Doing a bit of blog reading this morning I ran across RFC2324: The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP). Published in April of 1998, it defines “a protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots.”  lol!  Even if you have no idea what an RFC is and don’t care at all about Internet standards, this document is well worth skimming. Parts of it a dry and read just like any other RFC, but there are gems buried in there. Here are some of my favorites:

2.1.4   WHEN method:
When coffee is poured, and milk is offered, it is necessary for the holder of the recipient of milk to say “when” at the time when sufficient milk has been introduced into the coffee. For this purpose, the “WHEN” method has been added to HTCPCP.

2.3.2   418 I’m a teapot:
Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error code “418 I’m a teapot”. The resulting entity body MAY be short and stout.

7.   Security Considerations:
Anyone who gets in between me and my morning coffee should be insecure.