Modern home networking.

[tyggerjai]

Back in the day, of course, the cable that came out of our modem or cable modem or whatever went straight into a Linux box with various packet filtering stuff ( unless you were a rhesus monkey, and come to think of it, the original lioness was OpenBSD). These days, I suspect, no-one bothers, we just buy smarter ADSL modems in the first place. Is that the case, oh geeks? Has the wrt54g rendered the home gateway obsolete?

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Sunbeam have a conical burr grinder on the market that's probably the best value for money in that bracket. Indeed, some people have reported it's good enough for doing espresso properly. Should run about $180.

Next step up is an Iberital Challenge, Nemox mumble, etc. Probably about $300.

Next step up is a second-hand commercial - like an old Super Jolly. These are fine instruments, although they use flat burrs, not conical (not that it really matters too much at this point). $150-500 condition dependant and remember they're two feet tall.

I've skipped a lot of options because I don't think they make good value-sense. There's a lot of expensive consumer devices but I'd rather get a second-hand commercial and potentially replace the burrs than pay a thousand bucks for consumer kit.

[tyggerjai]

Sunbeam seem to have 2 conical burr grinders available through my credit card awards program, actually - the "Cafe series" and the non-cafe series. I have enough point to get the non-cafe series one for $88, or the cafe series for $135. I suspect the extra $50 would be worth it for longevity.