Because Pär gives the only directions that speak straight to my brain.  Never mind any talk of feed rollers and drum units and fuser covers and electrodes, which is the sort of jargon the troubleshooting websites throw at you.  Here's how to approach a mechanical problem:

Mail from Karen to Pär, subject: Re: printer

Crap, it seems to be broken now.  ( Read more... )

Ours is not a household of many rules, but I try to maintain certain standards: thus, as some of you know, for a few years I've placed a moratorium on any mention of the Singularity within these walls. Why? Because long ago I formed an impression of how discussions about the Singularity tended to run, which was pretty much along these lines.

Well ( Read more... )

Jeremiah was less than a month old when we first began to speculate on how much ice cream his cranium would hold.  Well, ostensibly we were wondering how much brain was in there, but once you start contemplating the cannibal's view of the matter, it really just comes down to dessert vs. main course, doesn't it?

So I decided it was time to find out ( Read more... )