On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:16:22 GMT
"Jim Rutledge" > wrote:

> Well, A good question. We have been experimenting with using it for home
> cooked meals,mainly. For the recipes we have tried with yeast
> we have been looking for repeatability of results. With this in mind we
> created a timer that has more than one set of entries (in sets A-E) works
> well enough for our modest needs.Each set can be tweaked
> to different room temperatures ,(or whatever parameters you want to
> change). Also I have used a thermometer in water to make sure it
> is at desired temperature. We are looking into adding more functions
> to make it even more useful for cooks.. Let me know you got any ideas of
>
> what you would like to see, perhaps well can develope this further ??


I'd like it to be water resistant, battery powered, no bigger than a
deck of cards, and have a strong magnet on the back, preferably neodymium.
Failing that, I'd like it integrated into the dial or bezel of an analog
wris****ch.

Seriously, these things are only repeatable under controlled conditions.
People who *have these controlled conditions quickly figure out how much
time to leave their dough in the proofer, for example, and just punch that
into their $5 battery powered timer, or rotate the bezel on their watch.

People who *don't have controlled conditions may for some reason get off
on punching variables into some gewgaw on the funny tv.

The only computer based timer application i personally wish i had was
something small and simple to time my tea at work. I make loose leaf tea at
my desk, and i'd like a gnome-compliant docklet app that increments 30
seconds every time i click on it, and gives me a visual (not audible)
annunciation when the time is up. I'm just too lazy to write it myself.

Your product is exactly like the advanced cooking features on my
microwave. I can *tell my microwave that I want to heat a frozen burrito,
but then it wants to know how big it is, how many there are, etc. Sometimes
it actually tells me to look in the manual. It's not worth it. I just fudge
it and give it an arbitrary amount of time based on an educated guess.