Weekend Gadget blow up…

Ya'll usually see cool stuff here with gadgets in our how-tos and other things, but what you don't see is when it goes
terribly wrong. We give you exhibit A. The Starbuck "Barista" Espresso machine, we thought it might be cool to attach our kitchen Xandros Linux box to it and then control the espresso machine with our Pocket PC. Sounds interesting right? but in reality, not such a good idea- we totally fried the espresso machine. The machine was already on its last legs — the pump was faulty, the warranty had expired, and we were about to toss it out — so it's not a major loss. But there it is.