Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

ugh, bad night for lung function

@gnomon I'll take that under advisement.

@gnomon Hopefully the first one. His roasting book is actively harmful (and I'm sick of cleaning up that mess), but the espresso one is quite good.

Christmas was good. I got new floor mats for my car, chicken dumpling soup I didn't have to cook, and two cats sat on me. Also continued to work on an ebook to the point that I might have my first draft done before the end of the year.

From today's writing:

"This is not a best practice, but if management is insistent on such a misguided approach, you can at least make your sample evaluation relevant to that reality."

Today lots of people are buying coffee to use in the espresso machines they got for Christmas.

@mhoye why abuse SMTP when you can reinvent it poorly?

Today I got an email with no body. The whole message fit in a reasonably short subject field so that's where it went. No reply needed. Wish I got more email like that.

Today's work was all about sample roasting. It's heavily based on an article I wrote around 3.5 years ago, but fit with the context of the surrounding chapters and updated to reflect current practices.

Another good day for writing. If I keep up this pace I might have my first draft of the ebook I mentioned earlier done before the end of the year. Maybe get it through editing, technical review, and layout in January? I have too many projects as it is so I'd like to knock this one out as quickly as I can.

@steinbring I don't know about that place in particular, but there are definitely bars that purposefully don't make money. They're a way to create a social venue that also acts as a tax shelter.

In line for lunch there was a guy who was offering everybody coupons. I looked at the coupon and declined because it was for more food than I was going to eat, but the person in front of me failed to realize that she also wasn't getting enough food to use the coupon so I got what was needed so the two of us could split the coupon and we each saved a little money on lunch.

Booked the room for my April trip to Portland, OR. The cheapest option through the event portal was also right across the street from the venue. I gather it's not the greatest hotel, but it's not like I'm going to be spending a ton of time in the room anyway so cheap and convenient wins. Nothing is outside my walking with luggage range from the train station either, so I can just do that.

@healyn Are your computers ready for 2032?

Did a lot of writing on Christmas but the page count remained the same.

I live with a good cat.

Trying out the fresh box

@craigmaloney@octodon.social What's the point of exposing an API if you don't want people to use it?

Mom's cat appears to be a big Wheel of Fortune fan. She likes the sound the wheel makes.

Just a heads up: I'm not making any more of this year's Holiday Blend after January 1 so if anybody wants some of that, get your orders in before then.

https://wilsonscoffee.com/