Saturday, July 7, 2007
New addition to the family
She was delivered Monday, July 2 at 10:35 a.m. weighing 5.1 pounds with 2 full GB of RAM. Beautiful, no?
(And look! In the background of the photo, you'll notice a creature testing the boundaries of what I call "The Dismemberment Zone." Don't be fooled by the innocent look; that is pure destruction in feline disguise.)
The MacBook does not yet have a playmate in the form of an iPhone. I had the opportunity to analyze one at an Apple Store last weekend, and I think it lived up to the hype. However, before I could finish my research, a certain someone physically dragged me away, muttering something like "You want an iPhone or a wife? 'Cause you're not getting both."
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Monday, February 7, 2005
Ashes to ashes
My faithful Lexmark X83 has passed.
He was crippled for a long time, unable to print from his black cartridge. I couldn't stand to see him like that so I decided to attempt a routine cartridgectomy. I cleared a sizable blockage of ink from one of his main nozzles and carefully re-attached his delicate side panel. The operation complete, I plugged him in, and his eyes lit up ... and then blinked frantically as an awful banging sound came from inside. With no time to waste, I tore off the front panel, performed an emergency cartridge realignment and plugged him back in. One last horrible crunching noise sealed his fate.
Blinking back tears, I slowly closed his paper tray and set him gently back in the same box from which he sprang four short years ago.
On a completely unrelated subject, have I got a great deal on a used printer / copier / scanner for some lucky consumer! Hurry! Supplies are limited!
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