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So I have no idea if this works or not, but the TheChive.com has a how-to guide on increasing the wireless signal in your home. It involves a beer can, scissors and some adhesive. Looks relatively simple, and it’s certainly cheaper than buying a new router. Check it out. – Matt Pritchard

For me, nothing will take the place of a good, old-fashioned road trip to check out a brewery. But this comes close. Take a few minutes and check out the new Brewery Tour from Blackstarbeer.com. It’s a look at the transformation going on at Great Northern Brewing Company in Whitfish, and it’s one of the [...]

This is a great resource Web site. Hopefully you can spend a few minutes checking out BreweryFans.com. But I’ll let Jonathon Lunardi do the talking: Prost, GG

As in social networking. Check out their videos and updates, and be sure to become a fan. Bitterroot Brewing Facebook page. Prost, GG

For those of you beer lovers who count yourselves among the Twitterati, BeerNews.org has compiled a list of the top 50 craft breweries on Twitter. It’s a great way to keep track of what your favorite breweries are up to in 140 characters or less. Prost, GG

Just got a note from the folks at Democracy’s Drink about a new iPhone/iPod touch and Google Android app that offers many services related to learning about craft beer, defining styles, flavor profiles and even a note pad to make your own notes. I love technology, but so much of it, especially iPod apps, is [...]

I love when Montana craft breweries get good press. Combine craft beer and NPR, and you have something magical. Two of my favorite things. Sometimes I listen to Oregon Public Broadcasting in my office, because I knew many of the reporters from when I worked at the capitol in Salem. At any rate, while doing [...]

One of my favorite activities is an afternoon visit to Blacksmith Brewing Co. in Stevi. Often we ride our bikes from around Lolo on the side road. However, the snow is falling early this year, so we’ll be road-tripping to Blacksmith through the winter. On a whim, I pulled up their web site only to [...]

Since moving to Missoula in 2007, I’ve been enamored of Grupthink, a local company that uses kick-ass software to gather public sentiment through polls, open-ended questions and other techniques in searchable forums. That sounds like a mouthful, but it’s one of the coolest technologies I’ve seen in awhile as it relates to the news business. [...]

I’ve had a lot of comments and questions about live beer recently. And while this video isn’t necessarily a full explanation, the delivery and general entertainment quality of the individual were enough for me to post it here today. Also, it helps me get caught up from a busy weekend of wine tasting. And now [...]