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My Coffee 3

I enjoy a good cup of coffee, sometimes I think I enjoy it a bit too much. For my birthday, I was given the ultimate coffee indulgence—the means to make the perfect cup of coffee. The Chemex coffee maker is both aesthetically pleasing and it makes a brilliant cup of coffee.

Here is the Chemex.

A chemist decided he wanted the best cup of coffee and so he experimented ...

Sent from my iPhone 12

“Sent from my iPhone” is a line of text that I am seeing on an increasing number of emails in my inbox. The line is also on a large number of emails that I send out. What does this short piece of text mean?

Chance 2

Chance is not the absence of causality but rather the achievement of one end while seeking another. ~Aristotle

Or rather…

[excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard]

(Rosencrantz has been flipping a coin and it has come up heads every time.)

Rosencrantz: Eighty-nine.

Guildenstern: It must be indicative of something, besides the redistribution of wealth. (He muses.) List of possible explanations. One: I’m willing it. Inside ...

Use Wisdom 0

I’m a big fan of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s book, Freakonomics. If you don’t know the book, the gist is that the authors take a lot of raw data and apply statistical analysis to it in an effort to come away with a conclusion. Sounds pretty dry but the beauty of the book is in what data they choose and how they break it down. The ...

Strong arm of Lift 1

I’m not sure what the argument was about, but we all agreed that whoever had the strongest arm should be declared the victor.

After much trash talk (and laughter) we found a suitable table for the arm wrestling showdown and got down to business.

I only wish a client had walked into the office during the clash.

Spending Time with Virgil 0

“Using natural ingredients, we brew a root beer so pure, so rich and creamy, you’ll swear it’s made in heaven!”

Luke was nice enough to share a 5 litre keg of Virgil’s Rootbeer with the rest of us here at lift. If you haven’t tried it, it’s pretty tasty stuff.

The thing I really enjoy about Virgil’s root beer is how much fun they ...

The week of foosball dominance 8

Here at the Lift office, we play foosball. A lot.

Over the course of our foosball games, certain trends have begun to develop – for example, Micah always loses, and Eli and I are unstoppable when Eli is on defense. Also, Adrian’s shot is almost as hard as Eli’s(but not quite as unstoppable).

Starting last monday, Eli and I were on a foosball killing spree; we were unbeatable ...

Chalkboard Sketches 3

I finally got around to transferring the images from my humble cellphone to my computer. I don’t use the camera on my phone very often (I’m kind of a photo snob) and I haven’t ever transferred the images off of my phone – so I don’t really remember taking half of them.

If you’ve even been to the Lift office you might remember seeing a chalkboard ...

Sandwich grilling party! 1

We’ve made an office purchase that has revolutionized our lunch hour: a sandwich press!

While living overseas a few years ago, I noticed that nearly every household had one of these brilliant contraptions. I vowed to purchase one when I returned home to Canada. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen as efficiently as I had planned. When, for reasons unknown to me, the idea popped back into my head earlier ...

Excitement! Disappointment! 4

So I was getting ready to watch a TV show last night and I was quite excited because I actually remembered that it was on – before it was on. 2 minutes to showtime. I turn to the appropriate channel. What?! The show has already started… Very strange… Very strange indeed.

Then the end credits come on. Enter disappointment. I missed the show.

After I accepted the fact that I had ...