Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

Test batch of the new Ethiopian coffee turned out delicious. Yesterday I was tasting different roast levels on the cupping table. The first 5 cups (from about 2/5 to 4/5 between cracks) smelled like what I wanted and there was a clear progression where as I went through that range the coffee got sweeter and crisper, then (still pre-2C) it just went flat until it started to get toward the darker side where if it weren't so expensive it would be a nice dark blender.

Last night my father was doing the best I've seen him since he went into the hospital. Glad I could see him while he wasn't completely miserable. He had a lot of visitors yesterday. While I was there my alderman and the mayor came out. Apparently yesterday was Wilson's Coffee & Tea Day by mayoral proclamation.

The cat is very confused by my schedule.

Today while I was at work the cat entertained herself by carrying a shoe into the bathroom.

It's been about three years since I did a new video in that series. I'm very selective with which coffees I choose for that. It has to be something where I think the product development process is informative in a way that I haven't covered previously in the series.

My next episode of Roast Profile Development is drafted. I still need to put together the visuals, edit the script, record, edit, &c but this should come together reasonably quickly. It's about the 2 coffees from Burundi I have right now and how you can use large differences in roast to better differentiate otherwise similar coffees in a product line.

I haz a flavor

Looks like I need to buy bottles again.

Ordered another couple thousand pounds of coffee. It's not nearly enough, but that's what I could budget.

@gnomon That sounds like a reasonable mix for what I'd like to do with it.

Was asked for advice on a side project. Suggested something that might give me an excuse to learn Lua.

Have you made the harvest latté yet? https://video.typica.us/videos/watch/a498e220-5e0f-4f6a-9991-f2f5777c8f06

We know that Jake and Nog were big time dom-jot hustlers, but did we ever see a dom-jot table on DS9 or do we have to rely on our memory of TNG to know that it's like a cross between pool and pinball?

My father is not doing well against the cancer (which surprised nobody after the 40+ years of smoking). Things could turn around, but my mother is doing her usual calling all the family to see the dying person while they still can thing. On the plus side, I'll get to see my nephew again who I guess is like a proper adult now.

I need to stop working late. I've done that for the past few days and I'll be doing that again today because the work needs to get done. At least I still have half of a giant sandwich left over from lunch so I don't have to worry about dinner.

Why do B2B companies keep thinking it's even remotely acceptable to take credit card information by non-encrypted email? Presumably there aren't enough businesses that realize just how terrible an idea that is.