Wow. So much to write about, but I'm no wordsmith so I'll try to | |
keep this brief. Regarding signal to noise, kvothe [1] strives for | |
keeping the SNR higher in efforts to preserve the value of gopher | |
and phlogs. I too wish to phost about interesting subjects, and my | |
futile efforts to force myself to write have only resulted in | |
details of the mundane. Hopefully the acknowledgement of this will | |
help keep clarity in most (let's be honest) future phosts. | |
Coffee. Can't live without it. Can't help debating about it. I | |
prefer mine smooth and with a little cream and am happy with it | |
from drip, french press or pourover. Probably many other ways too | |
but those are the most common, and while other means may be nice | |
and fancy, the juice isn't worth the squeeze. Or grind, in this | |
case. | |
I don't know if I'm in the minority or not but I have no qualms | |
about instant coffee. Instant coffee is convenient and often | |
useful for a midday cup when a full pot is too much. Currently I | |
like the premixed packets from companies such as Maxim, Rose Bud, | |
or Owl [2], but Taster's Choice is A-OK. These instant packets are | |
ready to go and are balanced quite nicely. Maybe it's because I | |
spent a few seasons as a professional camper, but it hits the | |
spot. | |
Now on to the dogpile of the half-week: connoisseurship. I've | |
spent a few days trying to organize my thoughts on this whilst | |
reading everyone's opinions. Each comment had my mind exclaiming, | |
"ooh! ooh!", but I've long since forgotten what I was going to | |
mention for each, so please bear with me on what little I do | |
remember. I'm already going to skip the similar sentiments to | |
avoid this being a reverb room: | |
Solderpunk [3] hinted that connoisseurship is cultivated by | |
"commercialised artisanship". | |
Commercialised artisanship -- the juxtaposition of these two words | |
is fantastic. These two words question the legitimacy of the craft | |
product movement. Kvothe points out how beer [4] too is overtaken | |
by the craft craze. Don't misunderstand me; I love craft beer. I | |
had a whole rant on the industry written out but I thought better | |
of it because it's unproductive. So I'm changing the subject. | |
Connoisseurship shouldn't be loathed because it's the result of | |
obsessing over every detail. To do so is to loathe the quest for | |
knowledge. That is a quality of a hobby. The difference between a | |
hobbyist and a connoisseur is pretentiousness, and that, to me, | |
is a quality worthy of scorn. | |
Shout out to sparcipx [5], whose phosts I wanted to incorporate | |
but I ended up in dead ends. | |
[1] gopher://sdf.org/0/users/kvothe/phlog/2018/02/19-snr | |
[2] http://www.owl.com.sg | |
[3] gopher://sdf.org/0/users/solderpunk/phlog/against-connoisseurship.txt | |
[4] gopher://sdf.org/0/users/kvothe/phlog/2018/02/26-connoisseurship | |
[5] gopher://sdf.org/0/users/sparcipx/phlog/February_2018/02-26-18 | |