by deCadmus | Jun 23, 2004 | Coffee, Usability
It’s not every day you get to thread together semiotic approximation, Starbucks, and Umberto Eco’s Kant and the Platypus in a single post… especially one about...
by deCadmus | Jun 23, 2004 | Coffee
Has “having it your way” gotten out of hand? Most every coffee bar sports its own bewildering array of options on its menu… and with a growing number of those menu items trademarked and branded, it can be tough keeping track of which code words to...
by deCadmus | Jun 23, 2004 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews
Rating: [rating:3/5] There’s a mystery in Africa, friends and neighbors… a curious affair involving Tanzania and the peaberry bean. As we’ve covered before – recently, even – peaberry coffees comprise about 5% of a given coffee crop. How...
by deCadmus | Jun 22, 2004 | Web/Tech
Today marks the first flight of a privately-built craft into space… and the dawn of an entirely new kind of space race. “This is a warm-up for the Ansari X Prize, but it’s a historic moment for all Americans,” he said. “[I’ve...
by deCadmus | Jun 22, 2004 | Life in Vermont
Signs we’re not in Kansas City anymore… Mountains. Green ones. Mud Season. Interstate exits numbered ordinally… not by mile marker. Would you lookit all them stars! Highway sign: “MOOSE”. Sap buckets. Did I mention mountains? Hey!...
by deCadmus | Jun 22, 2004 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews
Rating: [rating:3.5/5] While in exile in the very picture of a quaint New England inn [there ’tis, below], I’ve been away from my trusty lil’ benchtop coffee roaster, which is in storage in a warehouse somewhere in Kansas City. [You’ll forgive...