in the US, and Chile. Grown in great yield in New Zealand, this wine has a much softer touch than that of Cabernet Sauvignon, and has a beatifully soft fruitiness to it as well as low tannin. Some of the best "easy drinking" wine can be found from this grape.

'''Pinot Noir'''

The Red King of Burgandy, and the sweet sweet son of New Zealand. This grape produces small yields of great tasting wine if grown correctly. The taste is rather lighter than that of a merlot, very light bodied in the most delecate of New Zealands Pinots. In Burgundy, you pay for what you get when it comes to red wine. Cheap Burgundy tends to be very light on flavour and texture, while the more expensive, well looked after wines are nothing short of perfection when it comes to Pinot Noir.

'''Syrah/Shiraz'''

Australia, home of the best shiraz's on the planet. Don't let the name of syrah put you off, they are exactly the same thing, just some people like to call it syrah. Can be full bodied and full of flavour when grown in the right sort of area's. A lovely heavy deeply fruited wine with small hints of red berry fruits, and even from the more wetter parts of OZ, can give a jammy/tarty flavour to it.

'''Zinfandel'''

The Slut of California. Personnaly i dislike this grape, mainly because it is treated with the most upmost disrespect by the Americans. On it's day it can be some of the most fantastic wine made, but it's very hard to find those wines in Ireland. Main contributer to the "got any ernie & julio rose?" problem which Ireland has. Stoped at it's prime to produce a wine with high residual sugar to get the "yung wans" intoxicated. Best of this wine can be found from private labels from California, but also be on the lookout for it in OZ and NZ

==Minor==
=Best Grapes from which country?=
==Italy==
==Spain==
==Australia==
==New Zealand==
==Chile==
==Argentina==
==USA==
==France==

=Champagne & Sparkling=
Dom Perignon lol
Cristal 4 mai homies
=Some nice wines=

Wine

2007-04-23T15:39:50Z

Merchelo:

Wine

2007-04-23T15:34:32Z

Merchelo:

=='''Wine'''==
I've decided to create this page as a guide for people who want to know more about the world of wine. After working for 5 years in a wine shop, and having an Advanced Certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Any questions feel free to hey or mail me [[User:|merchelo]]

==Grape Varietals==

==Best Grapes from which country?==

==Some nice wines==

Wine

2007-04-23T15:16:56Z

Merchelo:

=='''Wine'''==

==Grape Varietals==

==Best Grapes from which country?==

==Some nice wines==

User:Merchelo

2007-04-23T11:38:21Z

Merchelo:

Someone once said i smelled of hammers, but it was really [[User:calyx|calyx]]

RBOnly:VideoGameNetworks

2007-04-23T11:37:44Z

Merchelo: /* Xbox Live */

Wine

2007-04-02T19:16:27Z

Merchelo: Page all about wine

===Page about wine===

Mindless Coding Music

2005-09-09T10:43:04Z

Merchelo:

Many people like to listen to music while they work. When programming, a great deal of concentration is required. One must be able to juggle many different kinds of information, remembering how various bits of your project interact.

There's a lot to keep track of. Distractions from your environment really hurt one's productivity while programming, and music can help.

Not just any sort of music, unfortunately. Many programmers have found rock or metal distracting, and have turned to electronica or dance, stuff they wouldn't normally consider.

So, without further waffle, here's a list of artists and streaming radio stations that some programmers find aid concentration.

==Streaming stations==

* [http://www.woed.de WoED] - World of European Dance. Dance & trance, focus on european stuff. High-quality streams, MP3/Windows Media/Real Media.
* [http://www.limbikfreq.com/ Limbik Frequencies] - "mix of ambient, downtempo, ethereal, industrial, and intelligent techno". They play stuff like Aphex Twin, Air, DJ Shadow, Loop Guru, Jega, etc. 128k mp3 stream.
* [http://www.di.fm Digitally Imported] - Trance, Vocal Trance, Chillout, Deep House, Hard Dance, Euro Dance, Progressive, Goa-Psy Trance, Hard Core, DJ Mixes, Drum 'n' Bass, Classic Electronica. Okay, so a lot of the genre names are totally gay, but some of the music is good. Also high-quality multi-format streams.
* [http://www.slayradio.org/ Slay Radio] - Mostly remixes of old Commodore-64 tunes. Offers streams of varying bitrate, mp3 format.

==Artists==

* Fill me in! :)
I like to listen to some movie soundtracks that don't use lyrics, something along the lines of the music from gladiator or my favourites Gattaca and The Shawshank Redemption.--[[User:Merchelo|Merchelo]] 11:43, 9 Sep 2005 (IST)