The Alton Brown Flower Pot Smoker Max Effgen, September 6, 2009 Great time of year for the smoker. I always make sure to get at least two salmon smoked in the late summer. Less fuel needed and better fish. There are many different recipes and methods. For example, the flower pot smoker as a DIY project. Check out the link on… Continue Reading
How to actually make coffee. Max Effgen, August 26, 2009 Interesting coffee related read at Gizmodo. Covers a lot of ground on various methods. Worth checking out. Link: Giz Explains: How to Actually Make Coffee Continue Reading
Seattle Coffee Houses – Pioneer Square Max Effgen, August 25, 2009 I hope to make this a regular feature documenting 3 great coffee houses in each of the many neighborhoods of Seattle. If they are on the list, they are worth checking out. Zeitgeist, Cafe Umbria and All City Coffee are all in Pioneer Square. Great places for a meeting or… Continue Reading
Caffeine and Calories Max Effgen, August 21, 2009 Check out Caffeine and Calories. True coffee aficionados will be towards the espresso/double espresso side of the buzz versus bulge equation. Happy Friday. Continue Reading
iGoogle is Now Social Max Effgen, August 15, 2009 iGoogle is Now Social: Google Launches Social Gadgets Google Gadgets now have social features. This will be very interesting. I have developed Google Gadgets. Making them social is a great move. Like the linked Read Write Web article states, it will be a little while before the developer community makes… Continue Reading
Brewing Turkish Coffee Max Effgen, August 10, 2009 Turkish coffee came up in conversation over this weekend. It is a great cup but requires effort. Check out CoffeeGeek for a great how-to and many more coffee related topics than I can cover. CoffeeGeek: Brewing Turkish Coffee Continue Reading
The Tragedy of the Coffee Shop Max Effgen, August 9, 2009 Solid read about coffee shops by Joey deVilla @ Coffee and Code. The Tragedy of the Coffee Shop covers the growing angst between coffee shop owners and cyber-squatting customers. There are cafes I prefer to meet people to talk because there is no free WiFi, and thus no laptops and… Continue Reading
R2D2 Translator Max Effgen, August 3, 2009 A little bit of fun to make just that much less productive. Check R2D2 Translator. Thanks R2! Continue Reading
Keeping cool with Iced Coffee Max Effgen, July 31, 2009 My first exposure to chilled coffee drinks was the ubiquitous Cold Coffee in Australia. I was on a backpack trip and could not stomach the stuff. I was young. What did I know? Record setting heat in Seattle has brought me back to ice-cold coffee. Like many people out here,… Continue Reading
’03 Doping List Max Effgen, July 30, 2009 Like many baseball fans, I was disappointed to learn about this article: Ortiz and Ramirez Said to Be on ’03 Doping List. The intent was never to make this list public; however, it was never destroyed. This list needs to be made public for the good of the game. I… Continue Reading