Archive for August, 2009

A Few Days With the Epson 1400

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I got my Epson 1400 on Monday, so I've had a few days to play with it. Here are my initial impressions. It's big. No, I mean it's menacingly huge. That's no moon... okay, I'll stop now. It's large enough to create problems about "Where do I put this... thing?" The extendable ...

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The Squeaky Feed Roller Gets the Grease

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Straying ever further from the main point of this blog, I recently had to delve into the world of printers for the first time in a long time. My 14-year-old HP LaserJet 5 scares me with a foul odor and even fouler-looking pages now, and my 8-year-old HP DeskJet 940c ...

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A Secret to Japanese Language Success: Post Less, Study More

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I've gotten a lot of great advice and tips from reading all kinds of message boards and blogs, but to be honest, I think the best most important lesson I've learned is that eventually, you just have to stop drinking the bathwater and start getting things done. When I saw the ...

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Asian Markets in the Triangle

Monday, August 10th, 2009

I forgot to post this yesterday, so it's backdated accordingly. I went on an excursion today to check out some of the Asian markets in the Raleigh-Durham area today, because I had a sudden and unexpected free afternoon pop up. I had been meaning to check them out for a while ...

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Shooting with the Bard

Friday, August 7th, 2009

No, I didn't go hunting with Mr. Shakespeare. This is about going out and taking pictures with my Bard camera bag by F-stop. It's one thing to use a bag to carry stuff around with, but it's something entirely different to go out in the field and use it as a ...

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Back to Mt. Mitchell (Eventually)

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

I finally had good weather today, and decided to make the drive to Mt. Mitchell State Park, which lurks around milepost 354 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The last time I was there was in 2007, right before I left for Japan, so I figured now was as good a ...

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