Simplicity Every Time

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I'll keep it short tonight, as we've had a power cut - why, I've no idea, as the weather is warm-ish and very calm, and has been all day - and the broadband is now off, so I guess the DSLAM that feeds this part of Rachub has failed to reboot itself. Is our tech really so bloody friable? Answer: yes it bloody well is. Don't bode well does it? I'm using my tethered iPhone as my network connection to post this, so I'll get it out of the way before the mobile network dies on me as well. Anyway, this kind of leads nicely into my original intention for tonight's post: exactly why is it that we deem it necessary to overcomplicate the stuff in our lives? The case I was going to bring up was that of coffee makers. I had a push note for  the Zojirushi 5-cup Zutto pour-over [filter-style] automatic coffee maker; the review of which gushed that it had a 'really simple user-interface'. I ask you. So, in order to make a cup of coffee or two, I have to have a mains-dependent machine stuffed full of electronics? Do me a favour: if I wanted a cup of filter coffee - which I don't - I'd use a filter paper and funnel, old school: all I'd need is some way of boiling water, such as a simple kettle on my wood stove, and no electricity needed, thank you. Better still is one of the pictured: the very old school Mocha coffee pots by Bialetti: the closest you'll get to real espresso [blog posts passim on that topic], and again, the same deal: all I need is coffee, water, and a source of heat; viz, said stove. Job done. Occam's Razor wins again, especially in a power outage: although no coffee at this time of night, just red wine, even simpler...

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