Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

I also have a bit of roasted coffee from a pre-ship sample of my next Ethiopian coffee. As a press the fragrance is amazing. There's a mild bergamot note that goes well with the fruit and floral notes in the flavor. Looking forward to getting the arrival sample.

Finally getting around to tasting the other gift coffee. This is also a little lighter than I personally would take the coffee, but it's quite nice. A bit more intensity of flavor than the other one, a bit lacking in body, but I certainly wouldn't complain about this being served to me in a shop.

I have 28GB of RAM free. What's using 300MB of swap?

People on hoyolab are freaking out about my old pyro Qiqi again.

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Someone moved my calibration weight.

The cat thinks I should spend more time petting the cat.

Looks like full resolution didn't get preserved uploading here. I also posted them here where it's possible to get the full 4K: https://www.hoyolab.com/article/7851733

A couple recent game screenshots that I think might make nice desktop wallpapers if anybody wants those.

Working on blends today. I have the problem that some of the coffees I would normally use that I was expecting to have by now still aren't available so yesterday I tossed together a custom roast of a couple things with the intent of getting certain specific flavor components that are hard to get out of the coffees I have roasted the way they are on the shelf. That test batch isn't great on its own, but did get me exactly what I needed for the blends I'm working on so that's going well.

Brought home a couple bags of coffee that were roasted in Saudi Arabia. As a drip brew, the first one that I'm trying is roasted a little lighter than I would take that personally, but I'd like to try running that in more regionally appropriate brewing styles before sending feedback. I had some of his other stuff on pour over at the event which was quite nice.

Using one of my new mugs.

The cat has been retrieved.

Got more stuff at the event today: Some money for teaching, some money for the software, a nice SanFransican Roaster mug, a couple big bags of coffee that didn't get brewed, a couple questions about getting me out to teach: one at a lab that's not too bad a drive to get to, another one that's half way around the world. Don't know if anything will come of that or not. Another company that would like to send me some stuff to do a deep dive on.

Lecture for the class I'm teaching tomorrow got moved to a bigger room. Apparently it's the most popular selection at the event. No pressure.

First day at CRG Retreat, got 2 new shirts.

Removed my travel keyboard from the computer at the coffee roaster. The full sized keyboard that replaces that while I'm traveling is not as convenient in the space, but I don't want to lug around a big keyboard and I absolutely can't trust the one built into the laptop.

Was also asked if I could bring some decaf coffee for cold brew cocktails for the event. Picked a Fair Trade Certified Swiss Water Process decaf from Timor-Leste that I think will work nicely for that.

My thought here was to use The Power of Incredible Violence. I know a trick by which it's possible to extend early browning to push up the sweetness, but then blast through first crack with more energy than is normally available, then it's backing off to get some stuff developed into 2nd before ending the roast. Highly unorthodox, not recommended for use in production, but my test batch was pretty good and the novelty of it might make such an approach a winner.