Coffee

I'll Drink to That

The Celebration Community Presbyterian Church has a nice banner that I can drink to.

2:35:41 PM # Google It!
categories: Coffee

An Update on the Coffee Situation

As of tomorrow, we will have great-tasting Gevalia coffee dispensed from a cartridge-loading coffee machine. The cost? Only $0.75 per 8 oz. serving. Since I take a 24 oz. serving, I think I'll continue to use my personal Gevalia thermal carafe coffee maker.

4:04:36 PM # Google It!
categories: Coffee

I love the smell of napalm coffee in the morning.

8:04:25 AM #
categories: Coffee

SAN FRANCISCO--Telecommunications company Verizon Communications saved $6 million in equipment costs by moving its programmers to Linux computers, the company said Wednesday.

The company cut costs by replacing programmers' Unix and Windows workstations with Linux systems that run OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office, said George Hughes, a Verizon executive overseeing the work. The average desktop cost went from $22,000 to $3,000 per developer, he said in a talk at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
— "Verizon switches programmers to Linux," c|net

$6 million is a lot more than that saved by cutting our coffee ration.

12:53:26 PM #
categories: Coffee

Wachet Auf!

In the morning, I make a pot of coffee, turn on the monitor and press CTRL-ALT-DEL to unlock my Windows 2000 desktop. Then I wait.

I wait.

And I wait.

And I wait.

What am I waiting for, you might ask. I'm waiting for the large programs I use to become active, for Windows to catch up to me.

This is not exactly a resource constrained system. Time to open perfmon and capture some statistics.

9:36:41 AM # Google It!
categories: Coffee, Dear Microsoft

Fear of a Black Planet

The article I was reading that prompted the latest slew of coffee-related posts was out-pointed by The Shifted One. In it, Frank Field says:

But, there's another feature of [Hilary Rosen's] position that screams for consideration - "it's unfair to expect record companies to cut costs." Really!?! Every other industry looks upon cost-cutting as the standard - a day to day practice. There are plenty of industries where cost saving - continuous improvement - is the centerpiece of operations.

Like, say, at RBOCs. Perhaps Ms. Rosen just doesn't want to give up her free coffee. However, one does wonder what motivates these people. Is it control?

As far as I can see, it comes down to a simple fact - the record companies are control freaks, pure and simple. Somehow, they have managed (along with the movie industry) to convince us that their monopoly control should be perfect, unassailable by advancing technology and guaranteed by the state.

For some reason, I am reminded of the story of Pinocchio, particularly the scene where the star performer is tossed in a cage.

Is it control? Or is it fear?

5:59:41 PM # Google It!
categories: Coffee, Media

Environmentally Sound Cost Reductions

Just think, if your staff doesn't drink a diuretic, then you can cut back on the number of times per day you clean the restrooms, and then the number of staff who clean the restrooms, and then, if all goes well, eliminate the toilets entirely. This will further reduce costs, particularly in arid regions, by reducing water consumption.

3:38:54 PM # Google It!
categories: Coffee

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2:24:06 PM #
categories: Coffee

Christopher Allen, an executive at MusicMatch, a company that offers a subscription radio service, answers that question this way: "You can get free coffee at work, but there's a ton of people going to Starbucks." [emphasis mine]
— "Sour Notes," Farhad Manjoo, Salon, July 30, 2002

Yes, that does seem to be the case. The cafeteria (what a misnomer) reports that production of boiling hot pots of coffee is down from 50 pots a day to a mere seven. Given that people just don't stop drinking coffee, my guess is that if you have to pay for it, you might as well leave the building for 30 minutes to buy something that tastes better. That'll boost productivity!

11:48:52 AM #
categories: Coffee

Did their staff lose coffee too?

Verizon posted a loss. Maybe they didn't cut out the coffee ration.

11:23:56 AM # Google It!
categories: Coffee

Like a Junkie Needs Junk

Aaaaah.

Nothing like the smell of fresh-brewed coffee to perk up your morning.

9:33:44 AM # Google It!
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The Carrot and the Stick

Is this missing coffee supposed to be a motivational tool to encourage us to boost the next quarter's revenue?

5:14:57 PM # Google It!
categories: Coffee

Important Decisions

Should the coffee pot go on top of the Sun, or on top of the IBM?

11:51:01 AM # Google It!
categories: Coffee, System Administration

The Key to Worker Morale and Higher Productivity: Eliminate Snacks

It does include coffee!

Time for remedial action: I've a spare Gevalia drip coffee maker at home. Plenty of room and power outlets in this cubicle. The upside is that I'll be drinking better coffee, and I won't have to leave my desk.

9:45:56 AM # Google It!
categories: Coffee