I guess I’m now officially a “computer programmer” which lets me get away with things I normally wouldn’t. Today I did one of those things.

Ciara and I drink a LOT of tea. We also have very, very short attention spans so when we set the tea to steep, we usually forget about it until it’s too late and we’re left with bitter tea.

I don’t think we’ll have that problem any more. I’ve created a tea timer in flash that counts down the steep time based on the kind of tea we choose (Green, Assam or Black) and then plays a gong sound so that we know when the tea is ready to drink.

You can download it here (if you want to save it, just right click and do a save as. Also be forewarned, it stretches out to the window so it may look blown up when you click the link). If you have any questions or want the source .fla file, just e-mail me.