Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

This morning there was a cat on the back porch looking into my kitchen. The cat that lives with me was meowing at it through the door.

Bought another couple thousand pounds of coffee. I wanted to buy more but some of the stuff that I want isn't in the country yet so hopefully they'll remember to call me back in a few weeks to sell me the coffee once it exists.

Sat down with a marketing class today and told them about all the marketing that we don't do for the shop, answered their questions. Every so often groups in a class like that end up doing a project using the shop as inspiration. We never end up using stuff they come up with, but that's fine.

The cat is chirping.

It took a few rounds of editing but I think I'm happy with the new section now.

Yesterday I noticed that chapter 2 was missing a section it needed so that's what I'm writing today. It's also a good excuse to use the word, ephemera.

The next supplier I need to order from has some fresh Yemeni coffee now. I should find out how the pricing on that is and see if I could sell it profitably, bring back a Mocha Java blend.

There's a joke about doxing the rich, but you'd be surprised by how often things like a real home address can be found in stuff like SEC filings. The info's already public.

There's a fraudulent listing for my shop on Grubhub. It includes an item that is not on my menu so if you order from that I don't know what you'll get, but it won't come from me. Their site doesn't seem to have a way to report fake listings or contact a real human so I sent a polite nastygram to their investor relations form demanding the removal of the listing. I'm assuming that won't work and I'll need to start digging through their regulatory filings to get better contact info.

Star Trek Cat figures are coming out soon and none of them are of the actual catgirl on the bridge of the Enterprise, nor is Data's cat Spot represented. Cat Kirk is species appropriation.

Mom's cat is helping me help Mom with her taxes.

For the curious, it's this book that's going into the recommended reading at the end of chapter 2. Specifically the chapters on contracts and logistics, but there's a lot of good material on the global coffee trade packed into this.

http://www.intracen.org/The-Coffee-Exporters-Guide---Third-Edition/

Looked up one of the books I wanted to cite in mine. Amazon wanted to sell the paperback for >$100, Barnes and Noble had an ebook version for $30ish, the publisher has a free PDF download on their web site.

When trying to get charitable donations from businesses, being super rude to the person who answers the phone is not a good look for your organization.

Cat litter was on sale half price today.

New company has a new bank accounts. The person setting that up was impressed by how organized I was (I've done this before so I had all my stuff ready) and by my ability to use the tab key on a keyboard.

It's been years since I needed to print anything at home. Today I dusted off an old printer, plugged it into the network, and a few clicks later it worked well enough. Toner cart is dead so print quality is severely degraded, but it worked well enough for what I needed today.

My next teaching gig is at the North Central Roast Summit. Event info at:

https://northcentralcoffeelab.com/pages/north-central-roast-summit

It looks like power went out at my house when I wasn't there. The cat is telling me all about that.