Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

@mike doubtful.

@mike mine

The cat brought me underwear. I don't know why.

Netflix is warning about nudity at the start of every episode of DS9, but it's just referring to Odo.

The mailing list for updates on my book just got its 100th subscriber. There's no prize.

https://roastingbook.coffee/rcpd/

If I knew I wouldn't be waiting for a human to answer the phone I would have called to cancel the train reservation sooner. If anybody else needs to do this, just make sure you have your reservation confirmation email pulled up since that has all the information you need to provide to prove you're you and make sure they've got the right trip.

The robot lady answering the phone at Amtrak was very helpful in finishing the cancellation of my trip to Portland (they had already cancelled parts of that) and said she'd refund the money back to the credit card I used to pay for that. So, everything for that trip is cancelled now.

Later today I'll be on a conference call to discuss options for doing the class I was going to teach as a remote learning thing. I'm hoping we'll be able to sort out the logistics and funding to make that work.

It's been interesting to see what's not on the shelves at the grocery store. A lot of things are back to normal, but no gallons of the cheapest brand of whole milk (other milk fat levels well stocked) and those tubes of ready to bake bread were severely picked over.

@SeanAloysiusOBrien Lots of people like Phidgets hardware for stuff like this. The VINT line is pretty cheap and you can get modules for that to read RTDs or thermocouples. Sample rates can be several measurements per second. Linux support is excellent (also works on Mac/Windows) and if you code your own the API is documented well enough.

@sean The latter is probably the more interesting video.

The next episode of Coffee and Code (sleep deprived and tired edition) has been recorded. Still needs editing, but will probably be up later tonight. The cat will be in the background for most of that.

New Kenyan is on the shelf. Brewing the last of the previous lot today. They're quite different from each other.

He should see about doing that Night Court spin off.
https://comicbook.com/startrek/2020/03/27/star-trek-brett-spiner-says-he-will-never-play-data-again/

The cat thinks I should stop doing housework and pet the cat instead, but she's never once washed the dishes so...

New Kenyan coffee now available for web orders. It's $1 less than the previous Kenyan coffee.

https://wilsonscoffee.com/products/kenya.html

Tasting the production test batch of the next Kenyan coffee. You wouldn't guess from the flavor that it's one of the lightest roasts I'm doing. Rich and tangy, and the tomato flavor I liked while cupping exploratory roasts is prominent in the aftertaste. It's not the provocatively acidic classic Kenya flavor profile, but it is delicious.