One of my favorite aspects of running an onsite computer service business is meeting interesting people. I’ve met: A retired lead design engineer of the Boeing 747 A best-selling author who remembers voting for FDR! Someone who helped build Bill Gates’ house. Another individual who because of the weather, canceled a job interview with a [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
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I haven’t updated my blog in awhile! Oh, well. Life rushes on. In my new job working for a local school district, I found this interesting poem: The day a child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent. The day he forgives them, he becomes an adult. The day he forgives himself, [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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I went to a computer repair client today, who lives in Concrete WA, a little town of 800 or so people up in Skagit County. It is so quiet and peaceful out there along Highway 20. If it weren’t for the economic advantage of living close to the Interstate, I wouldn’t mind being there on [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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For those of you who do web design as part or all of your gainful employment, here’s a survey you can take. Â
Posted on April 26th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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This 10 acre greenhouse near Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia Canada is where I grow Tropical house plants. The farthest left section of greenhouse is the Tropical Department, recognizable from the air by the white wash that we put on in summer to keep the light level down so the plants don't [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2005 by Josh Champagne
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Most people think of a greenhouse as a very controlled environment. This is true in part, but in spite of all the computerized climate, irrigation, nutrient, and environmental control, growers still have to watch the weather. Just like the old farmer studies the sky to determine wether or not to cut his hay, so the [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2005 by Josh Champagne
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