Archive for January, 2006

Folger’s Coffee Bags

Do you know what the deal is with the Folger’s coffee bags?

It’s instant coffee in there! No wonder it doesn’t taste right. Just look on the box… “contains ground and concentrated coffee”.

In other words, instant coffee is too low class, so they’ll put it in a tea bag and charge ten times the price (per weight). “We’ve secretly replaced these fine Coffee Bags with Folger’s Crystals.”

I hate caffeine withdrawal.

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My New Business

Well, I’m now a week into my new business. So far, it has involved a lot of paper work. Here’s my logo. Maybe when the money starts rolling in, I can hire a real graphic artist.

Midwest Telecine logo

When the DNS propogates, you’ll be able to click the image and go to my website. Not that there’s anything there yet.

I am trying to design a film scanner for small-gauge film. I will not say any more, because talking is easier than doing, and I hate vaporware.

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The Hall of the Mountain King

I recently had reason to call the IRS’s small business line.

Their music on hold was Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King.

It seemed appropriate.

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My little workshop

I got a little lathe and mill from Cummins “no not the engine maker” Industrial Tools.

Mark's Mill

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Stuck Moen Dialcet shower faucet cartridge replacement

My house is 40 years old. Recently the shower faucet (which is a Moen Dialcet) started getting very hard to adjust. A quick peek at How to fix Everything suggested that I just need to take the handle off, remove a clip, and pull the cartridge out with a pliers.

The dinky little snapring

After four additional trips to the hardware store, I began thinking I could write better instructions.

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