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  "html": "<ul>\n<li><p>I'm at once repulsed and attracted by all these one-cup coffee machines, with their pods and buttons and <a href=\"http://bloggle.com/coffee/2005/03/senseo-crema-mystery.php\">false promises of crema</a>.  But, there's the waste, and the fact that I <em>never</em> just drink one cup.  And the little filter-pucks of coffee just seem like they'd be impossible to be anything but stale.</p>\n<p>However, with respect to that last point, I've just found the <a href=\"https://www.greatcoffee.com/keurig_home_bundle2_nr.cfm\">Keurig B50</a> and its <a href=\"https://www.greatcoffee.com/keurig_general_kcups.cfm\">K-Cups</a>.  These are little foil-sealed cups of ground coffee that only ever get unsealed when you turn on the machine.  Seems like this might be a better way than filter pucks.</p>\n<p>But then, I've never tried a Senseo, and will likely never buy that or a Keurig B50.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Just noticed that my <a href=\"http://colloquy.info/extras/details.php?file=31\">DecafBland style for Colloquy</a> has been sucked into the nightly builds.  Hooray!  Glad it's still living on despite my not having touched it in about a year.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Something damn cool I just discovered about OmniWeb's tab drawer: </p>\n<p>You can group-select the window thumbnails.  Once having done that, you can close them in groups, as well as drag them in groups into the drawers of other windows.  This is a power-user's dream.  It's one of those things that made sense to try, so I tried it, and was happily surprised to see it actually work.  </p>\n<p>OmniGroup is <a href=\"http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35548\"><em>teh greetest!</em></a></p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089689\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8a3de2f690008383e7c8ef508d0f950f&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">CaptainChris</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089689\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-31T08:43:14\">2005-03-31T08:43:14</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Nespresso is the way to go.  It just works, the coffee is good and you get a Crema! (And everything!)\nhttp://www.nespresso.com/</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089696\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.holygoat.co.uk/blog\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1cbb0263350d8637ce9b80f1354a2277&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.holygoat.co.uk/blog\">Rich</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089696\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-31T12:34:27\">2005-03-31T12:34:27</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">You can also Command-select items in the bookmark or history views and drag into a tab drawer to open them all. Beautiful browser.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089702\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://therealadam.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=930993d33d2ce457bf871158e688a2fa&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://therealadam.com\">Adam Keys</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089702\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-31T20:41:56\">2005-03-31T20:41:56</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Let me join in the OmniWeb lovefest with a qualification: oh, how I pine for Greasemonkey-esque functionality!</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089703\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://seizethedave.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=0e9459b42af2fdf661d3384c052fbba4&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://seizethedave.com\">David Grant</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089703\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-01T12:01:28\">2005-04-01T12:01:28</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Used to have a Keurig machine at an old job - they coffee was good but nothing remarkable.  Perhaps you can get better cups for it.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089705\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.livejournal.com/users/calieber/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=7e2de8606008da6bf3bc9b89d1f97936&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.livejournal.com/users/calieber/\">Charles</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089705\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-19T23:58:11\">2005-04-19T23:58:11</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I have a one-cup French press. Takes a bit longer, but I don't have to worry about beng stuck with the Betamax of coffeemakers and having this huge machine that takes pods no one makes anymore.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089710\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://blog.forret.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=ebf3ff19e1c49eb15dd83d41d5858319&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://blog.forret.com\">Peter Forret</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089710\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-20T10:24:29\">2005-04-20T10:24:29</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I've tried most of them, the DouweEgberts, the Nescafe, the Nespresso, the Illy machines, the Senseo with regular/strong/Milano coffee pads.\nFact is, they never deliver the excellent expresso you find in cafes in Italy or Portugal. It's just a fact of life, I guess. Small machines =&gt; no great coffee. Here in Belgium it's even difficult to find good expresso in bars or restaurants.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089714\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=14ad6f2d8f08ad2aa4216dfb78498d3b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">Luca</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221089714\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-21T09:07:48\">2005-04-21T09:07:48</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Being an Italian living in Scotland I believe that you cannot get the same coffee anywhere else, since the quality of the water makes a big difference, even between cities in Italy coffee tastes completely different. I use a little mocha and buy Italian coffe but still..... not as good as a proper espresso!\nAnd yes, Omniweb is the browser. I have tried all of them and despite not being the fastest one, I still go back to it. Best surfing experience!!</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "* I'm at once repulsed and attracted by all these one-cup coffee machines, with their pods and buttons and [false promises of crema][false].  But, there's the waste, and the fact that I *never* just drink one cup.  And the little filter-pucks of coffee just seem like they'd be impossible to be anything but stale.\r\n\r\n  However, with respect to that last point, I've just found the [Keurig B50][b50] and its [K-Cups][kc].  These are little foil-sealed cups of ground coffee that only ever get unsealed when you turn on the machine.  Seems like this might be a better way than filter pucks.\r\n  \r\n  But then, I've never tried a Senseo, and will likely never buy that or a Keurig B50.\r\n\r\n[b50]:https://www.greatcoffee.com/keurig_home_bundle2_nr.cfm\r\n[false]:http://bloggle.com/coffee/2005/03/senseo-crema-mystery.php\r\n[kc]: https://www.greatcoffee.com/keurig_general_kcups.cfm\r\n\r\n* Just noticed that my [DecafBland style for Colloquy][db] has been sucked into the nightly builds.  Hooray!  Glad it's still living on despite my not having touched it in about a year.\r\n\r\n[db]:http://colloquy.info/extras/details.php?file=31\r\n\r\n* Something damn cool I just discovered about OmniWeb's tab drawer: \r\n  \r\n  You can group-select the window thumbnails.  Once having done that, you can close them in groups, as well as drag them in groups into the drawers of other windows.  This is a power-user's dream.  It's one of those things that made sense to try, so I tried it, and was happily surprised to see it actually work.  \r\n  \r\n  OmniGroup is [*teh greetest!*][greet]\r\n\r\n[greet]:http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35548\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089689\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8a3de2f690008383e7c8ef508d0f950f&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">CaptainChris</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089689\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-31T08:43:14\">2005-03-31T08:43:14</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Nespresso is the way to go.  It just works, the coffee is good and you get a Crema! (And everything!)\r\n\r\nhttp://www.nespresso.com/</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089696\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.holygoat.co.uk/blog\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1cbb0263350d8637ce9b80f1354a2277&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.holygoat.co.uk/blog\">Rich</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089696\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-31T12:34:27\">2005-03-31T12:34:27</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">You can also Command-select items in the bookmark or history views and drag into a tab drawer to open them all. Beautiful browser.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089702\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://therealadam.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=930993d33d2ce457bf871158e688a2fa&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://therealadam.com\">Adam Keys</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089702\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-31T20:41:56\">2005-03-31T20:41:56</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Let me join in the OmniWeb lovefest with a qualification: oh, how I pine for Greasemonkey-esque functionality!</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089703\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://seizethedave.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=0e9459b42af2fdf661d3384c052fbba4&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://seizethedave.com\">David Grant</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089703\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-01T12:01:28\">2005-04-01T12:01:28</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Used to have a Keurig machine at an old job - they coffee was good but nothing remarkable.  Perhaps you can get better cups for it.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089705\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.livejournal.com/users/calieber/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=7e2de8606008da6bf3bc9b89d1f97936&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.livejournal.com/users/calieber/\">Charles</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089705\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-19T23:58:11\">2005-04-19T23:58:11</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I have a one-cup French press. Takes a bit longer, but I don't have to worry about beng stuck with the Betamax of coffeemakers and having this huge machine that takes pods no one makes anymore.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089710\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://blog.forret.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=ebf3ff19e1c49eb15dd83d41d5858319&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://blog.forret.com\">Peter Forret</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089710\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-20T10:24:29\">2005-04-20T10:24:29</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I've tried most of them, the DouweEgberts, the Nescafe, the Nespresso, the Illy machines, the Senseo with regular/strong/Milano coffee pads.\r\nFact is, they never deliver the excellent expresso you find in cafes in Italy or Portugal. It's just a fact of life, I guess. Small machines => no great coffee. Here in Belgium it's even difficult to find good expresso in bars or restaurants.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221089714\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=14ad6f2d8f08ad2aa4216dfb78498d3b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">Luca</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221089714\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-04-21T09:07:48\">2005-04-21T09:07:48</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Being an Italian living in Scotland I believe that you cannot get the same coffee anywhere else, since the quality of the water makes a big difference, even between cities in Italy coffee tastes completely different. I use a little mocha and buy Italian coffe but still..... not as good as a proper espresso!\r\n\r\nAnd yes, Omniweb is the browser. I have tried all of them and despite not being the fastest one, I still go back to it. Best surfing experience!!</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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