Jeremy Bettis
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Arvada, CO Software Engineer at Google
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Happy Easter Fool's Day. The caption to these pictures are: Can we open the eggs now and eat what is inside?
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Hurray! My credit score took a nosedive. It has been 9 months since we paid off our house and the credit agencies finally noticed that we are no longer a customer!
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This is The Right Way to Hang Toilet Paper, According to Science https://lifehacker.com/this-is-the-right-way-to-hang-toilet-paper-according-t-1820735778
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Thanksgiving Grocery List http://www.fowllanguagecomics.com/comic/thanksgiving-grocery-list/
Thanksgiving Grocery List - Fowl Language Comics
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Now would be a good time to end this stupid law.
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This article made me sad, but there is some truth in it.
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Linus wrote the most fabulous thing in the comments of this post:
"Of course, some people want their coffee to match their lives, bitter and empty of meaning and milk fats."
Made my day. Thank you Linus, for making me laugh today, and also that Linux thing.
"Of course, some people want their coffee to match their lives, bitter and empty of meaning and milk fats."
Made my day. Thank you Linus, for making me laugh today, and also that Linux thing.
Working Gadgets: Automatic Coffee Maker.
I've talked about my addictions before. I've got two: coffee and ice cream. The ice cream I don't do at home (yes, I've tried, but this series is about the gadgets that worked for me). The coffee I can't not do at home.
And by "coffee", I don't mean just any coffee. To me, coffee comes with milk, in the form of a latte or cappuccino.
What I really wish I had at home is some beautiful italian machine with a high end saturated group head with a PID controller and dual boilers for continuous steam and coffee. Obviously plumbed in, and on a dedicated 220V circuit. Because I find the OCD discussions about temperature drops fascinating.
Something like the La Marzocco GS/3, in other words.
But no, that's not what I have. And really, while I say that I would wish for something like that, I just know it's not what I need. What I need and what works for me is something where I push a button, and coffee just reliably comes out with proper steamed milk.
So in the end, no crazy high end beautiful italian machine for me that you can coax some sublime cup of coffee with. Instead of Italian engineering, I guess I'm more of a German - or in this case Swiss - engineering kind of guy. Reliable and everyday useful rather than over-the-top and beautiful handcrafted.
I've tried a few different coffee makers, but over the last 15 years or so, I've had a Jura Impressa. First the S9, which gave up after about ten years, and now for the last five years or so the Z7.
I'm sure there are other fine machines out there, but this one has worked for me.
(Side note and honesty in "working": the milk cooler that is a required accessory to really turn it into a "just press one button" machine is also fine, but the power supply to the milk cooler is a complete piece of sh*t. I had to debate whether I could really put the coffee maker on the "Working Gadgets" list because of that, but I'll just make a note of the one huge glaring engineering problem I'm aware of).
I've talked about my addictions before. I've got two: coffee and ice cream. The ice cream I don't do at home (yes, I've tried, but this series is about the gadgets that worked for me). The coffee I can't not do at home.
And by "coffee", I don't mean just any coffee. To me, coffee comes with milk, in the form of a latte or cappuccino.
What I really wish I had at home is some beautiful italian machine with a high end saturated group head with a PID controller and dual boilers for continuous steam and coffee. Obviously plumbed in, and on a dedicated 220V circuit. Because I find the OCD discussions about temperature drops fascinating.
Something like the La Marzocco GS/3, in other words.
But no, that's not what I have. And really, while I say that I would wish for something like that, I just know it's not what I need. What I need and what works for me is something where I push a button, and coffee just reliably comes out with proper steamed milk.
So in the end, no crazy high end beautiful italian machine for me that you can coax some sublime cup of coffee with. Instead of Italian engineering, I guess I'm more of a German - or in this case Swiss - engineering kind of guy. Reliable and everyday useful rather than over-the-top and beautiful handcrafted.
I've tried a few different coffee makers, but over the last 15 years or so, I've had a Jura Impressa. First the S9, which gave up after about ten years, and now for the last five years or so the Z7.
I'm sure there are other fine machines out there, but this one has worked for me.
(Side note and honesty in "working": the milk cooler that is a required accessory to really turn it into a "just press one button" machine is also fine, but the power supply to the milk cooler is a complete piece of sh*t. I had to debate whether I could really put the coffee maker on the "Working Gadgets" list because of that, but I'll just make a note of the one huge glaring engineering problem I'm aware of).
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