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Ben Discoe Farm Tea "plantation";Japanese carpentry
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I worked with Ben for about five years. Two years ago he resigned and left for Hawaii. He is one of the rare software engineers for whom software writing is a means not an end. This is culumination of a long-duration plan. Years back he had bought this land and contracted with his father to build him a house. He returned to the mainland to tech and worked at Leica for five years to pay for these. Now he is a tea farmer. His mother lives on the parcel but we did not meet her. Is this his final act? | |||
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_20mar03-1627_k.jpg Ben explains the garden and his methods.  |
_20mar03-1759_k.jpg The tea "plantation"  |
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_20mar03-1633_k.jpg Ben's house, built by his father Paul Discoe. Paul is the most renowned Japanese carpenter in the United States, the builder of Larry Ellison's Japanese mansion.  |
_20mar03-1634_k.jpg Bruce closely examines the nails, the joinery, the wood.  |
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