Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Wellingtonista and Want-mas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85119#post85119 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85119#post85119 Thanks everyone for the espresso feedback. We'd hoped for the Ariette to last us a bit longer as we'd have liked to upgrade into the E61 Rocket/Domobar range but the timing's undone us.

The Rancilio sounds like a pretty good option. Any recommendations for a retail outfit that will rip…

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:57:23 +1300 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85118#post85118 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85118#post85118

But you can possibly get into the E61 grouphead/double boiler stuff for under $1,500 now? Not sure...

Got one of those too – I think they're more like $2.5k & that was a few years ago. Yeah., it beats the sunbeam, but not by a factor of 7.

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:39:11 +1300 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85117#post85117 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85117#post85117 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:36:29 +1300 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85116#post85116 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85116#post85116

Any recommendations for units under $1500 much appreciated...

I hate to go really cheap, but Consumer recommended this $369 unit as top of the bunch for espresso machines

http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/kitchen-laundry/small-appliances/coffee-machines/sunbeam-em5600-cafe-latte-coffee-machine/prod63843.html

We've got one of those, it's fine – takes a while to warm up & coffee seems to corrode the drip tray…

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:36:00 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85115#post85115 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85115#post85115

Also possibly requires an impartial yet kind observer to tell you what your verbal tic is

And some evil bastard trying to get you to slip up

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:06:13 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85108#post85108 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85108#post85108 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:16:44 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85107#post85107 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85107#post85107

Also, new challenge for someone to try tomorrow: try going a whole day without using whatever your verbal tick is, such as a) innuendo b) swear words or c) the word 'like' (or d. all of those things). It's bloody hard I tells ya.

Also possibly requires an impartial yet…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:06:55 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85105#post85105 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85105#post85105 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:55:56 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85100#post85100 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85100#post85100

It's bloody hard I tells ya.

Case in point.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:01:46 +1300 Joanna https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85095#post85095 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85095#post85095

good work whoever pulled it off.

James pulled it off. Heh heh heh.

Also, new challenge for someone to try tomorrow: try going a whole day without using whatever your verbal tick is, such as a) innuendo b) swear words or c) the word 'like' (or d. all of those…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:35:09 +1300 kmont https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85089#post85089 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85089#post85089

Stupid Craft Zine and it's stupid awesome jewelry

I really want one of those now. And a pony (could do with a lifesized carousel pony for our Christmas party).

I am really excited about Bunnies on Ponies for the TAWAs, good work whoever pulled it off.

PONIES!

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:51:15 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85077#post85077 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85077#post85077 awesome jewelry ]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:57:06 +1300 Heather W. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85075#post85075 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85075#post85075 Don't have a working naff detector.

How about this one at Print Perfection ?

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:50:36 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85051#post85051 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85051#post85051 Awkward, me?

I want-mas a decent 'The Angels Have the Blue Box' t-shirt. Like this only with the correct slogan, or like this but iwth the correct slogan. And not naff.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:27:10 +1300 Skinny https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85025#post85025 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85025#post85025

Any recommendations for units under $1500 much appreciated...

I hate to go really cheap, but Consumer recommended this $369 unit as top of the bunch for espresso machines

http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/kitchen-laundry/small-appliances/coffee-machines/sunbeam-em5600-cafe-latte-coffee-machine/prod63843.html

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:36:20 +1300 Amy Gale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85018#post85018 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85018#post85018

"snakes ε {R^2}"

(Snakes on a plane)

Triggers my Inner Crocodile Dundee, that does.

"That's not a snayk. Thees ees a snayk."

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:54:08 +1300 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85017#post85017 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85017#post85017 Peter – I have this (about $950 from Altura). My research at the time suggested it was the best under the heat exchange/domobar beasts:
http://www.wholelattelove.com/Rancilio/silvia.cfm
Great for a couple of cups at a time – I can better most cafe's on it for that. Multiple milky coffees, it's a bit…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:39:05 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85012#post85012 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85012#post85012

Any recommendations for units under $1500 much appreciated...

A cheaper addiction?

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:14:28 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85009#post85009 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85009#post85009 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:09:06 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85006#post85006 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85006#post85006 Yeah but they are a little too geeky (if that's possible), and the physics jokes are funnier. I like the Factorial! one though.

I always wanted the shirt that said:
"snakes ε {R^2}"

(Snakes on a plane)

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:04:52 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85004#post85004 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85004#post85004 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:00:27 +1300 Heather W. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85002#post85002 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=85002#post85002 Hadyn, there are plenty of places with Maths t-shirts for example Maths T-shirts Assume you have checked out Think Geek.

Though one person's funny is another's 'seriously WTF'

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:46:17 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84995#post84995 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84995#post84995 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:26:24 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84994#post84994 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84994#post84994

When I read this I assumed you were talking about one of the xkcd science shirts

I love xkcd but I want more of the maths jokes on shirts.

In summary, if you are Dr M searching the web in want-mas related desperation: neener neener neener.

The other good thing…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:24:29 +1300 Amy Gale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84993#post84993 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84993#post84993

I would quite like things such as a science tshirt.

When I read this I assumed you were talking about one of the xkcd science shirts, which in turn made me think, right, I want the regex cheat skirt. But then I thought wait a minute, it's not like I…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:11:56 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84992#post84992 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84992#post84992 I know it's technically too late to order things from overseas for Christmas but I would quite like some Actual Size stickers.

And I second the suggestion to visit the Felt website – they have some lovely stuff there. I met someone at the English Park market on Saturday, and…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:07:46 +1300 Rachel Prosser https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84987#post84987 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84987#post84987 Lots of lovely book vouchers. Or Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. But I may buy it for someone else instead!

Turkey for dinner (Croziers turkey naturally – my Ash-Vegan connections to the fore!)

And I second the suggestion to visit the Felt website – they have some lovely stuff there. I met…

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:59:45 +1300 Amy Galvani https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84976#post84976 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84976#post84976 Swonderful. And I want a good book, not the good book, but Scar Tissue by Anthony Keidis. I'm told it's a great read. And this is my first xmas (pretty much) away from my mum, so by midday xmas day I'll be wanting my mommy and… ]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:02:36 +1300 Joanna https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84937#post84937 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84937#post84937 For Xmas this year I want the things that I nominated for TAWAs to win, and I want everyone to come along and have a good time on the night, and for us to become rich and famous.

Also, I really really want a giant moosehead from Wanda Harland…

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:23:25 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84919#post84919 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84919#post84919 FMOM Wave Disrupter. It's very nice, but bloody heavy ]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:50:13 +1300 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84918#post84918 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84918#post84918

Zapp Brannigan Ray Gun!

Ooooh, that is nice and much cheaper than this beauty that I want-mas from Weta Workshop (USD5,000!)

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:47:03 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84917#post84917 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84917#post84917 Zapp Brannigan Ray Gun! ]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:39:15 +1300 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84916#post84916 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84916#post84916 I'm considering celebrating Dies Natalis Solis Invicti this year – the pagan "birthday of the unconquered sun" which was celebrated on Dec 25th (the taekover of this date by Christians for Christmas is still contentious)...

It just sounds like something I really should celebrate. The lack of conquering of the…

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:39:05 +1300 Naly D https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84910#post84910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84910#post84910 I have to buy my own presents.

Top of my list is a new car and Guitar Hero: World Tour.

I think I'll treat myself this year and buy the latter today or tomorrow.

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:21:14 +1300 Richard Irvine https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84907#post84907 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84907#post84907 I just this minute saw what I NEED: an angry mob playset.

Either that, or anything from the sportreview.net.nz Zobmbie Gift Guide from a year or so back.

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:18:01 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84897#post84897 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84897#post84897 And if I may advertise a little more:
I just noticed that the Felt.co.nz banner that is occasionally at the top of these threads features the crocheted Russian dolls my Amy makes.

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:37:21 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84896#post84896 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-wellingtonista-and-want-mas/?p=84896#post84896 Discussion from blog post.

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