Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

Doing web crud again.

Today's coffee tasting should be an article. It's been a while since the shop has done a newsletter.

I guess I'm having chicken and rice.

What should I eat for dinner? Tummy stat is currently at 12.

It would be nice if the tracking number on the machines showed anything.

Sent a bunch of requested photos to the company installing the espresso machines so they know what to expect before they get here. Electrical, water, holes, that sort of thing.

BTW, threatening to sue former clients when there's absolutely no plausible basis for a suit is a great way to convince someone that they made the right choice to no longer do business with you.

I don't know how this is in parts of the country where there are more places with espresso machines, but in my corner of Wisconsin service techs start out great and then go insane. I had one who just suddenly dropped completely off the map (fled the country it turns out) without telling any of their clients. Another one started messing with brewer settings inappropriately. There was the one who threatened to sue me when I told him we no longer required his services.

Had a conversation with the company doing the espresso machine installations to make sure those can go smoothly when the machines arrive. They seem sane so far, which is frankly a nice change of pace.

(the AP and internal services came up much faster, but the connection out to the rest of the Internet took a little longer)

Had a brief power outage at the shop. That didn't interrupt anything that could potentially be dangerous, but did knock everybody off WiFi for a few minutes.

The cat had a lot of news to report when I got home.

After a good run of being sane, one of my suppliers has gone back to unpacking manufacturer case packs and shipping out product in 3x the packaging it needs.

Apparently birdsite got rid of the fail whale and people want it back. I'd like to remind everybody of the original fail whale. https://bubblebobble.fandom.com/wiki/Skel-Monsta

Everybody tastes all the roasts.