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Check out this excellent page by Murph on how to install a PID on a Silvia.

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I took some SLR pictures during the norwegian barista championship in the beginning of this month. Check them out if you’re interested. The winner was Eirik Johnsen of Stockfleth’s here in Oslo. Excellent barista.

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Got my powerleap and celeron 1.3Ghz today. I quickly got it up and running and even overclocked it to 1.52Ghz by adjusting the voltage and FSB. With Sisoftware Sandra I had Dhrystone 1354 and 672 Whetstone with my old P3-500. Now I’ve got 4150 and 2043 !. Not bad at all. That’s comparable to a [...]

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I saw a very interesting TV documentary yesterday about the competitiveness of man. It seems the biggest fear we have is the fear of failure. Success will give us a nice rush of dopamine and endorphins, but failure will do the opposite and worse still. First the good stuff, dopamine and endorphins, get sucked out [...]

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I’m definitely a big fan of espresso coffee, but sometimes I get a kick out of press pot coffee too. I roasted some “costa rica tres rios rayo del sol” on saturday. This morning I ground some for my bodum press pot. Heaven in a cup and a big smile on my face. I am [...]

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Funny how life can seem really bad, nothing works, no one calls, no one sends you an e-mail, budget is tight, fridge empty…and then suddenly everything changes to the better, everything is turned upside down in a moment. Some days, or maybe moments later it can be all negative again. All part of life’s dance [...]

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Green beans are a bit hard to come by here in Norway. I’ve been very happy dealing with Sigurd from Kaffebrenneriet in Stavanger. They have nice prices and the service is very good. Until recently they sold the HWP. Other green bean sources are Mocca (bit expensive) and Gyldne Bønne in Oslo.
It seems to me [...]

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Some grinders and a Silvia in the second hand section of the Temperato website. Might be worth checking out?

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Welcome to my new BLOG!
Btw, I ordered a Powerleap upgrade for my aging Pentium III 500 (Katmai) system yesterday. I will use a Celeron 1.3GHz Tualatin with the upgrade and hope to get a significant performance boost!
If you’re interested in checking out powerleap : www.powerleap.com.
Here in Norway I’m paying about 1250 kroner for the upgrade [...]

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