The Folly of Outlook Reminders

In a large company like Yahoo!, we get invited to many, many meetings via email lists (some of which occur in different time zones). The default behavior in Microsoft Outlook is to set a reminder for these meetings, even if the user doesn’t confirm attendance. Since these calendars are usually synced to whatever […]

Espresso Nerd

Posted for a friend who wanted to know what my coffee setup was at home:

Pasquini Livia 90 espresso machine
Mazzer Mini coffee grinder
Ergo Packer tamper from David Schomer’s excellent Vivace Roasteria in Seattle.

Yes, I’m that big of an espresso nerd. Yes, that cost more than my laptop. Yes, it’s 100% worth it to be […]