Connection time out

I’ve discovered a couple of things. Yesterday I was cleaning the all mighty Rancillio coffee machine. I’ve not made espresso for some time and a good thorough cleaning was in order. For a long time I’ve been annoyed by the fact that I couldn’t get the espresso strong enough. I’ve been blaming the machine. Then I’ve been blaming my technique (as you should now, it’s an art making really good coffee). Now I’m back blaming the machine. I was studying how the water was leaving the machine and I realized that the water was not evenly distributed, as it should be. I’ve used the proper tools to make sure that the machine is in the correct position. It turns out that the whole machine is tilted inside. Now I’ve shifted the machine to take his into account my espresso is finally getting there. This has been bugging me for years.

As you may have noticed (optimistic as I am), I’ve not updated my blog for a week now. I guess this is normal blog behavior, but it does bring me to my second discovery: My productivity increases by about three times when I turn off my Internet connection. I’ve always said that since I’m used to work with Internet I was not affected by emails and chat request and all the possibilities the Internet gives me. That is bull. So now I start the day checking email, chat a bit with friends and such. Then I pull the plug and get down to business. Excellent.