There was no real problem there. The solution was all the time just a google query away, and for some reason you chose to take the long way - asking and complaining here - instead of the more efficient short way of asking Uncle Google. The latter way is generally faster, but its downside is the risk that you’d learn something.
I think had you simply asked, you would have gotten an answer very quickly. It was the insulting and condescending tone of the way you phrased it that got you so much flak.
I actually agree with you in that all but the most universally accepted (ie, NASA, CPU, etc.) abbreviations, initialisms and acronyms should be defined in the first paragraph on general interest blogs and articles, and I share your annoyance when they’re not. DRM is perhaps borderline in terms of universally recognized (obviously since you didn’t know it, though it is pretty common these days) but I think what you fail to see is that this blog, in terms of some subjects (digital rights being a big one) is NOT simply a general interest blog, but expounds on that subject multiple times every day. Just as a site devoted to discussions of sleep issues would annoy the hell out of their readers if every initial mention of REM sleep spelled it out, if Boing Boing wrote Digital Rights Management in parenthesis after even only every initial mention, the amount of text on their servers would expand nearly 4%.
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We don’t see the interdiction porn movie that sends ‘The Professional’ fans back to school all over again, either. You need the gritty apartments full of cold-brew smugglers with great fashion sense, their bankers who claim the CoQ10 content has been messed with, and a weirdly credible K-Cup interdiction agent…that name’s been used, yes.
A little analog-ish barista who sort of cares how things go, plays water flute as the coffee’s made, stocks in infusions and whatnot, and sucks in his gut and does sun salutations when you need more counter space. There were lots of options on the table when Keurig had a new model to turn out. They could’ve owned the stairstepper-powered home bar market. Instead, they were WRONG. Which I do hear often if there’s a coda to follow… [A Newton 410 talks about its new job teaching kids electronics history.]
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Our alien overlords aren’t even trying to maintain their disguise anymore. No human would say something like that.
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What is it with you people and your coffee? Do you somehow not have amphetamines available where you live? Bonus: crank doesn’t give you the shits.
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… and significantly more work and and time and cleanup than any of these pod coffee solutions.
But I think ALL of you coffee drinkers (k-cup to artisinal) are weird. Coffee is gross.
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More? Sure. But not hugely so. The ease of cleanup with an Aeropress is one of the main reasons I use it over a French press. Twist the filter holder off the end, remove filter (if using a steel mesh filter), hold the Aeropress over garbage/compost bin, depress the plunger, rinse off the plunger (and filter if using a steel mesh filter), set in drain rack to dry.
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Is there a recommended steel mesh filter? Most seem questionable.
I’m happy with the 2nd gen Kaffeologie filter. The 1st gen had problems with the steel thread that they used to fix the mesh to the filter fraying. They replaced it for free with the 2nd gen, which has the mesh welded between 2 thinner rings.
Okay, enough arguing. Do what I do. It is imperative.
Just eat coffee beans. Really.
Did you know you can eat peanuts with shells and all as well? They are delish.
No grinders, no brewing, no roasting, no shelling, no de-papering. Just eat them. And you will never need a laxative again.
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Thanks.
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