Windows Delayed Startup Script

Put this in the Target of a cmd.exe shortcut and optionally set Run to Minimized:

cmd.exe /c "dir ..\StartupDelayedStart\* && Timeout /T 10 && echo 'waiting...' && Timeout /T 30 && for %f in ( ..\StartupDelayedStart\* ) do start "" "%f" "

Rule #1 of Coffee Club : Keep It Fresh

“Think of when you cut into a banana, how quickly that slice of banana oxidizes. Now think of how big that slice of banana is compared to these tiiinnnyyy granules of espresso.”

“They oxidise quickly! Get rid of them, grind them fresh!”

A well-packed 23 minutes from US Barista Champion Heather Perry on making good espresso:

Mutable state is the new spaghetti code

Rich Hickey, author of Clojure.

He's right. Except that state that can be updated from multiple places in an unfathomable way is far more painful to debug than spaghetti code that's all on page.

“If someone asks for a Grande semi two shot steam hold the froth to walk, ask them if they would like a cup of coffee whilst they are waiting.”

David Temple Penn.

It takes about 120 seconds to make the perfect black coffee. Side orders take a little longer.