by Jessica | Dec 16, 2013 | Bass, Coffee, Entertainment, Fun, Guitar, Music, Punk Rock, Rock N Roll, VIP Coffee Interview
Rouse, who has been playing both guitar and bass since he was 14, is best known as the bass player for Duff McKagan’s (of Guns N Roses fame) band Loaded. He’s played in countless bands over the years including Alien Crime Syndicate (with Loaded band mate...
by Joel | Dec 14, 2013 | Coffee Review, Decaf, Medium Roast
Rogers Roasters was kind enough to send us some of their Galilee Decaf Coffee to review. Not being much of a decaf drinker, I decided to get my parents involved with this review. They are both coffee lovers and tend to drink Decaf coffee. So I loaded up the family...
by Jessica | Dec 12, 2013 | Fun, Good Food, Learning, Recipe
Espresso Gingerbread Cake For the cake: 1/2 cup dark molasses (not blackstrap) 1/2 cup very strong brewed coffee or espresso, cooled to just warm 11-1/4 ounces (2-1/2 cups) all-purpose flour; more for the pan 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon table salt 1/4...
by Jessica | Dec 10, 2013 | Fun, Learning, Medium Roast, Recipe
White Spiced Coffee Ingredients: 3 cup(s) whole milk 1 cup(s) whole Bit O Java coffee beans, lightly cracked (bitojava.com/coffee/) 1 1/2 stick(s) (3 inches long) cinnamon sticks 4 whole(s) green cardamom pods 1/4 cup(s) honey Directions: Place the milk and crushed...
by Jessica | Dec 7, 2013 | Fun, Good Food, Learning, Recipe
Ingredients Brownies: 2 sticks (16 tbs) unsalted butter, cut into pieces 6 oz finely chopped unsweetened chocolate 2 cups sugar 1 1/2 tbs. espresso powder 2 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt 3 large eggs 1 cup all-purpose flour Glaze: 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs. water 3 tbs....
by Jessica | Nov 19, 2013 | Fun, General, Good Food, Learning, Recipe
Ingredients For Filling: * 2 cups sour cream * 1/2 cup milk * 1 box of vanilla instant pudding mix * 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract *Sliced strawberries Ingredients for Crepes: * 2 cups milk * 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour * 1/4 cup cocoa powder * 1/4 cup Ripped Cream...
by Joel | Nov 14, 2013 | Coffee Review, Medium Roast
Barista Maniac was kind enough to review the Bit O Java Guatemala Roast on his Barista Maniac Blog. His initial impressions were: “The aromas right out of the bag, remind me of the walk I took through Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory as a kid. Right up front...
by Jessica | Oct 18, 2013 | Fun, Recipe
Late Night Mocha Ingredients: *Enough coffee & water to brew 8 cups *1/2 tsp. Cinnamon *1 cup Hazelnut Half & Half *2 tsp. Vanilla *1/2 cup Chocolate Syrup * 4 tsp. sugar * Ice (crushed) For Garnish (Optional) : *Whipped Cream *Shaved...
by Joel | Oct 14, 2013 | Computer, Facebook, internet, TECH
You like fan pages on Facebook. We all do. That is part of being able to connect on Facebook. You have your friends, places, web sites and businesses you want to follow all in a convenient place, your news feed. The is where everything you want to see and...
by Joel | Oct 5, 2013 | Computer, email, internet, TECH
I get asked questions about opening e-mail attachments just about every day. Someone asks if they should open the e-mail that they got from a friend that claims it is the funniest, cutest, most important e-mail ever. It is a high risk low reward choice to open that...
by Jessica | Sep 24, 2013 | Entertainment, Fun, Guitar, Music, Rock N Roll, VIP Coffee Interview
Enjoy The Ride- Part 3 Of Our Interview With Ryan Roxie of Roxie 77, Alice Cooper and Casablanca “Just remember , the bass player’s going to get all the money and all the chicks,but you’re going to get all the glory as a guitar player.” ...
by Joel | Sep 21, 2013 | ios, Operating System, TECH
iOS7 has only been out for a short period of time. Everyone was in a rush to update their devices and on the first day the servers were bogged down and things with our friends at Apple were going slow. So I decided to wait and do the update about 24 hours after iOS7...
by Joel | Sep 20, 2013 | Coffee Review, Dark Roast
We were recently sent samples of Rogers Family Coffee Companies Cafe Jerusalem coffee’s. There are four distinct coffee’s included. The second to make it to the drip machine was the Cafe Jerusalem Lion Gate Dark Roasted. We did not have as much trouble...
by Jessica | Sep 16, 2013 | Entertainment, Fun, Learning, Music, Rock N Roll
The 1970’s: The Decade That Changed Rock “I won’t be a rock star, I will be a legend.” – Freddie Mercury The main goal of 1970’s musicians was to get away from music that came with the peace and love theme of the 1960’s. They did just that by adding sizzling...
by Joel | Sep 10, 2013 | Computer, Learning, TECH
I get a lot of questions about the difference between Memory, RAM and a Hard Disk. RAM and a Hard Disk are really just different types of Memory. It is actually quite simple, but I can understand why people would have trouble understanding the difference. Random...