18 days ago
deusx : Starbucks Interactive Cup™ Brewer - They've got one of these at Google Ann Arbor. Kind of fascinating, seems like it should be evil. But, it doesn't appear to use pods, rather it grinds the beans on demand. The result is not entirely awful.
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11 month ago
WillPate : Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses
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26 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Skip the Coffee? What’s Money for, Anyway? - Skip the Coffee? What’s Money for, Anyway?: "...we put away a fair chunk of change out of every paycheck. So I’m a little tired of hearing this copycat scolding about my coffee."
deusx : Skip the Coffee? What’s Money for, Anyway? - New York Times - "A happier life calls for a little grasshopper with your ant."
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28 month ago
deusx : Improv Everywhere Mission: The Moebius - "On Saturday, March 22, 2003 Improv Everywhere agents created a living moebius strip in the Astor Place Starbucks. Seven undercover agents meticulously repeated a five-minute slice of time for twelve consecutive repetitions."
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32 month ago
deusx : DoubleShot Coffee To Customers: Mistook Us For Starbucks? You're An Idiot. - Consumerist - "I vehemently apologize for the confusion and ask you to please not come in here anymore because stupid people annoy me..."
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35 month ago
jkottke : Cory has calculated the center of gravity of Starbucks in Manhattan - Cory has calculated the center of gravity of Starbucks in Manhattan...that is, the geographic point where all of them are pulling equally on you. It's right around 40th St and 5th Ave.
kellan : the lat and log for every Starbucks in Manhattan - in case you ever find yourself in the position to call in an airstrike #
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35 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : the secret short cappuccino at Starbucks
deusx : Starbucks Economics - Solving the mystery of the elusive "short" cappuccino. By Tim Harford - "They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will charge you less for it."
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Andy Baio : Video: Grumpy Starbucks spec ad - it's no Nutrigrain, but it made me laugh [via]
deusx : pri_starbucks_grumpy.mov (video/quicktime Object) - Great stuff... although, I think I'd've thrown the bell even after I'd had my morning fix.
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43 month ago
plasticbag : The Mermaid by Heinz Insu Fenkl - An awesome piece of investigation into the figure of the mermaid, the siren and representations of female sexuality centred around the Starbucks logo
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