Comments | hawklady: No plan survives first contact with a power outage

hawklady

No plan survives first contact with a power outage

Feb 13, 2014 12:02

Woke up this morning to the beeping of the UPSs annoucing a power outage. Outside was bright, sunny, and everything covered in ~2-3" of snow on top of the sleet and ice. It was gorgeous to watch ( Read more... )

coffee, wx, house, weather

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msminlr February 13 2014, 19:27:54 UTC

Speaking of homeroast coffee, have you checked out the website for MuseCon in the Chicago area at the beginning of August? Their GoH this year is a coffee-roasting guru who bills herself as "Joan of Dark".

There's a lot of other techie/craftsy things that go on at MuseCon also. I'm teaching quilting, for one. And there is a stained-glass workshop that, if it does not wind up scheduled opposite my quilting class sessions, I may get tempted to look in on.

msminlr February 13 2014, 19:29:53 UTC

Let's try this version of the link.

msminlr February 13 2014, 19:31:29 UTC

Yeah. THAT one works.

spiritdance February 13 2014, 23:08:00 UTC

Glad to hear your power outage was polite in its timing and brief in duration :-)

danceswthcobras February 14 2014, 05:06:53 UTC

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001804CLY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Love my Hario hand cranked grinder. You do need to hack it a bit (wrap electrical tape around the shaft) to tighten it for really optimal grinding for espresso, but once you do, it performs like a high quality commercial grinder in terms of consistency. We tested it side by side with a Mahlkoenig, with very good results.