We're announcing the launch of two new blogs...

Bottle Watch
Slot Machine Blog

Bottle Watch is a report of the newest wines, beers, cocktails and spirits entering the marketplace. It's not meant to provide expert analysis on taste or quality, but just simply showing you what's new in the world of liquor. There will be no stuff on liquor gear, legislation, or weird news, just the juice.

One thing of note is that I managed to implement a system of categories. It's our only blog with category links. This blog is powered by Blogger, which doesn't support categories, but I managed to work something out using Microsoft's Indexing Services. Thus far it seems to hold up well, and is as automated as Word Press or TypePad.

Slot Machine Blog was supposed to have launched last September, but was delayed due to the other partner having some personal set backs. It looks like things have cleared up, and so I'm going to go ahead and announce it now.

The other partner is a slot machine technician, who has been working on slot machines professionally for much of his career. He's repaired all types of machines from the century-old machines to the newest computerized bandits. He's worked for slot machine manufacturers as well as casinos in Las Vegas. He currently works for a well known indian casino here in Southern California. He also knows how they pay out, how casinos adjust the odds, and he can debunk just about any myth floating out in the public.

The format of SMB is in a question/answer format. Visitors submit questions ranging anywhere from which machines pay the best, how best to spend $20.00, to players' cards, or whatever. I forward them to my slot machine tech, he sends me back the answer, and I post it.