So the news tells me Led Zeppelin is being sued by some band called “Spirit” who claims the Zep ripped off the intro to Stairway. Wow. Way to wait almost fifty years to stake a claim. Morons.
Fun and games with computers. I bought a new keyboard last weekend because I realized I really didn’t like the one I was using. A hundred bucks later I walk out of Best Buy with a fully programmable keyboard. Still not sure. It is too loud and requires too much of a “throw” - too much effort to get the letter on the screen. I may need to take it back and keep looking.
The programmability is cool, but I am not a gamer, so it doesn’t add much to the fight for me.
Seems to be fairly accurate, so maybe it is just a matter of getting used to the noise and the steep throws.
Last night I was heading for bed. I went into the downstairs bathroom to brush my teeth. Filled my water bottle. Took my vitamins. Walking through the living room en route to the stairs I saw my desk light was still on, so I diverted. Tripped over my sneakers which were beside the desk and fell into my Cannon printer. Of course all the trays were open, so I busted those all off. I am still picking pieces of black plastic out of the carpet.
I went to Staples to get a replacement. Could I find the same one? Of course not. So after some hemming and hawing I picked one, and took it to checkout.
I think I have now actually had a conversation with a person with Aspergers. All I wanted to do was pay for the printer and move on. The girl kept trying to engage me in the most awkward way. It was a little like speaking with a space alien. It reminded me of the scene from “The Bridge” where Diane Kruger’s character asks a guy in a bar “Do you want to have sex with me?” because she had no idea how that particular dance is supposed to work.
After some more chore-like business I made it home and took my time getting around to un-boxing the printer. Tedious shit, with all the packing, every moving part taped, random pieces of cardboard shoved hither and yon.
Plug it in. The LCD screen lights up briefly then goes dark. I check the electrical connects again. Same result. Unplug and move it across the room. Same result.
Go online. Go figure. This is a common problem with this particular piece of Chinese shit. One of the reviews on line said they returned it twice before giving up.
I don’t have that much patience. I’ll take it back and get my money back. Then go somewhere else to get a printer. No emergency. Not like I have any term papers to write.
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