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...]
Backup Internet service
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...]
Nikon D4 and D3s battery weight
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...]
Epson 4900 addendum
The freight company picked up the 4900 with the bad Ethernet port today. I think I know why the subsequent printer, delivered without a pallet, had clogged nozzles. My old printer left here on its side. The freight folks were not in a mood to put it in the right way. And why … [Read more...]
Sometimes things go right
In this blog, I write a lot about things that don't go right. Just for completeness – and I don't plan to make a habit of this – I'd like to talk about an event where things went just about perfectly. On Monday, the display on my ThinkPad X220 started acting strangely. Black … [Read more...]