17 Aug
1999
17 Aug
'99
4:54 a.m.
So . . . Linux will use the parallel port to turn on
the coffee maker, but
who'll fetch, measure, mix, and grind the beans? When does it clean out the
coffee pot and put the old coffee in the house-plants? What about the
filter? Hmmmm?
In the cafeteria at my old job, they had a coffee vending machine that
purported to measure, gind, etc. the beans. It also provided options
such as three strength levels, three sweetness levels for the optional
sugar, and three lightness levels for the optional milk. All this in
addition to dispensing hot chocolate and mocha (chocolate and coffee).
Personally, I always thought that this would be a great machine to
put under external computer control. About as close to the ultimate
Linux coffee pot as you could find...
<<<john>>>