Today I left the coffee maker on for 12 hours again. I left the apartment around 2pm and was gone until midnight. I even realized that I left it on when I was 5 minutes into my day. But I figured it wouldn't burn the (very old and flammable) building down, since it never has before.
When you leave a coffeemaker on for that long, it gets this really cool layer of condensed black coffee crud crystallised on the bottom. And you have to scrub with soap and hot water to get it out. Shouldn't any appliance with a heating element have an auto-shut off after like 6 hours? 6 hour old coffee is really nasty anyway.
Posted by Ethan at February 3, 2003 12:43 AMget some X10 shit... Assuming you have either a phone line or an "Always connected" internet connection, you could dial/IP into your home computer and turn that shit off.
Alternatively, put it on a timer that just automatically turns off the power to the thing at 4pm every day.
Posted by: adam on February 3, 2003 07:35 AMyour solutions are always far too automated. I prefer remembering to shut it off. And besides, I only make my own coffee once a week...
Posted by: ethan on February 3, 2003 02:12 PM