dustinfluke.com

It seems that for the past couple of years I’ve always wanted to have a web site that is good, but I’ve never gotten around to it. I really desire a django powered site, but how much do I really need that in favor of something that just works? My wife has a nice looking blog that she actually pushes new content to, unlike my own “is never finished” website that has been stagnating for the last 2 years or so.

That said, I’m looking at the new year hoping for some changes in these areas. I might be using wordpress again, but it’s better than using nothing.

On a side note, I also have an upcoming coffee project I’ll be working on launching. Hopefully this will be the start to a long road of success in a coffee selling and roasting business, but we’ll see where it takes me. I need some dollars to start up, so while we’re waiting on that to be collected, I’ll be working on some video projects I have an idea for. I might even start up the website again, or just publish it as-is so there is more motivation to get this off the ground.

I was kind of thrilled to see that someone is taking some pretty bold moves in the coffee industry. The Chicago Tribune
has a story about how Intelligentsia has taken all the coffee urns out of their stores in favor of per cup coffee. I’ve personally wished that more places would do this, but properly. I once opted for a press pot at LPT (La Prima Tazza) and the barista, while good on the espresso machine, didn’t know how much coffee or how to prepare a press pot. The result was an over-priced flavored water. I’ve often told myself, if I ever open a cafe, I’ll have very little prepared coffee, but more of an “on demand” coffee that focuses on quality and home roasting. We’ll see.