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Added to Christmas wish list

From the ‘I’d be really impressed if you found this department’: I’m looking for a red Kopp glass lens. 8 3/8. Marbelite #77.

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Heineken’s new keg

I don’t know why I subscribe to Forbes, the articles generally aren’t that good, but I found this article about Heineken’s new keg interesting both from a business perspective and as a Heineken drinker, The Keg That Scored: The retail … Continue reading

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Lunch 2.0 at Widemile and Portent

Today we went to Lunch 2.0 hosted by Widemile and Portent. Having already heard the founder of AdReady talk I didn’t get that much out of the talks since they discussed the same concepts (use testing, analytics and data to … Continue reading

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Bug bashes goodness from Archie McPhee

I was at Archie McPhee the other day picking up more prizes (I recommend the Parasite Pals) for Redfin bug bashes (a bug bash is when more than just the Redfin development team tries out a test version of the … Continue reading

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Rogue work surveys

I love rogue work surveys. My all time favorite was the survey that was sent out asking who was a vegetarian. See the problem we had was that at one time Redfin was about 50% vegetarian but as we grew … Continue reading

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What do the lights mean?

I have a Logitech MX3000 wireless keyboard and mouse at work. Recently the mouse starting acting up so I tried to re-connect everything; big mistake. While fiddling with this I tried to understand their user interface: What the hell does … Continue reading

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Memories of Waterloo

Waterloo’s Larry Smith and his disciples: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Hiking and packing

After a great fish dinner and seeing the New Pornographers on Friday night with Glenn and friends (thanks Glenn!) (Seattlest has a review of the Saturday show. Bleeding Heart Show was great on Friday!) I woke up early for a … Continue reading

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Links 08-27-2007

USA Today, Firms, investors tend to prosper with founders at the helm Funky recycled furniture from street signs Monitor your local power grid

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For my birthday…

…I would like someone to buy my condo :). Off tomorrow to the Columbia River for another J24 regatta with the Hair of the Dog team. And I finally booked my tickets home for my high school reunion. I’ll be … Continue reading

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