Current weather, Vista, coffee

After seeing it in John J’s blog, I added a weather widget here as well that shows the current conditions in Naples.  It’s cool.

I got a copy of Beta 2 of Microsoft’s next operating system, Vista which I am installing right now.  It’s important for me to try to stay up to date with the latest and greatest although I don’t do as good of a job at it as I would like.  I will give my report after I play with it for a bit.

For several years I have had a morning coffee routine.  We are fortunate enough to have a Subway/Dunkin Donuts in the government complex that is a few feet outside our door.  Every morning I would stop in and get a refill in my big ass coffee mug.  I like Dunkin Donuts coffee.  Well a few weeks ago they changed the Dunkin Donuts part to a “Subway Cafe”  They removed the Dunkin donuts and replaced them with Krispy Kremes, which I didn’t care about because I didn’t eat the donuts anyway.  Much more concerning was they no longer served the Dunkin Donuts coffee and instead replaced it with some other brand that didn’t taste nearly as good.  To top it off they raised the prices!

Well yesterday I finally had enough after paying more for yet another cup of bad coffee.  I decided to just make my own.  I got a 4 cup coffee maker and brewed my first pot this morning.  I think I made it a little strong, I feel more wired than normal.  I used Chock Ful of Nuts brand.  I was spending 7 or 8 bucks each week on coffee, this new arrangement will cut the expense by 75% at least.