Author: Camper English
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Review of Doctors and Distillers in Publishers Weekly
My book Doctors and Distillers got a nice review in Publishers Weekly! Cocktail and beverage writer English makes a spirited debut with this vibrant cultural history of alcohol’s transition from medicine to social lubricant. Gin and tonic, a popular concoction consumed by British soldiers in the 1800s to stave off disease and illness, for instance,…
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An Alcademics Study of Liquor Bottle Weights
Since 2009 I have been weighing liquor bottles before recycling them. I was up to 1226 bottles weighed and decided it was about time for me to analyze the data. At the bottom of the post I'll include a link to my spreadsheets. Note that I dated when I weighed the bottles because bottles…
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Measuring the Rate of Freezing of an Ice Block in my Freezer
I decided to measure the rate of freezing of an ice block in my (pretty crappy) freezer at home. It's just a standard apartment freezer. For all four times, I began with the same set of parameters: Igloo Legend 12 cooler 6 liters of cold tap water (this fills up the cooler a little more…
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Books That Cite Camper English’s Work
The other month I came across a citation of something I wrote in a book that I'd not previously known about. This lead me to do a Google Books search to see if there were any more, and there were – a lot! So this post is more or less an item for my resume.…
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A Huge Ice Cube Bling Necklace
Nobody gave me a huge diamond chain for the holidays this year, so I had to make my own. I used the typical cooler method for directional freezing, and Put a clear plastic box with holes drilled in the bottom in the cooler. The holes allow trapped air/impurities to be pushed out below it. Put…
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Cutting Up a Slab of Ice Using an Ice Pick or Bread Knife
Years ago I learned how to cut up slabs of ice using only an ice pick, but boy have I improved my technique since then. But the method is the same: Fill a cooler with water and put it in the freezer with the top off. After a couple days pull it out and dump…
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Ice Shot Glasses With a Drill and a Knife
I decided to try to make shot glasses out of ice slabs made in a cooler. I froze water, cut it into big cubes and then bought a 1.5 inch drill bit. I was surprised to find how easy it was after that. I drilled a hole in the middle of each. Then, knowing that…
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Halloween Ice: Magic Wand and Plastic Rat
Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. All my 10+ years of ice posts are here. I bought a bunch of silly junk at the Halloween…
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Halloween Ice: Skeletons and Spiders in Ice Cubes
Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. All my 10+ years of ice posts are here. I bought some small plastic skeletons and spiders at the…
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Halloween Ice: Eyes in Ice Spheres and Cubes
Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. All my 10+ years of ice posts are here. These pictures are of various eyes I scored from a…