Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

A lot of people have apparently started calling me, "the professor." I heard it a few times at the event and it showed up on a bunch of the feedback forms.

Got scans of the student feedback forms from my class. Overall very positive. It looks like a couple people would like to see a little more chemistry. I might be able to pare back a little of the stuff on consistency proxies and put in a little more on the chemistry if I'm invited to teach this again.

I've written up a segment for my next video going over the roasting exercise and one of the new slides that I can probably get out later this month.

I keep sitting down at gates other than my flight is out of (for better access to electricity or food) and the airline keeps changing the gate to where I'm sitting.

Hit a non-profit (as opposed to merely unprofitable) coffee shop for breakfast on the way to the station. They say marathon Monday is terrible for business because everybody just hits the Starbucks instead. I had a blueberry muffin and a slightly fluffier than I like mocha.

Travel day. I'm getting in early enough in the evening that I can pick up the cat on the way home instead of waiting until tomorrow.

Someone handed me a $100 bill today to help fund work on Typica. I'll stick a record in the database so that's reflected on the web site when I get back. Financial contributions are always appreciated.

Hitting a chemistry lecture this morning. It's review for me, but the person presenting the material is good at it.

No utensils at a party? No problem.

I should probably build a video on this slide, or at least dissect that in the next episode of Coffee and Code.

Apparently my badge for this event is coded as all access. Over the years it seems somewhat arbitrary whether I get that or not.

How to smell coffee: https://video.typica.us/videos/watch/2d7ab4e4-c476-4426-a958-2873054b0b9e

Video taken during one of the classes I was helping out with yesterday. The goal was to roast a coffee on two different machines, helping students understand how to match flavor profiles across different roasting systems, and then set up a blind triangulation so they could taste for themselves how close they could make that match and whether they could, in fact, reliably taste the difference. (the answer is no)

Instructor group photo from yesterday. Roasting Styles Exploration

It's been a while since the last cat pic.

Had hot pot with a couple other instructors. Got another proof of life photo of the cat.

Got today's proof of life photo of the cat. Also found a snack.

Landed in Boston. The descent was unusually hard on my ears.

At Milwaukee's famous recombobulation area.

Star Trek DS9 video game where you choose their path, short or long then watch how they move along home.

Packed up my gift coffees for the show. Quarter pounds of coffees from Brazil, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Timor-Leste.