New job + A new SEO tool I made
I started a new job a couple months ago. I don’t think I notified social media, so here’s the official announcement – I’m a project manager at Geeks on the Beach!
Compostable plastics: The hard-to-break-down facts
Update on compostable plastics – we had a talk where Jack, Chet, and two other experts shared their knowledge about CP. Here's a writeup. https://vancouverisland.surfrider.org/compostable-plastics-101/Chris-Ann and I picked up Chet at the Compost Education Center in...
Viking Ship of 2018
My friends and I got together to build a boat the other day. We build one at the end of the year to fill up with memories and put out to sea in a Viking burial ceremony on New Year's Eve. In past years the boat was made of cardboard and papier-mâché. It's lots of fun...
The Shipping Container Plan
Last year I needed a big project. Having just returned from Denmark with a head full of information about Danish interior design, I decided to import a container of vintage Danish furniture to Victoria, where there is a strong market for it. Cost breakdown As the plan...
Learning About Upholstery
Finished work Upholstery is expensive. I've learned a few things on my journey - how to refinish teak, how to walk into someone's place of business and try to sell them stuff, how to get awkwardly shaped large objects into a car without scratching anything - but the...
Treasures from Ladysmith
In March I found a dresser that checked all the boxes for a killer UsedVic deal. Terrible, poorly-lit photograph that didn't show what the item looked like; ungrammatical copy; located up island in Ladysmith. The dresser itself was a teak 9-drawer midcentury modern...
Stuffing Large Things Into Small Cars
I've been busy since the last time I checked in. Of my ten ideas for growing the business, I've tried two. Instead of turning my car in for a van, I got a tow hitch installed. And I've tried selling things myself and putting them up for consignment, so I can get a...
Ideas for growing
As you may know, I'm working on a side hustle selling Danish furniture. I've been "practicing" - buying Danish or midcentury modern style furnishings for cheap up island or online classifieds, running them back to Victoria and/or refinishing, and reselling to local...
Practicing
Before I gamble a lot of hard-earned money to buy designer furniture, stuff it into a steel box, and ship it from Denmark to Victoria, it wouldn’t hurt to make sure I know the market.