DotEd vs. Espen: Coffee Drinking Challenge
Friday, 8. June 2007, 08:28:05
Done! I win!
DotEd and I had no idea we would have a small audience following these battles (yes, there will be several 
).
It got hyped a bit, but we will do our best to entertain you. Maybe it will inspire you to do something similar with someone here at My Opera as well, that would've been cool!
To us, it's not as much the contest (or the coffee for that matter) thats cool, but the fact that two people, on different corners of the planet can have a public coffee drinking challenge spur of the moment and already have an audience waiting feverishly. It's awesome.
Below you see a chat log from yesterday when Ed was on his morning train to work that inspired to the first battle:
[07.06.2007 15:30:32] Ed Palumbo sier : yo
[07.06.2007 15:30:55] Ed Palumbo sier : i just accidentally called you
[07.06.2007 15:35:12] Espen A. sier : heya, no probs. was out getting coffee anyway
[07.06.2007 15:35:52] Ed Palumbo sier : we should have a day wehere we compete between ourselves as to who can have the most cups of coffee
[07.06.2007 15:36:06] Espen A. sier : i've had 6 so far, but is soon 4 pm here so...
[07.06.2007 15:36:17] Espen A. sier : what are u up to?
[07.06.2007 15:36:22] Ed Palumbo sier : and blog a picture of each cup before and after
[07.06.2007 15:36:29] Espen A. sier : ye
[07.06.2007 15:36:33] Espen A. sier : "The Race"
We had talked about doing this for some time, so we just decided to do it. There will be updates throughout the day on our blogs so you can follow each of us as we're chugging down coffee. Ed and I are not allowed to look at each others blogs due to time difference (so he don't see that I've had six cups and he just push for seven). We also encourage everyone who's following this to not reveal how many cups of coffee we've had to each other (but feel free to cheer for one of us 
).
The first cup
Time: 09:43:16 AM
Arrived at work a bit late today. I have to remember to drink a lot of water today if I'm gonna win this. I have no idea how many cups of coffee Ed drinks, but I have a feeling it's a lot.
Number two
Time: 10:11:13 AM
The first cup went fast. Went straight for another one. I'm feeling strong today.
Third cup
Time: 10:33:13 AM
Have to calm down. Got some water as well. Don't want to hit the wall.
Four and five
Time: 12:07:08 PM
Back from lunch. Had a cup of coffee with my meal, and another one when I finished.
Six!
Time: 12:27:10 PM
Stacey took this photo of me. Thomas will shoot one of me taking a piss later.
Startin' to get messy
Time: 13:29:01 PM
But it goes surprisingly well. Number seven is going down now.
Artistic
Time: 14:44:42 PM
Thomas: "Geez, another cup of coffee?"
Black box of evil
Vetle was right.
Nine aaaand ten!
Time: 15:56:57
Two went down with lightning speed. I can really feel the coffee now. Hard to concentrate. Restless. A tasty cappuccino is next. That pure black coffee really messed my stomach up at the end. One hour left at work - kamikaze style now!
Stop!
After the cappuccino I didn't feel so good. But I managed to bring down one more. That brings me to twelve (12) cups of 
I feeil I could've done better. 
But it's now DotEd's turn! Point your browser over to his blog! I hope it will be an exciting race ... 
(100%)
WIDGETIZE
Øyvind Østlund # 8. June 2007, 08:49
- ØØ -
Stomyr # 8. June 2007, 08:53
DrLaunch # 8. June 2007, 08:54
They say developers are tools to convert caffeine into code. I wonder what what the result will be from you.
Espen André Øverdahl # 8. June 2007, 08:56
Originally posted by NoteMe:
Yeah, that's a coffee machine here at Opera. I was thinking about headin' down to 7/11 later and get a big one ... And I know this will be hard on my organs. I've started to sweat a bit.Stomyr # 8. June 2007, 09:00
seaempty # 8. June 2007, 09:22
Although this has me worried that I drink too much caffeine related products. If you have 6 or 7 cups a day, I have that in a morning O_o
Although it's mainly tea, which has some medicinal qualities.
Stomyr # 8. June 2007, 09:26
(*drinking my 4th cup of coffee*)
(And also as far as I know, the black tea has less caffeine, than coffee.
Vetle Roeim # 8. June 2007, 10:11
Espen André Øverdahl # 8. June 2007, 10:14
Stomyr # 8. June 2007, 11:11
Øyvind Østlund # 8. June 2007, 11:31
I think I speak for all of us when i say "leave that thought undone"
- ØØ -
Kasper Adolph # 8. June 2007, 12:05
Go Espen! Go Espen!
DrLaunch # 8. June 2007, 13:48
Ramūnas # 8. June 2007, 14:16
Go espen!
Vetle Roeim # 8. June 2007, 14:53
Øyvind Østlund # 8. June 2007, 16:43
- ØØ -
Matt Cox # 8. June 2007, 17:47
At least your coffee looks like coffee; I took a trip over to DotEd's blog and his looks as fake as any other american product.
No matter how many cups he drinks, I can't help but wonder whether your coffee will still be stronger.
Stomyr # 8. June 2007, 17:48
Originally posted by Espenao:
I told you...
Espen André Øverdahl # 8. June 2007, 17:59
Originally posted by coxy:
Dude. You have no idea. I'm still messed up.Originally posted by Stomyr:
Yeah, but we both knew I wouldn't listen!Karen # 8. June 2007, 19:45
.ed # 8. June 2007, 21:52
i lost?!?!
man but i blogged sooo sweeter! comentary ftw!
oh and coxy, i was putting cream in mine, i cant really stand the taste of coffee... made this kinda hard, but i did my last one black as night.
Geoff Girardin # 8. June 2007, 22:32
Anton # 9. June 2007, 05:00
.ed # 9. June 2007, 07:49
by the way, it should be noted that on my train ride home i fell asleep, hard and fast. when i woke up i checked my pulse, normally when i am awake my pulse is a very low 6bpm, and i sleep at 40 or so.. (most people sleep around 60)
so i woke up and checked it, i was sleeping with a pulse of 82bpm.
scary
Miss Kimbers # 14. June 2007, 06:52
I must say, I never liked coffee, but a friend made me a really nice coffee , so now I like it
Espen André Øverdahl # 14. June 2007, 08:24
I've been drinkin' coffee since a was little kid!