Odds & ends...

I started one more download of the rescue distribution last night as I started writing my LJ post, and whatever it was that had been clogging the pipe apparently went away, as the download proceeded at 4.7 kilobytes/sec all the way through, ending a little before 12:30 am. After a few more minutes trying to figure out how to burn an .iso image to CD, I had a bootable Linux rescue CD in my hot little hands. We'll see how it works later today.

* * *After having been served limoncello at a restaurant in Moscow the night before resuming the campaign, I recalled watching an episode of Rick Steves' travels in Europe where he is on the Amalfi Coast, if memory serves, and explaining a little about the drink. With very little prodding, the Internet gave up a number of recipes, which I have generalized and adapted for my local conditions and time constraints.

I've had the outer rinds of 8 lemons soaking in 3/4-liter of vodka now for 2 weeks (not the rinds of 15 lemons for 30-40 days or more recommended in most recipes). Yesterday, I added sugar dissolved in water (800 g in ~1 liter) and another 3/4-liter of vodka. As there are only two weeks or so left before we are supposed to leave, obviously I can't keep the result in a cool, dark place for another 30-40 days, but I figure another week to ten days ought to yield an imbibable product. In any event, this is amateur science at its finest, and I expect to use the results of this first essay as a guideline for future gustatory undertakings.

Cheers...