Re: OT -- An extremely dumb curiosity question?

[Tim X]

thorne <thorne@timbral.net> writes:

> Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
>> Everything.
>>
>> Including coffee! 
>>
>> http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:rFz1-BnQCfEJ:www.chez.com/emarsden/downloads/coffee.el+coffee.el&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1
>
> Where exactly does one obtain an rfc2324 compliant coffee maker, i'd
> like to know.
>

I can't quite remember, but think it may have been the Linux journal which had
a circuit diagram and directions for creating the coffee maker. It was quite
some time ago and from memory, quite simple.  Essentially, it was just a normal
coffee maker connected to a simple power switch which could be activated from
an ethernet port which was in turn controlling the power on the coffee maker.
Not fully rfc2324 compliant I guess, but if you had one of those automated
expresso machines, like the Seko, which has a bean hopper and water tank, you
would be a long way towards being able to send a command to the coffee maker to
instruct it to make you a cup of coffee. Of course, you still need to remember
to fill it with water and coffee beans and you would always have to remember to
leave a cup under the spout if you don't want coffee going everywhere!

Many years ago, I was given some power switches which could also understand
tcp/ip via an ethernet port. I hooked them up to the stereo, kettle and coffee
perculator. I then had cron jobs that would fire up these devices each morning
monday to friday. Instead of crappy clock radio waking me up, I got good
sounding music (and music of my choice) and by the time I staggered out of the
shower, there was a hot cup of coffee waiting for me and I just put boiled
water into the tea pot for my partner (she is even worse int he mornings than I
am). The cron job would also turn everything off (well, essentially, it turned
off the music once I had left for work). 

This was pre-wireless days and after a while, my partner got the pip with all
the cables everywhere. Now the partner is gone and wireless has arrived - it
might be time to try again!

Tim


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