There are days when I even surprise myself. It feels like I could do all things in the world at the same time, which was the case couple of days ago, when I was installing my dev-environment while cleaning my room. I almost felt like I am good at this house job. Well… about that… In the meantime this terrible cold hacked my system and now it’s giving me troubles, so apart from launching an attack with meds against it, I thought that bringing in more liquids can lead to an increased speed of recovery. I thought a bit and then concluded that nothing can happen if I put my kettle to boil with 3 mint teabags inside. Now, having seen the consequences of my actions… So, going back to kettle, when the water started boiling, instead of the button pop and some hot tea with biscuits, I obtained a fountain of water, flowing over my bags, electrical wires, and all the gadgets around the plug. I was looking mesmerized at the incredible phenomenon and couldn’t believe my eyes.
How many computer scientists do you need to make some tea? Clearly more than one!
P.S. Kids, don’t try this at home!
Flavia Grosan
krossfire said,
January 31, 2010 at 11:22
Tea Kettles usually give pretty bad results when it comes to herb infusions (the only ”tea” is the one obtained from camellia sinensis : black, green, red, white, oolong + combinations
). One of these, a Philips Kettle 46xx managed to overheat itself to burnout.
So, the classic combination of heated water + steel tea condenser does the trick, regardless of the nature of the tea/infusion. Also, a simple boiler (the conductor + plastic type) might work better for simply heating the water.
Get well soon
Lady Daffodil said,
January 31, 2010 at 12:50
Haha, thanks for the info, now I know the physics behind the tea business.
I’m trying to get back on track asap
. Greetings!
Sergiu said,
January 31, 2010 at 17:40
Same happened to me once. However, I was more stupid. I tried to boil milk in a device like that. It was ok, I stopped it on time, but it wasn’t easy to clean the kettle.
Lady Daffodil said,
January 31, 2010 at 18:08