Hacker tea (was Re: Late Nights and Caffeine)

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Tue Aug 17 09:44:08 1999

At 11:05 PM 8/16/99 -0400, LordTyran wrote:
>
>As stupid/crazy/cool as it seems, there is a Linux-Coffeemaker-HOWTO.
>Tells you how to use an SCR or a relay to hook up your coffee makes to
>your parallel port, add a /dev/coffeemaker entry (basically a ln to
>/dev/parX) and add a cron daemon entry to make your coffee each morning.

X-10 stuff is more flexible and probably less expensive. I jumped
for the $6 promo news-ertised on Slashdot a few weeks ago, and have
been sorely tempted to buy more, so I guess the plan worked. The
offer is still up there.

What? No one's going to stand up and defend the ice-cold can of
Diet Mountain Dew?

- John
Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 09:44:08 BST