The box came via FedEx on Saturday afternoon. It was nice of NetSys to specify Saturday delivery at no extra charge. Inside the outer packaging were two boxes taped together, one for the local half of the network extender and the other for the remote half. Although I couldn't … [Read more...]

...and another shipping label so I can send replacement printer number three back. Stay tuned. … [Read more...]

The third replacement Epson 4900 arrived last night. It, too, had lost its pallet in shipping, and there was a bash mark in one of the upper corners of the box; fortunately, there's a foam cushion at each corner. When we opened it up this morning, the printer appeared … [Read more...]

When I was growing up, my mother told me about a headline in a London newspaper – apocryphal, I now realize – that read: "Fog in the Channel, Continent Isolated." Hold that thought. I woke up Saturday morning and grabbed my iPad to check on the news before I got out of bed. … [Read more...]

Curious as to whether the 3 ounce difference between the D4 and the D3s was due to the smaller capacity battery in the D4, I weighed both batteries. I got 5 5/8 ounces for the EN-EL4a battery that's used in the D3s, and 5 3/8 ounces for the EN-EL-18 that's used in the D4. That’s … [Read more...]