this is my blog where i blog 2008-09-06T19:14:05Z WordPress http://blowery.org/feed/ 43.080399-73.770381http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/blowery?bg=99CCFF&fg=444444&anim=0 Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/2008/09/06/roasty/ 2008-09-06T19:09:25Z 2008-09-06T19:03:27Z

Moka Kadir again. Took this one to Full City+ / maybe Vienna? Temps on this one are from the fancy new thermocouple I hacked into the roaster. Vital Stats: 250g roasted, 77F Ambient, Target of Full City++ (447F). Post roast weight: 206g. Time Temp Heater Fan Notes 0:00 229 100 0 0:15 243 100 0 0:30 256 100 0 0:45 269 100 0 1:00 282 100 0 1:15 294 100 0 Dropped Beans In 1:30 279 100 0 1:45 244 100 0 2:00 206 100 0 2:15 184 100 0 2:30 174 100 0 2:45 171 100 0 3:00 174 100 0 3:15 179 100 0 3:30 186 100 0 3:45 193 100 0 4:00 201 100 0 4:15 208 100 75 Quick fan kick to remove moisture 4:30 215 100 0 4:45 223 100 0 First Aroma 5:00 230 100 0 5:15 236 100 0 5:30 243 100 0 5:45 249 100 0 6:00 255 100 0 6:15 261 100 0 6:30 266 100 0 6:45 272 100 0 7:00 277 100 0 7:15 282 100 0 7:30 287 100 0 7:45 291 100 0 8:00 296 100 0 8:15 300 100 0 8:30 305 100 0 8:45 309 100 0 9:00 314 100 0 9:15 318 100 0 9:30 322 100 0 9:45 327 100 0 10:00 331 100 0 10:15 335 80 0 10:30 339 80 0 10:45 344 80 0 11:00 348 80 0 11:15 352 80 25 11:30 356 100 25 11:45 360 100 25 12:00 364 100 25 12:15 368 100 25 12:30 372 100 25 12:45 376 100 25 13:00 381 80 25 13:15 385 80 50 FC Starts 13:30 390 80 50 13:45 395 50 50 14:00 399 40 50 14:15 403 40 50 14:30 406 40 50 14:45 410 40 50 15:00 412 40 50 15:15 416 40 50 FC Ends 15:30 419 80 50 15:45 422 80 75 16:00 425 80 75 16:15 429 80 75 16:30 432 80 100 16:45 436 60 100 SC Starts 17:00 440 60 100 17:15 445 60 100 17:21 447 60 100 Stopped Roast

<p>Moka Kadir again. Took this one to Full City+ / maybe Vienna? Temps on this one are from the fancy new thermocouple I hacked into the roaster.</p> <p>Vital Stats: 250g roasted, 77F Ambient, Target of Full City++ (447F). Post roast weight: 206g.</p> <table class="roast" border="0"> <thead> <tr> <th>Time</th> <th>Temp</th> <th>Heater</th> <th>Fan</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>0:00</td> <td>229</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>0:15</td> <td>243</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>0:30</td> <td>256</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>0:45</td> <td>269</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:00</td> <td>282</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:15</td> <td>294</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>Dropped Beans In</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:30</td> <td>279</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:45</td> <td>244</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:00</td> <td>206</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:15</td> <td>184</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:30</td> <td>174</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:45</td> <td>171</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:00</td> <td>174</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:15</td> <td>179</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:30</td> <td>186</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:45</td> <td>193</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:00</td> <td>201</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:15</td> <td>208</td> <td>100</td> <td>75</td> <td>Quick fan kick to remove moisture</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:30</td> <td>215</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:45</td> <td>223</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>First Aroma</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:00</td> <td>230</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:15</td> <td>236</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:30</td> <td>243</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:45</td> <td>249</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:00</td> <td>255</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:15</td> <td>261</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:30</td> <td>266</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:45</td> <td>272</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:00</td> <td>277</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:15</td> <td>282</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:30</td> <td>287</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:45</td> <td>291</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:00</td> <td>296</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:15</td> <td>300</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:30</td> <td>305</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:45</td> <td>309</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:00</td> <td>314</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:15</td> <td>318</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:30</td> <td>322</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:45</td> <td>327</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:00</td> <td>331</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:15</td> <td>335</td> <td>80</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:30</td> <td>339</td> <td>80</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:45</td> <td>344</td> <td>80</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:00</td> <td>348</td> <td>80</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:15</td> <td>352</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:30</td> <td>356</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:45</td> <td>360</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:00</td> <td>364</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:15</td> <td>368</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:30</td> <td>372</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:45</td> <td>376</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:00</td> <td>381</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:15</td> <td>385</td> <td>80</td> <td>50</td> <td>FC Starts</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:30</td> <td>390</td> <td>80</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:45</td> <td>395</td> <td>50</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:00</td> <td>399</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:15</td> <td>403</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:30</td> <td>406</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:45</td> <td>410</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:00</td> <td>412</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:15</td> <td>416</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td>FC Ends</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:30</td> <td>419</td> <td>80</td> <td>50</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:45</td> <td>422</td> <td>80</td> <td>75</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:00</td> <td>425</td> <td>80</td> <td>75</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:15</td> <td>429</td> <td>80</td> <td>75</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:30</td> <td>432</td> <td>80</td> <td>100</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:45</td> <td>436</td> <td>60</td> <td>100</td> <td>SC Starts</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:00</td> <td>440</td> <td>60</td> <td>100</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:15</td> <td>445</td> <td>60</td> <td>100</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:21</td> <td>447</td> <td>60</td> <td>100</td> <td>Stopped Roast</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/385225766" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/09/06/roasty/ Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/2008/09/05/tracking-dojo-using-git/ 2008-09-06T19:14:05Z 2008-09-05T15:31:31Z

Lately, I’ve been using Git as my source code management tool of choice, and I’ve especially come to love the Subversion integration provided by the git-svn command. It turns out that Git is an excellent façade on top of Subversion, providing a bunch of features I really enjoy: things like local commits, the ability to [...]

<p>Lately, I’ve been using <a href="http://git.or.cz/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/git.or.cz/?referer=');">Git</a> as my source code management tool of choice, and I’ve especially come to love the <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/subversion.tigris.org/?referer=');">Subversion</a> integration provided by the <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-svn.html" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-svn.html?referer=');">git-svn</a> command. It turns out that Git is an excellent façade on top of Subversion, providing a bunch of features I really enjoy: things like local commits, the ability to reorder commits before sending them upstream, and of course the fantastic branch and merge support for my little local experiments.</p> <p>One of the projects I track using git-svn is <a href="http://www.dojotoolkit.org/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.dojotoolkit.org/?referer=');">Dojo</a>. Tracking Dojo is a bit tricky as we use a non-standard Subversion repository layout, with each of the five main components of the overall toolkit having it’s own trunk, branches, tags triad, but release tags and most branches are actually handled in tags and branches directories located off the root of the repo. So, there are tags and branches local to each subproject and then there are overarching tags and branches that apply to all five sub-projects at once. It can get a bit confusing.</p> <p>Anyway, you don’t have to deal with it. I’m putting my <a href="http://github.com/blowery/dojo/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/github.com/blowery/dojo/?referer=');">Git mirror of Dojo</a> up on <a href="http://github.com/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/github.com/?referer=');">github</a> for anyone to fork and enjoy. The mirror is currently updated when I feel like it, but I should have some scripts in place to update it every hour or so. The mirror itself is broken up much like the Subversion repository with one Git repository per sub-project in Dojo, and the bigger Dojo project which knits them all together using <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-submodule.html" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-submodule.html?referer=');">git submodules</a>.</p> <p>If you find this handy, do let me know, or just fork the project on github.</p> <h4>Update:</h4> <p>freelock on the #dojo channel on freenode did something similar but took it quite a bit futher. He found a way to pull all of the dojo subprojects into one git repo, and keep up to date with the overarching branches and tags. I definitely recommend taking a look at <a href="http://freelock.com/kb/Git#Importing_non-standard_Subversion_layouts" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/freelock.com/kb/Git_Importing_non-standard_Subversion_layouts?referer=');">his approach</a> if you find this whole thing interesting.</p> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/384273710" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/09/05/tracking-dojo-using-git/ Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/2008/09/02/chrome/ 2008-09-03T00:56:22Z 2008-09-02T20:15:33Z

Google’s new Chrome web browser was released in beta today. So far, I like it quite a bit. It’s fast, the process-per-tab architecture really makes sense, and the awesome little comic book explaining it is brilliantly done. On Vista, the use of the aero glass is a really nice touch and I think the tabs [...]

<p>Google’s new <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.google.com/chrome?referer=');">Chrome web browser</a> was released in beta today. So far, I like it quite a bit. It’s fast, the process-per-tab architecture really makes sense, and the <a href="http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/?referer=');">awesome little comic book</a> explaining it is brilliantly done. On Vista, the use of the aero glass is a really nice touch and I think the tabs on top really make sense.</p> <p>I tried to test out the new v8 JavaScript engine it uses, but the <a href="http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.html" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.html?referer=');">SunSpider JS benchmark</a> appears to be getting slammed at the moment. I wonder why… :)</p> <p>Now it just remains to be seen if this can get any market share and how everyone reacts to it. So far, I give it a thumbs up.</p> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/381668968" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/09/02/chrome/ Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/?p=553 2008-09-02T20:06:58Z 2008-09-02T20:06:58Z

I gots me my semi-annual haircut.

<div id="attachment_554" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/picture-11.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-554" title="haircut before" src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/picture-11-300x225.jpg" alt="before" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">before</p></div><br /> <div id="attachment_555" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/picture-13.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-555" title="haircut after" src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/picture-13-300x225.jpg" alt="after" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">after</p></div> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/381663154" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/09/02/haircut/ Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/2008/08/29/yay-for-queryselectorall-boo-for-staticnodelist/ 2008-08-29T17:50:18Z 2008-08-29T15:16:00Z

In the coming months, all of the major browser vendors are going to implement a new API called querySelectorAll, which allows us web developers to query a document for elements matching a CSS3 selector and quickly get back a list of matching nodes. This is really fantastic news and should help to speed up one [...]

<p>In the coming months, all of the major browser vendors are going to implement a new API called <code><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-selectors-api-20071221/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-selectors-api-20071221/?referer=');">querySelectorAll</a></code>, which allows us web developers to query a document for elements matching a <abbr>CSS3</abbr> selector and quickly get back a list of matching nodes. This is really fantastic news and should help to speed up one of the more common things we do in web apps.</p> <p>We have basic support for the <abbr>API</abbr> in the latest <a href="http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/?referer=');">Firefox 3.1 nightlies</a>, IE8 beta 2, and WebKit, and Dojo has basic support in trunk for using <code>querySelectorAll</code> to drive <code>dojo.query</code> if it’s available, so I thought I’d try it out and see what happens.</p> <p>Well, things … mostly … work. The selection stuff is great, but Dojo does one rather nice thing with the <code>dojo.query</code> interface: it returns an <code>Array</code> object that’s been decorated with the <abbr>JS 1.7</abbr> array methods if they’re not natively available, plus some other Dojo-specific things, like <code>connect</code> and <code>style</code> and so forth, to make running operations against the result set easy. For some reason, a number of these methods were broken.</p> <p>I did some digging and it turns out that the breakage is happening because the <code>querySelectorAll</code> return is not an <code>Array</code> or a subclass of an <code>Array</code>, but a new thing called a <code><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/#staticnodelist0" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/_staticnodelist0?referer=');">StaticNodeList</a></code>. It looks mostly like an array and works like an array, but it doesn’t have any of the new array methods (at least on Firefox 3.1 and IE8 beta 2) and as it’s not an array, it fails an <code>instanceof</code> check. This means code like this:</p> <pre>var spans = document.querySelectorAll("span"); var divs = document.querySelectorAll("div"); var both = spans.concat(divs); // fails, no concat method</pre> <p>just plain doesn&#8217;t work. <abbr>JS</abbr> devs already have this array-ish problem with the return from <code>document.getElementsByTagName</code> and the <code>arguments</code> object available inside functions. From looking at the spec for the <code>StaticNodeList</code>, I cannot for the life of me see why this isn&#8217;t just a plain array with the standard array methods on it. It&#8217;s a static collection, so treating it just like an array should be fine, no?</p> <p>If anyone can shed light on why the returned value from querySelectorAll is not just a plain <abbr>JS</abbr> array, I’d love to hear it.</p> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/378156656" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/08/29/yay-for-queryselectorall-boo-for-staticnodelist/ 2008-08-29T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-28

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<ul> <li><a href="http://book.git-scm.com/">Git Community Book</a><br/> A community supported book on Git</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/377778298" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-28 Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/?p=545 2008-08-26T01:17:29Z 2008-08-25T21:11:20Z

Since the HotTop arrived, I&#8217;ve gone through four roasts. The first roast (which I&#8217;ll call roast zero) was a total failure and I was quite bummed. That is, until I realized that in my excitement and haste, I had forgotten to install the rear filter. Without the rear filter, way too much air was drawn [...]

<p>Since the HotTop arrived, I&#8217;ve gone through four roasts. The first roast (which I&#8217;ll call roast zero) was a total failure and I was quite bummed. That is, until I realized that in my excitement and haste, I had forgotten to install the rear filter. Without the rear filter, way too much air was drawn into the roasting chamber by the fan, which quickly stalled and then killed the roast. 250g of baked beans went right into the trash.</p> <p>Once I figured out what I&#8217;d done wrong, the next few roasts went swimmingly. Here&#8217;s the data for roast of some of <a href="http://sweetmarias.com/coffee.other.blends.html#sm.moka.kadir" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/sweetmarias.com/coffee.other.blends.html_sm.moka.kadir?referer=');">Sweet Maria&#8217;s Moka Kadir</a>:</p> <table class="roast" width="264"> <thead> <tr> <th>Time</th> <th>Temp</th> <th>Heater</th> <th>Fan</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>0:00</td> <td>167</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>0:30</td> <td>168</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:00</td> <td>177</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:30</td> <td>188</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:00</td> <td>201</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:30</td> <td>213</td> <td>100</td> <td>75</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:00</td> <td>226</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:30</td> <td>240</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:00</td> <td>253</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:30</td> <td>266</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:00</td> <td>278</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:30</td> <td>289</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:00</td> <td>300</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:30</td> <td>309</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:00</td> <td>318</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:30</td> <td>325</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:00</td> <td>334</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:30</td> <td>341</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:00</td> <td>347</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:30</td> <td>354</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:00</td> <td>359</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:30</td> <td>365</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:00</td> <td>370</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:30</td> <td>374</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:00</td> <td>377</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:30</td> <td>381</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:00</td> <td>386</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:30</td> <td>388</td> <td>60</td> <td>75</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:00</td> <td>392</td> <td>60</td> <td>75</td> <td>First Crack starts</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:30</td> <td>395</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>Rolling First</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:00</td> <td>397</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:30</td> <td>399</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:00</td> <td>401</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:30</td> <td>401</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:00</td> <td>401</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>First Crack finishes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:30</td> <td>402</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18:00</td> <td>402</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18:30</td> <td>402</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19:00</td> <td>402</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>Second Crack starting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19:30</td> <td>404</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>Second Crack rolling</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>My second roast was some Ethiopia Organic Sidamo Dry Process Special Selection.</p> <table class="roast" width="304"> <thead> <tr> <th>Time</th> <th>Temp</th> <th>Heater</th> <th>Fan</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>0:00</td> <td>167</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>0:30</td> <td>172</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:00</td> <td>181</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:30</td> <td>194</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:00</td> <td>208</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:30</td> <td>221</td> <td>100</td> <td>75</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:00</td> <td>235</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:30</td> <td>249</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:00</td> <td>262</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:30</td> <td>275</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:00</td> <td>287</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:30</td> <td>298</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:00</td> <td>309</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:30</td> <td>318</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:00</td> <td>327</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:30</td> <td>336</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:00</td> <td>343</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:30</td> <td>350</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:00</td> <td>357</td> <td>100</td> <td>0</td> <td>Slight crackle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:30</td> <td>363</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:00</td> <td>368</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:30</td> <td>374</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:00</td> <td>379</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:30</td> <td>383</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:00</td> <td>386</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:30</td> <td>392</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>First big pops of FC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:00</td> <td>395</td> <td>80</td> <td>25</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:30</td> <td>399</td> <td>60</td> <td>75</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:00</td> <td>402</td> <td>60</td> <td>75</td> <td>FC rolling</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:30</td> <td>406</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>FC ends</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:00</td> <td>408</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:30</td> <td>410</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:45</td> <td>411</td> <td>40</td> <td>100</td> <td>Stop roast. SC just starting</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/374609394" height="1" width="1"/> 1 http://blowery.org/2008/08/25/more-roasts/ 2008-08-22T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-21

<ul> <li><a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/lantern">Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights</a><br/> Nice little hack of mason jars and led throwies</li> <li><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/">LED Throwies</a><br/> Awesome. Have to make some of these for no purpose at all.</li> <li><a href="http://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/2008/08/homemade-paneer.html">homemade paneer (cheese)</a><br/> how to make paneer. shockingly easy.</li> </ul>

<ul> <li><a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/lantern">Quick, easy, temporary, and beautiful LED garden lights</a><br/> Nice little hack of mason jars and led throwies</li> <li><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/">LED Throwies</a><br/> Awesome. Have to make some of these for no purpose at all.</li> <li><a href="http://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/2008/08/homemade-paneer.html">homemade paneer (cheese)</a><br/> how to make paneer. shockingly easy.</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/371570606" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-21 Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/?p=531 2008-08-21T14:24:33Z 2008-08-21T14:24:33Z

The seller sent along some pics of the roaster and here they are, in case you were wondering what in the world I&#8217;ve been blabbering on about.

<a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-box/' title='hottop-box'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-box-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-chaff-tray/' title='hottop-chaff-tray'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-chaff-tray-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-control-panel/' title='hottop-control-panel'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-control-panel-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-cooling-tray/' title='hottop-cooling-tray'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-cooling-tray-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-front/' title='hottop-front'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-front-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-new-rear-filter/' title='hottop-new-rear-filter'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-new-rear-filter-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-rear/' title='hottop-rear'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-rear-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-roast-chamber/' title='hottop-roast-chamber'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-roast-chamber-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-side/' title='hottop-side'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-side-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <a href='http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/hottop-side-2/' title='hottop-side-2'><img src="http://blowery.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hottop-side-2-150x99.jpg" width="150" height="99" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a> <p>The seller sent along some pics of the roaster and here they are, in case you were wondering what in the world I&#8217;ve been blabbering on about.</p> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/370973193" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/08/21/new-roaster-pics/ 2008-08-21T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-20

<ul> <li><a href="http://robey.livejournal.com/52865.html">robey: Git for the real world</a><br/> Some notes on using git at twitter</li> </ul>

<ul> <li><a href="http://robey.livejournal.com/52865.html">robey: Git for the real world</a><br/> Some notes on using git at twitter</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/370616581" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-20 Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/2008/08/20/a-new-roaster/ 2008-08-21T02:48:13Z 2008-08-21T02:48:13Z

After burning through (not literally) a few pounds of green beans with the iRoast that AJ graciously sent me, I quickly realized that I really enjoy roasting coffee. I like the iRoast, but it has a very limited capacity and it’s really not known to be a great espresso roaster, so I started doing some [...]

<p>After burning through (not literally) a few pounds of green beans with the <a href="https://www.i-roast.com/pro_02_01.php" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.i-roast.com/pro_02_01.php?referer=');">iRoast</a> that <a href="http://aj.sl8r.net/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/aj.sl8r.net/?referer=');">AJ</a> graciously sent me, I quickly realized that I really enjoy roasting coffee. I like the iRoast, but it has a very limited capacity and it’s really not known to be a great espresso roaster, so I started doing some digging around. After reading a bunch of reviews and forum posts on <a href="http://www.coffeegeek.com/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.coffeegeek.com/?referer=');">Coffee Geek</a> and <a href="http://www.home-barista.com/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.home-barista.com/?referer=');">Home Barista</a>, I settled trying to find a used HotTop to continue my little roasting adventure. One post to Coffee Geek and a few emails later and I’m soon to be the proud owner of a slightly used roaster, formerly owned by a <a href="http://www.reachfarther.org/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.reachfarther.org/?referer=');">church in Pennsylvania</a>.</p> <p>So.</p> <p>Excited.</p> </p> </p> </p> </p> <p>More when it arrives.</p> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/370540257" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/08/20/a-new-roaster/ Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/?p=527 2008-08-19T19:42:24Z 2008-08-19T19:41:38Z

Someone made a wonderful comparison video of the 3G iPhone from the and the same tasks performed on a real-world iPhone 3G. Rather interesting. Found over on the 37signals SvN blog.

<p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oaN1Nz1Dyls&amp;color1=11645361&amp;color2=13619151&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oaN1Nz1Dyls&amp;color1=11645361&amp;color2=13619151&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></p> <p>Someone made a wonderful comparison video of the 3G iPhone from the and the same tasks performed on a real-world iPhone 3G. Rather interesting. Found <a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1190-sour-apple-how-an-apple-ad-sets-the-wrong-expectations" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1190-sour-apple-how-an-apple-ad-sets-the-wrong-expectations?referer=');">over on the 37signals SvN blog</a>.</p> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/369306684" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/08/19/apples-ads-a-bit-misleading/ 2008-08-17T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-16

<ul> <li><a href="http://www.irssi.org/documentation/proxy">Irssi - Proxy</a><br/> Notes on using the irssi proxy. My problem was I did the irssiproxy_ports bit backwards. sigh.</li> </ul>

<ul> <li><a href="http://www.irssi.org/documentation/proxy">Irssi - Proxy</a><br/> Notes on using the irssi proxy. My problem was I did the irssiproxy_ports bit backwards. sigh.</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/367020468" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-16 Ben http://blowery.org/ http://blowery.org/2008/08/13/thermometer-arrived/ 2008-08-13T20:44:10Z 2008-08-13T20:44:10Z

The multimeter and thermocouple I ordered to monitor roasting temp arrived today! I also stumbled on this handy little chart for the iRoast over on Sweet Marias. I’m reproducing it here so I don’t lose it… Degree of Roast Temp Green Unroasted 75 Starting to pale 270 Early yellow 327 Yellow-Tan 345 Light Brown 370 Brown 393 1st Crack Begins 401 1st Crack Under Way 415 City Roast 426 City+ 435 Full City 446 Full City+ 454 Vienna 465 Full French 474 Fully Carbonized 486 Immanent Fire 497

<p>The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023RXGO?tag=bloweryorg-20" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023RXGO?tag=bloweryorg-20&amp;referer=');">multimeter and thermocouple</a> I ordered to monitor roasting temp arrived today! I also stumbled on this <a href="http://sweetmarias.com/roasting-VisualGuideV2.html" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/sweetmarias.com/roasting-VisualGuideV2.html?referer=');">handy little chart</a> for the iRoast over on <a href="http://www.sweetmarias.com/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.sweetmarias.com/?referer=');">Sweet Marias</a>. I’m reproducing it here so I don’t lose it…</p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Degree of Roast</th> <th>Temp</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Green Unroasted</td> <td align="right">75</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starting to pale</td> <td align="right">270</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Early yellow</td> <td align="right">327</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yellow-Tan</td> <td align="right">345</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Light Brown</td> <td align="right">370</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brown</td> <td align="right">393</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1st Crack Begins</td> <td align="right">401</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1st Crack Under Way</td> <td align="right">415</td> </tr> <tr> <td>City Roast</td> <td align="right">426</td> </tr> <tr> <td>City+</td> <td align="right">435</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Full City</td> <td align="right">446</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Full City+</td> <td align="right">454</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vienna</td> <td align="right">465</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Full French</td> <td align="right">474</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fully Carbonized</td> <td align="right">486</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Immanent Fire</td> <td align="right">497</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/364200658" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://blowery.org/2008/08/13/thermometer-arrived/ 2008-08-07T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-06

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<ul> <li><a href="http://www.rei.com/pwr/product-reviews/Cycling/Bike-Computers/Bike-Computers/Garmin/p/766260-Garmin-Edge-705-Deluxe-Bundle-Bike-Computer.html">Garmin Edge 705 Reviews on REI</a><br/> All in one nice printable page. Seems like it&#039;s getting mixed reviews...</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/358071864" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-062008-08-06T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-05

<ul> <li><a href="http://news.oreilly.com/2008/08/10-helpings-of-dojo-goodness.html">10 Helpings of Dojo Goodness - O'Reilly News</a><br/> A 10-part introduction to Dojo.</li> </ul>

<ul> <li><a href="http://news.oreilly.com/2008/08/10-helpings-of-dojo-goodness.html">10 Helpings of Dojo Goodness - O'Reilly News</a><br/> A 10-part introduction to Dojo.</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/357069724" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-08-052008-07-28T00:00:00-05:00http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-07-27

<ul> <li><a href="http://laughingmeme.org/2008/07/23/beyond-rest-building-data-services-with-xmpp/">Beyond REST: Building data services with XMPP</a><br/> This could be an interesting and viable replacement for Feeds. Just have to figure out how to allow individual blogs to run a jabberd.</li> </ul>

<ul> <li><a href="http://laughingmeme.org/2008/07/23/beyond-rest-building-data-services-with-xmpp/">Beyond REST: Building data services with XMPP</a><br/> This could be an interesting and viable replacement for Feeds. Just have to figure out how to allow individual blogs to run a jabberd.</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.blowery.org/~r/blowery/~4/348051884" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/blowery#2008-07-27