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Juha Korpela

@jkor.bsky.social

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Data person, cocktail person, jazz person (not necessarily in this order) Also a massive history nerd & IC member

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Tonight's cocktail, because I finally got a bottle of Italicus: Me, Myself, and I 1 oz Mezcal 1 oz Amaro Montenegro 1 oz Italicus Stirred, poured over ice cubes, and garnished with blood orange peel (which I happened to have at hand) Sounds a bit odd perhaps, but works!

A cocktail in a rocks glass, with a lit candle behind it, trying to be artsy but ending up quite a mundane photo... But the drink is good!

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Two of my favourite flow states: 1. Playing a groovy bassline in a jam session 2. Solving type vs. instance problems in a complex data model on a whiteboard Maybe I just have a weird brain, but the deep immersion and disappearance of the universe beyond the task at hand feel similar 🤔

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

For tonight's cocktail, I was having a Fernet feeling and thus thinking of a Toronto, but ended up making a San Francisco Treat. The ingredients are in the picture - equal parts! Flamed an orange peel on top.

A San Francisco Treat cocktail in a coupe glass, with bottles of Averna, Fernet-Branca, and Dolin Dry - its ingredients.

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If you missed the announcement on LinkedIn yesterday, Helsinki Data Week (of which I'm happy to be one of the organizers) is coming back this year on the last week of October! It was loads of fun last year, and we have exciting plans for 2025... Stay tuned! #databs #HDW2025

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

After a hearty Christmas meal, a good digestif is necessary. Went with a Bijou: 2.5 cl London Dry gin 3 cl sweet vermouth 1.5 cl green Chartreuse 1-2 dashes of orange bitters Expressed & discarded a lemon peel, garnished with a Maraschino cherry. Delicious! Merry Christmas all!

A Bijou cocktail served in a Nick & Nora glass

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

What can the 13th century Mongol conquests teach us about data & analytics? Nothing much I suppose, but I am greatly enjoying the latest @fallofcivspod.bsky.social episodes while commuting to my clients' offices 😂 #databs (in many ways)

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Tonight's cocktail: (Almost) French Manhattan 1.5 oz cognac (Hennessy VS) 1.5 oz sweet vermouth (Cocchi Torino) 0.25 oz Cointreau 1 dash each Angostura & orange bitters Garnished with a Maraschino cherry

French Manhattan cocktail in a Nick&Nora glass

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Utterly ridiculous how bad the PowerPoint web app interface is. I can't connect arrows to objects? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT aaaargh

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Just a little nightcap for tonight's cocktail. Amaro Caldo - simply pour some hot water on Amaro of your choice, garnish with a rough lemon twist or not, perhaps add a bit of honey or not. This time I went with Cynar, but Averna is my usual go-to. Simple, cozy, warm - maybe demure, as they say 🙏

A glass of Amaro Caldo made with Cynar, a bottle of Cynar, and a lit candle

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

After a binge of about two years and some 800 episodes, I have finally caught up with the We Have Ways of Making You Talk podcast. I'm not sure how I can deal with this minuscule weekly dosage of @almurray.bsky.social and James Holland from now on. It's like I've been put on C-rations!

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

New toy! Got myself an early Christmas present, a Tokai Jazz bass, made in Japan! Can't wait to take her on a ride tomorrow 😎

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Friday night cocktail time! Finally managed to get a bottle of Cynar, and proceeded to make Too Soon as my first Cynar cocktail. Invented by Sam Ross, it is described on pg. 151 of the Sasha Petraske book. Pretty good!

A cocktail served in a coupe glass, with a cocktail book, a bottle of Cynar, and a lit candle

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Juha Korpela @jkor.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I'd like to be able to hop on the bandwagon and say I got here to escape Xitter, but really I had to get on Bluesky because when a date asks me if I am on social media, it sounds weird when I tell them to find me on LinkedIn...

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