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Comment on All Knowledge – OR – Lovers Walking to the Beach. by Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:12:22 +0000

I know what you mean. I, too, have been prone to writing bombast.

I also am noting how well this kind of love in academic work makes not only for good action because it is loving and thus can do more than clang, but also for good academics. I think that’s probably true for a lot of things we can do. Doing them in a way that puts love at the center of our decisions makes not only for loving and thus meaningful work but also for better work in the first place (as determined from the usual standards for that work, I mean). I can imagine situations in which that is not always true, of course, but it’s good to remember that work done well and work done lovingly are not always opposed, either.

Not that I think this makes for the good first step. Kind of like a bonus once we start working and doing things with love.

Comment on Intellectual Dishonesty. by Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:31:50 +0000

I’m not sure how to continue the conversation, but… yes.

Comment on How? by Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:35:20 +0000

This is really well done, the cadence especially.

Comment on Testing by admin

admin — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:15:52 +0000

Thanks. Things are tad confusing in this whole ministry thing, so this is encouraging to me.

Comment on Testing by E

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:08:26 +0000

I like it. Besides that you’re a good writer… I just re-read your 1668 post…

Comment on Moving on this calling. by Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:43:42 +0000

Hey man. I think this and the last post have been really helpful in terms of putting some words to the things you and Jamie and I spoke about. Yes. This is a thing that should be done, and I’m getting restless without having done something for it, too.

Comment on Cold Brew Coffee by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:04:27 +0000

I am totally trying this.

Comment on Espresso in the home. by admin

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:46:56 +0000

I got most of the design from some schematics and code for an arduino based system. http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/CoffeeTronics But I had to do a little work to get everything working right. You have to be careful with the thermocouple as a temp probe on the boiler, since the boiler is also the ground point in the system. I’m guessing not many of the people who have used the schematics posted online have as much noise coming through the ground line. The solution that worked best was throwing a capaciter across the leads on my circuit board. Most of the parts can be purchased from sparkfun. There are a other options besides the thermocouple which may work a little better. The code for handling button presses in quasi parallel to keeping the boiler temp on track is a little complicated too. All in all, I probably bought about 200 dollars worth of parts, but if you have any of it on hand, or want to keep the feature set fairly simple you may be able to do it for less.

Comment on Espresso in the home. by Samuel Scalf

Samuel Scalf — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:49:53 +0000

A friend of mine referred me to your blog. I believe he is married to your cousin Kara. Great work on the blog. We are actually in the process of starting a coffee house in Colorado.

My question actually pertains to your comments about the Rancilio Silvia. I personally own this machine and love it. I was curious about your PID project. Where did you get the kit and how much did it cost? I am interested in doing this to my machine now that it is out of warranty, but I don’t want to spend the $300 that most places charge and would be interested in building one if there were kits or instructions available.

Comment on Guerrilla and Red Horse by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:10:05 +0000

I love this! Somehow I missed it and just read it. I like your expression of rest (of course in the didactic of coffee – who can beat that…). I think there must be a better way to live between the two – or rather have both in ones life. I just don’t know how.