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New Router Follow-up
Today, I finally got the house to myself for long enough to take the home network down and swap our Verizon FiOS router out with a new Ubiquiti Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra. I had spent a good while researching how to do this, and a week or so ago, I wrote out a step-by-step plan.…
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Zeke’s Beans of Summer
I bought these close to the day they were roasted, and let the bag sit for 10 days or so before opening it. First cup in size 2 dripper at grind setting 20 was pretty good. Second cup at setting 19 was good as well. Started getting a little bit of bitterness at 18. Backed…
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New Router
As part of an ongoing project to get rid of our landline phone (which nobody calls any more except spammers), I am looking to replace our Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router with my own router. There’s nothing wrong with the FiOS router, but when I contact Verizon to switch our plan to internet-only, I want…
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Rise Up Pura Vida
I’ve been starting most of my new bags out at grind setting 20, but may switch to 18 going forward, as I seem to end up there regardless of what I’m brewing. The exception has been a couple bags of Zeke’s beans that seemed to work better with a coarser grind. I have managed to…
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Summer MTB Commute
Historically, I have not done much mountain biking in the summertime. The main reason is that the slower speeds and shorter bursts of exertion tend to get me extra hot and sweaty. Conversely, with road biking, there’s a consistent cooling breeze from air resistance, and the amount of exertion is more uniform, allowing for better…
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LCRC Delaware Blend
I bought an 8oz bag of these along with an 8oz bag of Beach Blend. I started them off at grind setting 20, but ended up at 18 mostly by accident — I forgot to change the setting after brewing the aforementioned Beach Blend, it was still pretty good, and when I’m working on two…
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LCRC Beach Blend
I bought an 8oz bag of these and an 8oz bag of “Delaware Blend” in Bethany last week, but waited until I was home to open them so I could use my pour-over setup. Nice, strong cup this morning with low acidity for a light roast. There’s definitely a slight hint of fruit. When I…
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Delaware Paddling Report
I managed to get out paddling 3 times during my recent trip to Bethany Beach, DE, all in under 48 hours!! Here are some quick notes. Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse: Launch is in Cape Henlopen State Park right next to the fishing pier. Need to go early-ish in the morning to avoid bad traffic…
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Amity Costa Rica (Terrazu)
I have brewed this recipe 5 or 6 times now at our beach house, and the cups have been pretty consistently good. I’ll almost certainly be bringing some home, so I’ll try it in the V60 next week and see how that compares. 6/28: At home, I’ve been using the same recipe with my gooseneck…
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lpaulriddle.com re-architecting
I needed to get lpaulriddle.com moved off an old EC2 instance running Ubuntu 16.04, which has been EOL since 2021. About a year ago, I started the process by moving all of the services to Docker containers. Then I moved all of the persistent data (web pages, images, etc) to a EFS filesystem, and I…