Adam Aaronson

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I’m Adam Aaronson, and I like making things, especially software, music, and crossword puzzles.

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I drank every cocktail

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The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bartending industry has to a canonical list of cocktails, akin to the American Kennel Club’s registry of dog breeds or a…

Twenty questions is a weird game

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Let’s play a game. I’m thinking of a number from 1 to 100. You guess, and I tell you whether my number is higher or lower.