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Brand spanking new laminator, told staff without exception what they were not allowed to use it for and on the second day had an 1/2" hole in the top roller. After spending a few heartfelt moments trying to understand what or who I had hurt in a previous life I used a high temp silicon and that...

It will be interesting to see how as we move even more to a cashless society how this affects the barter mentality. I think bartering will become a necessity for many.

I like to barter every now and again. Often I feel that at the end of the day (assuming it is a fair deal) you both come out with an appreciation for the other business, the owners, the staff, etc..

Sounds like you own the company.

For a lark I tried Fivvr for some logo concepts. Like anything you get what you pay for. The two people (5 star ratings) that came back with options provided very substandard work. My impression was that this was a side hustle and when you look at what they make from this the interest is...

I think I saw the tech used on CSI or in a spy movie where they take a satellite shot from 300 miles up and you can see what's on the backyard BBQ just before they wipe out the kid's birthday party with a press of a button. And whatever they were guilty of the pony didn't deserve it. I agree...

When jobs, materials and tools start to mysteriously vanish this may be a good place to look. We had an employee do this to us so I pulled a Donald Trump and fired his @$$! Of course when you look back the signs were all there and in plain sight. He quickly realized that his future in the...

Funny how one never bumps into Marie Kondo and Stacey K at the same place at the same time. A suspiciously enthusiast promotion of the new book maybe?

Creating a business plan is a valuable exercise as it allows past experiences to act as a basis to evaluate your current situation and develop for the future. There is nothing better than standing back and taking a look at what we are doing. This can be a useful tool as we decide what direction...

Did that a few times and the results are the same. I've attached images from last May and yesterday for reference. Differences are quite significant, to me anyway. I guess what I should be asking or looking for is what the output should look like. Maybe what I have is correct and what I had...

I changed out a few things, new optimizer, a few inks and a print head recently. Of course my colours went ballistic. So then I re-did the ICC for some paper and ran the HP Control Print for comparison. Not even close. The brown of the color blocks, the womans' face and the shoe all look...

Anyone starts playing the banjo I'm out of here.

So, I may have the answer. Like Subway Subs putting a franchise on every corner you end up competing with your self for survival. HP, Mimaki, whomever will sell a printer to you and everyone else in town. They saturate the market with leased equipment and let the jackals (SMEs) scavenge for the...

Our daughter teaches in Sweden and one of the classes in her school is 'Home Economics'. Canadian schools ran away from common sense schooling long ago.

The Leafs, the Bills, and our politicians. This kind of complaining actually keeps our end of the world relatively civil.

I like these feisty battles first thing Monday morning. It's like an espresso shot in one's coffee. The biggest fear is a pricing strategy that you have to justify to your customers. We get so caught up in the domino affect of price increases where we get irritated by our supplier's increases...

Do we not feel this is a lot of work just to have something and someone to complain about?

So, do we have a new president in Canada?

Still buying from from the same country that had been publically outed for running interference in Canada's most recent federal election. And will probably do the same in the US election in two years. Why anyone would spend a nickel on crap form China until they get in line is beyond belief and...

The important thing here is to not let anyone (including your wife) touch this. The above image is of course an exaggeration but when people have piles or stacks on their desk the stuff is compartmentalized. The people know what stack to look and how far down something is. Do not mess with this...