harald
Qt
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Posted by harald
 in Qt, KDE
 on Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 14:11

I’m happy to announce (no April joke this time) that every attendee to the KDevelop developer meeting in Munich will get a free USB hub (4 port) with integrated coffee cup lukewarmer! No more cold coffee, this wonderful device will make sure that your perfect brew will stay hot warm slightly above room temperature at all time:

USB Hub with coffee cup warmer

There are still some free seats, please check the KDevelop wiki for registration info and instructions on how to get there.

Disclaimer: Cup not included in offer. However, coffee and tea are free during the meeting

7 Responses to “Free USB hub with coffee cup holder!”

» Posted by teatime
 on Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 15:48

This changes everything! Where do I sign up?! :D

» Posted by Thiago Macieira
 on Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 17:47

Let me point out one important thing: Harald said it’s a “coffee cup warmer”. He did not say “coffee warmer”.

The difference is subtle, but important:

1) it heats your cup, not your coffee. First-hand experience.

2) do not pour coffee on top of the warmer without a cup. Not first-hand experience. :-)

» Posted by wysota
 on Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 19:01

Have you tried using a plastic cup? It might be thin enough (and isolate poorly enough) for some heat to actually get through to the coffee itself…

» Reply from harald
 on Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 20:07
harald

@wysota: Trouble with plastic cups is that a) the heat also goes to my fingers, which I don’t like that much and b) they usually enter a strange symbiosis with the hub, so you need three people to get it off again.

» Posted by Will
 on Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 22:30

Oooh, is a free Mac Book Pro also included in this special limited time offer? :-)

» Posted by Hrw
 on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 @ 06:09

I have such cup warmer. It works ok as a hub (as there is power supply connector) but as a warmer is just fails completely.

But I hope that this one is USB 2.0 not 1.1 like mine.

» Posted by wysota
 on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 @ 09:29

@harald: You can’t have them all… Anyway I think I prefer the tape dispenser hub we saw during last DevDays event in Munich - not so controversial (and it glowed)… And you could even use the tape to fix a hole in the plastic cup after ending its symbiosis with the warmer-hub…