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Monday, July 10, 2006

Look At How Fast I Am Moving!

See this?  This is me running so damned fast across the internet.Can you see me at all? Am I even visible on your screen? I doubt it, because I'm moving so damned fast!

OK, enough of that crap.

Now let's play a game of "Good News/Bad News"

Good News: My DSL installation went through without a hitch (KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED). Clearly a big improvement from the last time I tried to get DSL around here. Let's hope it stays that way and I can cancel my dial-up right away. Being the skeptic that I am, I'll hold off for a bit before canceling my Juno service. For the record, the first thing I did after checking e-mail and all that was to download Golfwidow's current podcast. After that I watched some porn.

Bad News: My printer went kaput as I was plugging in all the stuff for the DSL. I had to power down briefly and when I went back up, the scanner part of my machine seized up, grunted an awful series of noises and recommended I try shutting down and powering up again. I did as told and...nothing. My scanner bar is permanently stuck and I'm going to be without a scanner/printer/fax/copier for a couple of days.

Good News: I have the service plan for my printer and will be receiving a new one absolutely free. I've only had to do this once before and the folks at HP took great care of me. Since I love this printer so it made perfect sense to not only have the service plan, but extend it by a year. Had I not done that I'd be shopping for a new printer this week.

Bad News: Getting a replacement printer from HP the last time meant I'd get another of the same machine. Since my machine is no longer being made I'm getting a completely new machine altogether. This may seem like "Good News" to you, since it is technically a free upgrade. However, among the reasons I got this printer and not the next model up was that I had the option to use photo black ink for all my photo needs and standard black for general usage printing. Yes, it meant I had to buy 3 different cartridges instead of two, but the quality of the photos was better. Now I have no choice but to use the machine that has the photo card inputs (which I don't need) and the one fewer ink cartridge option (which may result in lesser-quality photos). I'll reserve judgment until I put the machine to use and see how I like it.

More Bad News: I have about 5 or 6 sealed printer cartridges here that do not fit in the new printer.

Possible Good News:
I MAY get to exchange my sealed and new printer cartridges from the obsolete machine for new cartridges that will fit in my new machine. I have to write a letter of request and send it all to a special division of HP and all that rot, but it is worth a shot. They can still say no, but I know they've done this in the past and since I'm a loyal customer with the service package and all that, there's hope.

Bad News: You'll have to wait until Wednesday for "Ten Things Tuesday". Why? What aprt of "faster porn" don't you understand? DUH!


8 Comments:

Blogger sue said...

If we have to wait for you to stop downloading porn to get the "Ten Things Tuesday" list, it'll be October.

btw - still jealous

6:29 AM

 
Blogger Gordon D said...

You know, I think the Internet was invented simply as a device for delivering porn.

And I'd like to thank that person.

6:50 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm about to get a new computer and printer and I'm putting off for the reasons you have mentioned. The so-called convenience takes a boatload of time to resolve. Bah!

7:31 AM

 
Blogger Andy Land said...

Mostly I forgot to make a list for Tuesday, but using this post as an excuse made perfect sense.

Gordon, if you find the guy let me know because I'm quite sure I owe him a Christmas card.

Lisa, I'm a big fan of the HP service plan (directly from the manufacturer as opposed to the store where you buy the printer. They've been great to me. PLUS< my printer, after a full night's sleep, seems to be on the mend. I'll allow a day's worth of use to determine if I should cancel my replacement. :)

Jade, it was fun, but porn is porn ya know?

8:20 AM

 
Blogger Webmiztris said...

you keep looking at porn and I give your computer about 3 weeks before it dies...lol!

just like surfing for software "cracks" (not that I'd EVER do that ;), you end up getting all kinds of spyware and viruses on your computer. Damn spyware writers don't let you have any fun!

8:52 AM

 
Blogger Glenn Bishop "Bish The Magish" said...

Hey Andy from the picture I would say that you finally downloaded "FLASH".

Are you going to add a "FLASH" intro to this blog?

10:47 AM

 
Blogger Spook said...

Spyware isn't an issue when you stop using Internet Explorer. Seriously!

Firefox makes porn surfing safer. Not that I would know anything about that, of course, I've just heard...

Get Firefox

8:17 PM

 
Blogger Andy Land said...

Oh yeah, the second thing I did when I got the DSL hooked up was install the Mozilla Firefox browser. MMUCH fewer worries about spyware & viruses.

The third thing...well you know. ;)

No plans on adding any flash stuff to the old blog, but I am looking into a customized template, I also wouldn't mind doing a podcast thingy or maybe some semi-regular comedy videos uploaded to YouTube or Stickam and pimped out here.

8:59 PM

 

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