http://geekinese.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:58:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not literally naked, or naked in a naughty way.  Geez, this is a family-friendly blog, for crying out loud.  What I'm talking about is a naked, or bottomless portafilter.  I think that most of you won't have any idea what this is so here's a picture for you: The portafilter in ... http://geekinese.com/2009/02/lets-get-naked/ Well, I did some saving and some selling, and the Big Day has arrived.  I am now the proud owner of a Rancilio Silvia espresso machine and her counterpart, a Rancilio Rocky grinder.  They are a sweet combo.  It's a pretty decent set up for the home barista. It is ... http://geekinese.com/2009/02/meet-miss-silvia/ Many geeks laugh at how Hollywood portrays computers, especially in connection to the graphical user interface. You watch a film like Minority Report and just know that such a system doesn't exist... or does it? Oblong Industries, the developer of g-speak, is working to change that. And I have got to ... http://geekinese.com/2008/11/cinema-meets-reality/ Hey, For my birthday, my extraordinarily gorgeous wife got me the Holy Grail of coffee tampers: a Reg Barber.  It is so sweet.  The downside is that I don't have a machine with a 58mm portafilter to tamp beautiful espresso into.  It's like having the keys to a Ferrari, but no ... http://geekinese.com/2008/11/one-sweet-piece-of-coffee-making-equipment/ Hey, Living here in Eugene is generally a pretty decent gig. It's got its drawbacks, but then every place does. One thing we don't lack here is places to get your coffee on. That's the good news. . . The bad side comes in where you're looking for ... http://geekinese.com/2008/11/wandering-goat/ http://geekinese.com/2008/11/internet-help-desk/ http://geekinese.com/2008/11/funny-star-wars-stuff/ Hey, Just sitting in one of the best coffee places in Oregon, Backporch Coffee Roasters, in Bend.  My buddy, Dave Beach, owns it, does all the roasting and is a barista so talented that you'll wanna cry.  I'm sitting here drinking a cup of his Guatemala that just came out of ... http://geekinese.com/2008/10/backporch-coffee/ geekinese (gik-In-iz) noun - the language spoken by most geeks, usually unintelligible to the average person. ex. My mom tried to buy a new pc today, but she got confused by all the geekinese the salesman was blabbing, so she bought a toaster instead. Welcome to Geekinese.com! What do we say about ... http://geekinese.com/2008/10/welcome-to-our-world/