Here at Headshift we love being green. We read our McDonough, some of us cycle a lot, we even have a green (and orange, ok) logo! And we always, always shut down unused appliances, like the coffee machine.
Now, in order for a coffee machine to work it needs to warm up. It takes an average of 4′33″ to properly warm it up.
That’s a tricky number, and contemplating it sends minds haywire. So much so that the coffee machine usually ends up idling for far more than the named 4′33″.
On these occasions, Headshift people (me first) loving being green knights, literally dash to the kitchen and with articulated acrobatics that would make Trinity and Bruce Lee go hide themselves in shame, they switch off the machine.
More often than not, a few minutes later you can hear screams coming from the kitchen, as the coffee craving employee sees his caffeinated dreams vanish in front of a dead LED.
So today, I proudly armed myself with duct tape, moo cards and post-its (and not even a swiss army knife!) and made this little artefact, turning the coffee-making experience in a proper state machine (if it’s on and claimed, don’t transition to off).
there is also a generic version for the lazy (or not moo-powered):
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