October 31, 2005
by deCadmus
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Perhaps in a fit of nostalgia for simpler times, Mark Prince at CoffeeGeek has authored a “how-to” article that has nothing whatsoever to do with espresso… but instead offers a spiffy step-by-step walkthru –with photos — of how to brew … Continue reading
October 31, 2005
by deCadmus
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In a fit of optimism (read, insanity) I’ve registered for the annual writing marathon at NaNoWriMo — or National Novel Writing Month. The goal: fifty thousand words in thirty days. Now, it’s more or less expected that much (all) of … Continue reading
October 30, 2005
by deCadmus
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It’s crisp, it’s cold and it’s clear skies in Vermont (a very welcome change) and Mars looks like a pumpkin in the sky. Pretty.
October 30, 2005
by deCadmus
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“But what about me?” says you, a fan of fine, single origin coffees.” I mean… there’s oodles of cool new tools for the espresso-hound — PID temperature control, ever-more-fine grind control, bottomless portafilters, pressure-sensitive tampers — but what if I … Continue reading
October 29, 2005
by deCadmus
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It’s still a mystery why New York City residents suddenly found themselves in a cloud of winsome aromas… An unseen, sweet-smelling cloud drifted through parts of Manhattan last night. Arturo Padilla walked through it and declared that it was awesome. … Continue reading
October 28, 2005
by deCadmus
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I have to remind myself that, since I now have a spiffy, categorized site I can write about whatever I want, and you can simply tune into to what you want to read… and tune out what you don’t. (It’s … Continue reading
October 28, 2005
by deCadmus
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In July I switched from Blogger — a publishing platform I’d been on for more than five years— to WordPress. Bloggle had always enjoyed pretty amazing search relevance at Google… without any particular effort on my part to optimize things. … Continue reading
October 27, 2005
by deCadmus
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The past few days I’ve been hunkered in the La-Z-Boy, trying to nap away a bit of a bug… and when napping wouldn’t happen and reading made my head hurt I flipped on the idiot box. In the course of … Continue reading