TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

 Problem:  I want to re-do my landscaping, but want to re-use the existing rock.  The old rock has gotten brown and yellow stains on the bottom - can I clean it? TL;DR:  No, you can't. As far as I can tell, the rock is called "Crystal White".  Mine looks to be about 1" / 25mm size. Over time, it develops brown and/or yellow "staining" on the bottom.  This is likely due to oxidation.   This means taking up and re-laying down the same rock doesn't work, since half the rock will be discolored instead of nice and white.  As this rock is hard to find and potentially expensive, I wanted to re-use the same rock instead of throwing it away. It may seem obvious that you can - or can't.  Some people report success in "cleaning" their rock. I tried the following materials to eliminate the discolorations: Barkeepers Friend (oxalic acid) Stainless Steel cleaner TSP (premixed / ready-to-use) CLR (straight) Palmolive dish detergent Glass cleaner (ammon...

Problem:  Tassimo machine runs the wrong cycle with the cleaning disc in.  Usually, the problem is it will not run the descaling program no matter how long the brew button is pressed. For example: -  It runs a regular cleaning cycle instead of a descale cycle; or -  It runs an "add water" cycle instead of a descale cycle; or -  It runs an "add water" cycle instead of a cleaning cycle. You can sometimes tell that this is what the machine "wants" to do because the wrong icons light up when you put in the cleaning disc.  For example, the "add water" icon may light up, which is not supposed to occur with the cleaning disc in place. Solution:  It's probably reading the wrong barcode off of the cleaning disc.  Mostly this occurs because the window that lets the machine "see" the barcode is dirty. To fix, lift up the disc holder and clean the little rectangular window underneath, then re-insert.  The machine should then be able...