tryin’ to be swass

So Jared and I jumped on the Chemex train and dug deep with some interesting results to be posted/documented some time in the near-ish future.
Also, it seems I’ve stolen Ryan Browns idea of a monthly full staff meeting/lab and am running with it. Thank you Ryan. Each month we’ll do an espresso tasting and callibration followed by a full menu cupping and end the night by teaching the staff a new brewing method. After party is optional. This months brewing device: Chemex/pour-over. I mean why not? All the cool kids are doing it right?
Our first party is this Wednesday…I’ll let you know how it goes.

Shoppers Corner

More fun with the ghetto “hero” cam. Jared, Sierra, and I go shopping. The girl checking us out thought the camera was a mini water gun and that I was gonna squirt her. Pretty sweet. Someday I’ll post a real video…

Sony DCR-VX1000 vs. Hero cam

So my beloved VX1000 is back in my possession. I kind of tucked it away after I stopped skateboarding consistently…I mean, if you can’t film skating, what the fuck else is there? Unfortunately if you’ve ever owned a 1000 you know that at some time you will need to have the ribbon cable replaced. For me that time is now. Bummer. I won’t bee deep in any high quality-ish footy for a month or so. In the meantime I’ve been playing with this little Hero cam. Horrible picture and sound quality, but the damn thing’s only about three inches by an inch and a half and sports a field of view similar to my Century death lens. It records to an SD card and its got a sweet waterproof housing. At least it gives me something to play with while I get my VX fixed. You cant do anything super fresh on it but it’s small enough to always have in your pocket. As it were I snatched some footy of our new roaster Jonathan shredding spro just after Jared, Ryan, and I finished up some surfing. Peep game:

Bike to Work Day

This past Thursday was bike to work day in SC. Perhaps it was bike to work day where you are as well. Sean took care of the details and set up a sweet little spot out front for those who cycled to work could grab free coffee and pastry. It wasn’t popin’ off like crazy or anything since we’re not really on a main commuting thoroughfare or anything but it was good stuff and we got to see some new peeps.
For those who are wondering: no, I did not bike to work. Most of the time a 5am 3.5 mile bike ride is a bit to much for me. Every once in a while I’m game but not that day. It’s not that far and only takes like 10-15minutes but, I’m a puss. I done gone soft. Hate away.