Archive for March, 2008

Wayback: The Web Is Not Walden Pond

From the Bloggle Archives, circa March, 2002. I wrote this as an antidote to what struck me as a surge in misplaced web design ideals; ideals that, in fact, turned out to be the beginning of ‘Web 2.0,’ for all that’s worth. I think it’s as relevant today as it …

Woman Dunks Car, Saves Coffee

From the dubious priorities department…

Dateline: Oakland, California –

Authorities said the car went into the water a little after 6:00 a.m. after its driver lost control when she reached for her cell phone near the intersection of Alameda Avenue and Fruitvale.

The 22-year-old female driver, on her way to work at …

Coffee Notes from All Over

NYTimes: Tasting the Future of Starbucks
Tasting Clover-brewed coffee at Starbucks with George Howell. (Mr. Howell is not an easy mark.)

Coffee’s Benevolent Mr. Bean
Profiles Stumptown’s Duane Sorenson. (No mention that Stumptown is ditching the Clover in the wake of Starbucks’ acquisition of the brewer.)

Intelligentsia Coffee’s Rwanda Golden Cup Melange

Rating: ★★★★☆

While I’d talked up Rwanda’s Golden Cup competition last September, I’ve only late come to realize that I hadn’t actually tasted any of the coffees from this competition. That couldn’t stand, of course. coffee-cup2.jpgAnd so this week the coffee delivery man brought …

Coffee Tech: Remaking the Vac Pot

Kahva Coffee Maker

Oh… shiny! Don’t let the modern lines fool you… it’s not a new brew technology but a new take on the classic vac pot, from designer Lina Fischer. I have wine bottle-stoppers that look the like brewing end of this thing… …

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

From my fambly to yours… have a Happy Easter.