☕🧪 Adding a tiny amount of moisture to #coffee beans prevents the build-up of static electricity during the grinding process.

This reduction in static stops the coffee grounds from clumping and allows for a more even water flow during extraction. The result is a stronger and more consistent shot of #espresso.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/best-espresso-science/

#science #chemistry #physics #research #food #uoregon #technology #tech

Tonight's #XPlane #flightsim mission was hauling a group of #UOregon Ducks fans from Scranton, PA to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl next Friday.

Dispatchers let me slap a Ducks logo on the side of my #Cirrus #SF50 Vision jet so the pax felt at home.

If anyone got to see the #UOregon #GoDucks in the CFP game today, they quite easily took down No. 4 Texas Tech 23 to ZERO. This gets them what appears to be a semi-final game against No. 1 Indiana, which is leading Alabama 24-3 in the Rose Bowl today.

Ducks defense completely stopped Tech's offense (see that ZERO?) with 3 picks and a takeaway.

Oregon's offense did what they had to do. It wasn't an explosive offense, but they moved the ball.

Brandon Finney, Jr. was today's Ducks star.

And speaking of free public transportation (we're we?), I just recently learned I can get a free LTD bus pass because of my age, good for five years and also good on the Autzen Shuttle busses to the #UOregon #GoDucks football games. This will come in handy 11/14 as I have a comped ticket to the Oregon vs. Minnesota game.

Got the pass today, super easy and took less than five minutes.

Just got back from watching the #UOregon #GoDucks beat Wisconsin at Autzen. Went to my friend's and watched on TV.

We made the right call bailing on the live game at the stadium. It was DUMPING rain most of game, winds 20G45 kts, just nasty WX to sit outside in for four hours.

Game itself was a sloshy mess, lots of fumbles, interceptions and general mayhem.

But Ducks got the W because yes, Ducks love water.

#Eugene #Oregon #ORWX

(Pic - not mine - is right before another round of +RS hit)

My ATC friend who was comping me the #UOregon #GoDucks ticket today and I made the "no-go" decision, and will watch at his place on TV.

Why?

I just had one of the nastiest fronts blow thru my yard, when NEXRAD was just green, no cells present. Took off the top 50' of a dead Doug Fir next door, and blew several 12' limbs into my yard.

Also hundreds of lightning strikes just north of Eugene.

I told him as a pilot, I'd make the "no-go" decision on flying, so we scrubbed the live game. #ORWX

Good friend of mine (former ATC so yes, lots of yummy "trading paint" stories) is turning me on to a ticket to the #UOregon #GoDucks home game this Saturday against the 2-5 #Wisconsin Badgers, who have been shut out the last two weeks.

Oregon is going with a "Grateful Ducks" theme, an homage to the many times the band played Autzen Stadium. Crowd color scheme is "tye-die" but the only tie-dye I have is a red Lycoming shirt, and the Badgers colors are red.

Going with green and yellow.