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Category: Interests

  • Steve. It’s all about you.

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    I thought I would throw out some appreciation to a fellow geek, [Steve](spnakr007.blogspot.com/), aka [Spinnaker](http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinnaker007/). I’ve known Steve for a couple years now. We’re both espresso enthusiasts, both trying to open a cafe; we’re brothers-in-arms. Steve has mojo when it comes to learning and excelling at new coffee techniques and the longer you let him…

  • Weekend Catchup

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    It’s been a rather busy couple days for us. Those who watch the feed always get a drop on those who just read due to my [flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciordia/) influx. The roundup. My G5 died the weekend before last and for a couple hundred canon offered to do an upgrade. With Robin’s blessing (heh) we moved up…

  • The Oscar has been PID’d

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    It took much too much time. That’s inexperience for you. Had to learn a little about plumbing, wiring, power, and now I’m at the last hurdle of learning the machines temperamental nature. Working through calibration has been just about as interesting as the rest of the project. I’ve been talking about this on Home-Barista a…

  • Vacation and Back

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    The whirlwind surrounding the SCAA conference are finally ebbing down. Robin and I took off the following Thursday for a quick trip to see some family in Pensacola, Florida. We were in attendance for my grandmothers 83rd birthday which was a real pleasure. It’s the first time we’ve been back since Robin’s scuba certification before…

  • SCAA Day 3

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    Started off the morning with a bang seeing [Michael Teahan](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciordia/126346391) & [Mark Crawford](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciordia/126346024) run the gamut of machine principles and future thought. I’ve taken a lengthy session of notes that I’d love to write up once I have some cool down time of the “State of the Machine”. Least to say we (the west) are…

  • SCAA Day 2, quickie

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    I think these quickies will have to be it for now. Rising early and getting home late are a bane of a writer hehe. I don’t know how the press-core does it. On our way to a [Counter Culture Coffee](http://www.counterculturecoffee.com) party. Had a busy day of education classes that have imbued me with the knowledge…

  • SCAA Quickie

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    I’ve got to bolt in a few minutes to get back down to the convention center to start a day of classes so I’ll make this brief. It was a mad house yesterday. Yesterday being Friday for those not local. Friday at SCAA consisted of intensives and workshops. I was a porter in espresso beginner…