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Popcorn-Popper -> Coffee Roaster Mod
the-few writes "Tom Gramilas (Toms-roaster@columbus.rr.com) created a computer-controlled coffee roaster using an old West Bend Poppery I popcorn-popper (popular among home roasters with a modding mindset), a few thermocouples, and an old DOS computer. The code he wrote to control it is available from his site on request, and uses a flexible control algorithm to control roasting segments. Pictures and roasting profiles included."
The code better be Java.
who would want a coffee roaster which runs DOS?
if it ran Linux (or BSD) I'll take it...
btw fitrs tsop
to read it "porn-popcorn"? Another freudiam slip. Nevermind.
my sstream of consciousness
I've heard of Irish Cream, Hazelnut and Vanilla flavoured coffee, but I must say when Starbucks starts offering their butter/"topping" flavoured coffees I'm leaving the country.
Yes. This is exactly what one needs.
100 MHZ + Coffee + Anyone = World domination
This guy's a genius!
But seriously, that's a good idea if you've got the time to show the world exactly how bored you are.
Suppose some terrorist regime threatens to nuke us if we don't give them popcorn. The very fabric of our lives may well depend on whether or not we can efficiently make popcorn! /me imagines a RAID of popcorn poppers
Bears don't normally eat things that talk and move backwards.
and uses a flexible control algorithm to control roasting segments.
Eh, I want a genetic algorithm that generates the ultimate taste by feeding roasted beans to monkeys and having them rate it by bashing buttons.
If the ends justify the beans, yes.
Does it use HyperText Coffee Pot Control Protocol, as defined in RFC 2324