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March 2005 - Posts

I'm not MIA

While I was preparing to move office I got incredibly busy, and then one day my laptop decided not to start. So I sent it off for repairs on Tuesday. I expect it will be ready early next week. I haven't gotten my desktop machine at the office fully functional Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:31 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Moving office is no fun

I’ve been trying to make moving into my new commercial space a gradual process, but it turns out that even moving a load or two of things each day for the last week wasn’t fast enough to get everything over there in time for my intended Wednesday Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:48 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Jetlag and demos don't mix

Last night I finally slept sometime after 6am, and managed to get out of bed about 5 hours later. The previous night I slept much earlier but didn’t get up until midday. Alternating between sleeplessness and oversleeping is not much fun. I did demos Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:49 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Looking forward

Except for necessary moments of sleep, my first two full days back were all business. Jetlag has caused me more trouble than usual… two nights ago I slept less than three hours, and last night I unintentionally slept more than 10. I think what Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 19, 2005 11:59 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Last days

I ended up scheduling a little more time for this trip than necessary. I had anticipated seeing a more public venue in Japan where the dragon beard candy company was planning to sell their product, so that I could witness, and hopefully learn from, a Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:32 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Tokyo FoodEx 2005, Day 4

On the last day at FoodEx I followed up with a couple of companies I had some interest in, and then I made a few other discoveries. I can’t say that there was one product I would absolutely have to have this time, but I found several that I’m Read More...
Posted Friday, March 11, 2005 9:59 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Hoteres 2005, Day 3

I tried to compress seeing all of the Tokyo Hotel, Restaurant and Catering show into one day this year. It was quite similar to last year, but I did find some excellent suppliers of Japanese tableware for restaurant and gift markets… some very Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:41 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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FoodEx 2005, Day 2: The Japanese section, and business dinner

I managed to get a little misdirected on the train this morning, but I wasn’t the only one confused by the ambiguities of the Keiyo-sen; a Japanese couple opposite me was equally bewildered to be moving nowhere closer to Kaihin-makuhari station. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:17 AM by jason | 1 Comments
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FoodEx 2005, Day 1

I spent most of the day in the international section of FoodEx, mostly because that’s the hall where I entered. I wanted to briefly say hi to my dragon beard candy supplier, and I also had a meeting planned with a yuzu juice supplier in the afternoon, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:01 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Just before FoodEx

So I thought I’d do some… er… research before FoodEx, and I thought it would be very important to know how these two cakes taste. They came from the patisserie Gerard Mulot in the basement of Shinjuku’s Takashimaya. I can report Read More...
Posted Monday, March 07, 2005 5:51 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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A short hop to Hong Kong

I experienced some laptop trouble as I was hitting Hong Kong and I wasn’t able to get the machine to boot. I finally got it to successfully pass the initial POST tonight, just as I’ve arrived in Tokyo. I may have limited connectivity should Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:01 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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