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April 2005 - Posts

Oh, that espresso machine problem

Sunday I mentioned that my espresso machine failed during a matcha latte demo. It turned out to be a trivial thing… my thermal cutoff died. My initial impression that it must have overheated was correct. I went to Home Espresso Repair in Phinney Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:20 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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How to be adaptable

Over the last few days I have been chatting with some more people who I think will be good partners for near-term business projects… I was approached by someone who wants me to coordinate and plan a short-term ceramics event in the late summer/early Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:46 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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First matcha latte demo

It was a quiet day at Bellevue’s Uwajimaya, but I did my first demonstration of Three Tree Tea’s matcha latte mix . Customer reception seemed mostly positive, but there are some folks who don’t like matcha, some who don’t like Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:16 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Demos on weekdays, sorbet at night

I somehow confused myself into thinking that today was still Wednesday. I’ve had a bit of trouble sleeping so maybe my mind isn’t working at full speed. Anyway, I’ve been doing more weekday sampling at Uwajimaya so that I can get rid Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:48 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Telling marketing stories

Joi Ito wrote about a book called All Marketers Are Liars which talks about the relevance of the stories behind products to their perceived value. It sounds like a good read, since I also realized the story behind a product is at least as important as Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:11 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Matcha gin

Last night I mixed about 1/4 cup Matcha Latte mix with a couple of tablespoons of warm water, stirred it a bit, then I added about 3 cups (or roughly 750 ml) of dry gin and shook it up a bit. I will infuse the mixture for about 7 days and then keep it Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:01 PM by jason | 8 Comments

A rare case of tax procrastination

When I worked at Microsoft I had a habit of figuring out my taxes just after all the forms came in… I would file my return right away if I was due a refund, or wait until the last moment if I owed money. This year my taxes were more complicated Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:46 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Irritating spammers

It seems over the last few months my referrer logs on my blog site have become nearly useless. I used to enjoy looking to see who was linking to me, but now 90% of the “referrers” are actually bogus. They attempt to promote questionable pharmaceutical Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:39 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Outsourced customer service sucks

A bit over a week ago my otherwise nifty Motorola MPX220 phone decided to stop charging… the battery seemed fine, but when I plugged in any of several charging devices, no power flowed into the device. After struggling through what I thought was Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:41 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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Woohoo! My laptop is back!

I have been living on borrowed laptop since the 29th or so, when I sent my laptop off for repairs. It finally came back today. I was off running errands in the morning so I had to pick it up from the FedEx distribution center down in South Seattle. I Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:19 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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