Coffepot Computer

marshman113 submitted quite possibly the most important innovation in case design since the internal hard drive: here is a coffee pot computer. Yes this guy actually integrated two of the greatest innovations of mankind into one convenient case!

Coffee Howto

[DrD8m]

This could be interesting
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Coffee.html [tldp.org]

Re:Coffee Howto

[hashinclude]

What about the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol - HTCPCP/1.0 [ietf.org]?

Re:Coffee Howto

[zapfie]

I think my favorite part is:

Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error code "418 I'm a teapot". The resulting entity body MAY be short and stout.

I wonder. . .

[oyenstikker]

Does he use the CDROM drives as cup holders?

Re:I wonder. . .

[Oculus Habent]

Nice system

Abit VP6 motherboard with dual 1.0GHz Pentium 3 processors
1 GB of PC133 SDRAM
GeForce 256
1x20GB Maxtor boot drive plus 2x40GB Maxtor storage drives in RAID 1, all hot-swappable
CD-ROM, Sound, & Network

Here's a picture of the completed box [geocities.com].

Re:I wonder. . .

[Oculus Habent]

Sorry about that. Here is a Funcitonal Link [geocities.com].

Re:I wonder. . .

[WoofLu]

Wow .. with that stuff he must be able to heat up coffee really fast :)

Java?

[GothChip]

So does it run Java?

I'll get me coat.

Re:Java?

[Lord_Slepnir]

It runs java alright, you just have to grind up the beans first.

Re:Java?

[ejaw5]

[user@coffeepot]$ java brewcoffee.class
select no. of cups: 4
reg or decaff(1-regular, 2-decaff): 1
{cpu jumps to 100% utilization for 5 minutes to generate heat for the boiler}

Coffee brew complete. Enjoy.

[user@coffeepot]$

nice work

[fym]

puts a new spin on the term java beans?

i think the site has just been /.ed

Gone!

[s.a.m]

And it's gone, faster than a fresh pot of coffee.

Great...now I gotta break out the beer just to get my morning kick.

Hmmmm

[Dr. Wang]

Perhaps if they poured the coffee made by the server, into the server, then we could view the page too!

slashdotted... suprise suprise..

[T.Monk]

especially with a domain name like pimprig.com. sometimes life just makes you smile.. But i do wonder if you could integrate the water cooling with the coffee making... use a counterflow heat transfer coil to heat the water for the brewing of the coffee, those chips get hot enough to do the job...

A programmers dream!

[McVeigh]

Think of it no longer having to get up and walk to the coffe pot! This is nobel prize material!

RFC compliant?

[sulli]

Unless it's RFC 2324 compliant, [ietf.org] I'm not interested.

Re:RFC compliant?

[Anonymous Coward]

No, it's not:

telnet www.pimprig.com 80
Trying 64.246.28.115...
Connected to pimprig.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
brew /
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>501 Method Not Implemented</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>Method Not Implemented</H1>
brew to /index.html not supported.<P>
Invalid method in request brew /<P>
<HR>
<ADDRESS>Apache/1.3.23 Server at host3.dominet.net Port 80</ADDRESS>
</BODY></HTML>
Connection closed by foreign host.

Re:RFC compliant?

[Schrodinger's Mouse]

But what if it's RFC 2325 compliant [ietf.org]?

Re:RFC compliant? (my favorite part)

[satterth]

2.3.2 418 I'm a teapot

Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error code "418 I'm a teapot". The resulting entity body MAY be short and stout.

This is the best

Coffee

[phunhippy]

2 greatest inventions... hmmm coffee? I guess a lot of people like coffee.. I find it personally highly revolting and disgusting...

lets see.. take perfect pristine water and then add it to ground up beans and end up drinking dirty black water... hmm no thanks I'll pass.. hardly a great invention in my book..

and why do people drink decaf?!?! thats even worse! your not even trying to wake up!! sheesh take some acid or somthing people! that will wake u up for sure!

Re:Coffee

[mark_lybarger]

most of us are taking coffee on a daily basis to get ready for work (and to get through the morning, and the afternoon, and evening). it would be a rather interesting environment if those on decaff switched to eating paper/shrooms in the morning before venturing to their place of employment.

i don't understand the decaff thing either, same as the neer(sp?)-beer type stuff (coors NA, etc). i remember being like 13 or so and the guy at the local carry-out would sell us neer-beer. we thought we were the shit (and so was the tast of that crap).

Re:Coffee

[PerryMason]

Coffee I like, its these friggen compters that make me sick!

Re:Coffee

[DrVxD]

> take perfect pristine water
You mean the stuff without caffine? Blech!

> why do people drink decaf?!?!
People don't drink decaf - MORONS drink decaf. I mean, what's the point? Coffee with no caffine? You might as well drink "perfect pristine water" :)

Re:Coffee

[boomer_rehfield]

"take perfect pristine water..."
You obviously haven't had water from Tampa....

Re:Coffee

[JimPooley]

2 greatest inventions... hmmm coffee? I guess a lot of people like coffee.. I find it personally highly revolting and disgusting...

Yes, of course! Everyone knows that Tea is the one true hot beverage!

Re:Coffee

[Patrick13]

Yes, of course! Everyone knows that Tea is the one true hot beverage!

You want the taste of dried leaves in boiled water? ..42..

Re:Coffee

[Tenebrious1]

Well, we drink the "dirty black water" in the mornings to keep us awake since we drank too much of the "pristine water" with "boiled horse feed mixed with fungus and allowed to rot for a week" the night before and didn't get enough sleep.

Re:Coffee

[rmohr02]

2 greatest inventions...

Now if the coffeepot was duct-taped on, he'd have three.

Re:Coffee

[Aerog]

At first, I immediately thought How dare he disparage the great, holy name of Coffee?!?
But then, after thinking about it for a second, I can see where you're coming from. I personally don't like drip coffee. Even the good stuff isn't that good (and the SWILL they serve at the so-called "popular coffee shops" out here? HA!) I'm an espresso man. The thicker the better. Of course, it takes a hardcore caffiene freak to like it straight, but it's the perfect drink to mix with other things. A bit of brown sugar, milk, cream, a double shot of espresso over ice, and you've got the ideal summer drink. Double shot with milk. . .prefect morning drink if you don't have time to make anything else. It's not that I'm just addicted (which I am, and accept that), it's that I really, really like espresso.

So discern when you insult the name of Coffee. Knocking drip stuff is fine, or the crappuccino that they try to pass off at places like Tim Horton's or 7-11. Just be careful about what you say about espresso. It is that good.

He only went halfway.

[Fat Casper]

If he had used a watercooling system as a way to heat the water for the coffee, then I'd be really impressed. As it stands, it's cuter than most box mods, but it doesn't break any ground.

Re:He only went halfway.

[lucabrasi999]

He only went halfway is correct. But not for your reason. He only went halfway because he used a drip (gasp) coffee maker. Real men only drink perk.

Re:He only went halfway.

[adamjaskie]

Yech perk is the worst method of brewing coffee. The best coffee I have had is made in an espresso maker. French press is pretty good too, but perk is just... EEEW. No thin, watery, bitter coffee for me. I do agree that drip, although consistent, isnt all that good.

Re:He only went halfway.

[Pig Hogger]

but it doesn't break any ground.

Oh, yes it does. It breaks fresh coffee grounds.

Slash that coffee...

[plaa]

I guess this is the first time slashdot has slashdotted a coffee machine...

I wonder if the coffee's heated with the CPU? Bet he'll be getting hot coffee now.

(OK, I don't know whether it was hosting the pages, 'cause I haven't read the article, 'cause the article's been slashdotted.)

Re:Slash that coffee...

[HiQ]

Yep, it all came to a grinding halt *rimshot*

Re:Slash that coffee...

[micromoog]

Has everyone already forgotten about the Trojan Room [cam.ac.uk]?

Re:Slash that coffee...

[MindStalker]

Good link for picture
http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/22475
Site is not english though.
link [tweakers.net]

Re:Slash that coffee...

[dirkdidit]

Those are some interesting coffee makers you got on that website.

Not enough integration, though

[Anonymous Coward]

When I read the headline, I thought I'd just be able to connect it up, and do something like:

echo capachino > /dev/coffee

and get an email from it when it was done. Unfortunately not.

I can't wait for the inevitable Microsoft(tm) version to come out, that only makes Tea, and Hot Chocolate, and with a fixed amount of sugar and milk.

Re:Not enough integration, though

[Crizp]

I can't wait for the inevitable Microsoft(tm) version to come out, that only makes Tea, and Hot Chocolate, and with a fixed amount of sugar and milk.

No, thats the Apple version. With the Microsoft one you can get any choice of coffee whatsoever. However if you choose pure Java, it will add misc molecules which do not belong there. Or if you choose anything at all the coffee pot will break before the coffees finished.

Re:Not enough integration, though

[the_real_tigga]

Welcome to the Microsoft(R) Wake!(TM) Coffee Maker Assistant Wizard(TM)!

This Program will help you setting up your next cup of Coffee.
Click "Reply to this" below to continue...

Re:Not enough integration, though

[HiQ]

You forgot to mention that they'd probably require you to have a Passport (Tm) for that

Re:Not enough integration, though

[LinuxHam]

and charge you an annual fee just for the right to continue brewing coffee with it each year..

Re:Not enough integration, though

[HiQ]

"Our next version also serves sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies"
"Ehm,..I don't need that."
"We have a right to innovate!"
"Ehm, yeah...whatever..."

Re:Not enough integration, though

[Kredal]

That DMCasA scares me... is my Neimann-Marcus(sp?) cookie recipe open source? I paid $300.00 for it, I should have the right to modify the source code to add features that weren't in the original... walnuts, for example. Would I have to pay more money for the Walnut source code?

Sigh, I'm so confused!

tech support

[Tenebrious1]

I was trying to make coffee and spent the entire day on the phone with MS tech support!

MS Support: Hello, what seems to be the problem?
me: My "Microsoft(R) Wake!(TM) Coffee Maker" won't make coffee.

MS Support: OK, have you gone through the "Microsoft(R) Wake!(TM) Coffee Maker Assistant Wizard(TM)"?
me: Yes.

MS support: OK, let's walk through it again.
{we go through the steps}

MS Support: Ok, there's your problem.
me: What?

MS Support: The coffee you are trying to use is not on the BCL.
me: BCL?

MS Support: The "Beans Compatability List". You should have checked the BCL before trying to use your coffee. You need to return the coffee to the place of purchase and get one that has been certified to operate with the Microsoft(R) Wake!(TM) Coffee Maker. Thank you and have a nice day.

Re:Not enough integration, though

[Allnighterking]

Oh it will make coffe.... One kind, it will be somewhat weak, the bottom of the cup will on occasion without warning fall off, and in order to replace the bottom of the cup you will have to close all the windows in your computer room exit.... re-enter the room and then it will go back on. Coffee used in this machine must carry with it a signed certificate from Wan Valdez that the coffe is genuine Columbian Coffee. Star Bucks is attaching a EULA that requires you periodically pay them for all cups of coffe previously consumed. Upgrades in the form of new cups of coffee will be required at undisclosed intervals and if you fail to upgrade your bladder may cease to function properly. Your toilet will now require you to enter your Passport ID in order to lift the lid, and any attempt to urinate in a non-M$ approved facility, (Ally, neighbors john etc.) will be considered a breach of this EULA and invoke an immediate visit from the BSA SS troopers to apply the appropriate catheter and confiscate any and all non-M$ approved beans you may have in your house/office.

Those were some nice sketches

[HowlinMad]

If you drew them when youwere five and were riding down a dirt road in the dark...

cambridge pot was the first

[johnjones]

in terms of online coffee

this was one of the first places I went when I was online thanks to john levine

history of the cambridge coffee pot [cam.ac.uk]

Trojan Room [cam.ac.uk]
coffee pot

regards

john jones

Re:cambridge pot was the first

[ImaLamer]

The Cambridge is what drew me online.

We got these cool computers at school which had this cool thing called html... then I found things like telnet and wow! (before then I had only used lame AOL at my friends house-it was fun, but not functional)

Then I could finger coke machines and it was great... I knew we had to get on the internet at home! Of course then it didn't take long to browse all Yahoo! had to offer and I was on-line at a blazing 9600 baud.

Connected devices have always been my favorite things, and it's what I've used to this day to get people excited about the internet.

But, I think this [mit.edu] is the coolest thing I've seen (text version [mit.edu]) besides this [usc.edu].

I was addicted to my garden!

For those who don't drink coffee...

[zloppy303]

I don't drink coffee, but tea (some kinds have MORE caffeine than coffee). So I took the cooler off my Athlon and replaced it with a kettel... now whenever i compile my linux kernel I get a nice fresh cup of tea :)

Disclaimer: I don't take any resonsibility for the things happening (eg. implosion of the known universe) when you actually try this...

Future enhancements

[dkh2]

• Tap into the water supply in the same way as an automatic ice maker
• End of brewing cycle triggers automatic refill of the reservoire
• Take advantage of the opportunity to water cool your cpu and pre-heat the reservoire. (see Bunn systems that take 2:06 to brew a full pot!)
• integrate a bean hopper and a grinder. Your first task when the next pot is brewed is to change the filter.

Re:Future enhancements

[Te1waz]

What about having a signal sent to the coffee maker upon execution of compiles, or other potentially lengthy processes so we can have fresh brew ready for the wait?

(of course you'd want to start a brew on a './configure') so it'd hopefully be ready for 'make install'.

Good combination?

[codeButcher]

There's probably a good reason why coffy makers and computers are not habitually combined: water and electronics, like firearms and alcohol, don't mix too well.

I don't think he's even using the heat from the chips to boil his water (supply and demand differ) so what's the point? I'd rather just put the one machine next to the other on the desk.

Then again, as health consiousness is geeky [slashdot.org] these days, just leave the darn thing in the kitchen and get up every now and then! (Not that you'll improve your health much by drinking the stuff....)

Re:Good combination?

[mark_lybarger]

like firearms and alcohol

you're obviously not from west virginia or kentucky...

as for leaving to go to the kitchen? i wouldn't want to risk the opportunity to post nonsense posts to /. for a story that didn't stand up long enough for any /.ers to grab a mirror...

if life hands you lemons...

[argStyopa]

...make lemonade.

If your overclocked AMD processor is on the verge of nuclear fusion, you can at least use the heat for a good cuppa joe.

great

[tps12]

If they could add a urinal to this, I'd never have to leave my desk.

Achtung!

[mikeboone]

Cool, we can use this to bug Klink's office and hear the result using Voice over IP!

Lawsuit in waiting

[phillymjs]

The site was, of course, /.'ed so I couldn't see, but if he has an Athlon in that rig and uses it to heat the coffee, his cups better have a warning printed on them [purdueexponent.org]! :-)

~Philly

Yeah, this is great...

[Junta]

but can it make my coffee!.... oh wait :)

Caffine...Bits....

[EvilTwinSkippy]

Allnighters will be tooo tooo easy...

My Precious.

Two greatest

[Launch]

I thought beer was one of the two greatest inventions...

Sadly Gone

[stinkydog]

Unfortunatly, the SD Effect boiled the pot dry and the poor machine exploded. Better luck next time.

SD

Does it use the CPU as a heat source?

[EvilTwinSkippy]

Now that would be innovative.

Finally get to use the 500 BTU's or so my new 1.7Ghz AMD is tossing out. I was actually thinking of laying the case flat on a few of the dells at work and gap the heating to the roof of the case as a coffee warmer.

I can see the special glue now. Artic Blue becomes Sumatra Brown.

With a little additional wiring he could have

[Scratch-O-Matic]

coffee by cronjob.

The ultimate mod design test ...

[stud9920]

...might simply be hosting the mod website on the modded computer itself. If the machine gets slashdotted by overheating, the mod is rejected.

hmm

[caveat]

didn't the original coffee cam (also) catch fire once? two-for-two...remind me not to mix coffee and hardware.

slashdoted a...

[vrmlknight]

I think we have slashdoted a coffee pot before? maybe this is the first....

Picture also available at

[DeBaas]

http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/22475

The site is in Dutch, but the picture isn't ;-)

Odd /. effect failure mode...

[Andy Dodd]

I loaded the page halfway once, then my browser crashed.

After the restart, the page is 404ing - In fact, EVERYTHING on that site is 404ing... Is this happening for anyone else? I've never seen the /. effect cause 404s. :)

Re:Odd /. effect failure mode...

[joel8x]

Here's the error I get:

Warning: Failed opening '/home/pimprig/public_html/sections.php' for inclusion (include_path='') in Unknown on line 0

Looks like the Web Admin could use a cup o' joe this morning....(ding,ding,ding) that was soo bad...

Re:Odd /. effect failure mode...

[joyoflinux]

The guy probably took down the whole site (or set the permissions so the web server couldn't access it) so that his server didn't start flaming (or overflowing) :)

Picture of the mod

[Anonymous Coward]

Here you can see a non-slashdotted version of the coffee mod :) (picture only): http://athena.tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1026131486.jp g

Hacked!

[mrbuckles]

I've already gained roast access to this!
Sorry...

SGI Espressigo

[soboroff]

Actually, SGI was there first quite a few years back, with the Espressigo. There's a picture at http://reality.sgiweb.org/eile/espressigo/espressi go1.jpg
It's essentially an espresso machine in an SGI Indigo case.

There are different stories behind it, but the most often heard was that it was a promo giveaway by SGI.

Re:SGI Espressigo

[quigonn]

At the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz/Austria, they used to have lots of SGI machines. One day, they got such an espresso machine for being such a good customer.

Excuse any site problems...

[Andy Dodd]

"Excuse any site problems while we move to a new DEDICATED server. The transition should be complete within 72 hours or less." - The PimpRig Staff

That has to be the fastest reaction to a slashdotting I've ever seen... /. link, site goes down, 10 minutes later they're moving. :)

New slogan

[cybermace5]

"The best part of booting up is Foldgers in your cup."

Re:New slogan

[sirgoran]

Or maybe, "Maxwell House, Good to the last Byte."

-Goran

Overloaded the shared hosting server looks like

[peterdaly]

From the home page:

Excuse any site problems as we move to a new DEDICATED server.

The transition should be complete within 72 hours or less.

- The PimpRig.com Staff

Too much traffic for the shared server I would guess.

-Pete

Re:Overloaded the shared hosting server looks like

[PigleT]

> Too much traffic for the shared server I would guess.

Too many slashdotters spoil the broth, I think :)

Re:Overloaded the shared hosting server looks like

[edrugtrader]

72 hours = site is ready, and off front page of slashdot... 21 days later = huge hosting bill in the mail for unneeded dedicated hosting.

Pimprig Down

[h4mmer5tein]

Well according to http://www.pimprig.com they are down while moving to a new server..... Wonder if thats because or in-spite of /. :)

Re:Pimprig Down

[WebMasterJoe]

The site was actually listed on Blue's News [bluesnews.com] on Saturday (scroll down, it's the image of the day). The site choked from the Blue's News traffic, and they had already made plans to upgrade. I don't think they were expecting the slashdot link.

Thank god...

[jeff67]

Thanks God it doesn't have a pizza oven and a toilet - I'd never get out of my chair!

ah, spaceballs

[WebMasterJoe]

Proof again that Spaceballs predicted the future with oh-so-much accuracy...

You call this thing a radar?
No, sir, actually we call it Mr. Coffee....

Of course their coffee maker was simply adjacent to their radar, this is one step better. Just wait till somebody tries to jam the computer.

Coffee? Blech.

[dsanfte]

I can't believe people drink that stuff. I couldn't imagine a more vile, disgusting, bitter liquid people could willingly ingest.

You should all be drinking Pepsi instead. :)

Homepage says they're changing servers

[tdye]

I can't imagine why... I wonder if they know they're on /.

Re:Homepage says they're changing servers

[AVee]

They might have posted the link to test the new server. If thats the case, it failed...

Standards Compliance

[Aidenn]

But does it comply with HTCPCP [ietf.org]

Which OS and beans does he run?

[Rude Turnip]

So...if this thing runs Windows and brews Starbucks coffee, does that make it twice as evil?

Now...

[Telecommando]

If he can just integrate a urinal into his computer he'll never have to leave his desk.

But can it survive in the workplace?

[cybermace5]

I wonder...if doing this to my office box would be grounds for dismissal?

[rimshot]

Coffee Pot?

[bellings]

Uhh, guys? This isn't a coffee pot computer. This is a coffee maker.

I'm not impressed

[GutterBunny]

Yes this guy actually integrated two of the greatest innovations of mankind into one convenient case!

I won't be impressed until I see a computer integrated with a beer tap & a barstool. Those are two of the greatest innovations of mankind.

What about the other best invention

[Joel Ironstone]

I stuck my computer inside a wheel. It rolled away or I would post a link to it. The best part was that as it rolled it used gyroscopes to generate its own electricity, the more CPU cycles it required the more it slowed down. So to perform really complex stuff I had to climb a big hill and let it go. Those were the days!

Already been done . . .

[npsimons]

Bah. This is old news. Haven't these people ever heard of the Coffee HOWTO [tldp.org]?

Re:Pic mirror

[mark_lybarger]

just a thought, but if the webserver isn't serving pages properly, it's probably not serving images either ;). i didn't get the image on the more reliable google cached site either.

maybe tomorrow..

Re:Pic mirror

[corian]

Anyway, here [pimprig.com] is a direct link to the image. You can find a more reliable link (tho the picture is smaller) here [216.239.33.100], just scroll down the page.

You might choose to redefine "more reliable."

Re:Pic mirror

[echucker]

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /images/reviews/featrig-caffeine.jpg on this server.