We Saw a Chicken …

To echo Thomas’s post about HP light ink usage, my C5150 definitely uses them:

HP C5150 Ink Levels I think I’m on my second light cyan and magenta, while I’m on my fourth regular cyan and magenta cartridges.

The one thing I have learned not to do is buy the six cartridge photo pack. While it looks a bunch cheaper (typically, $45 for six cartridges + 150 sheets of photo paper), the bundled cartridges have a much lower capacity than the singles – maybe 1/3 less. So you don’t really save anything, create more waste, and end up with far more photo paper than you can use.

02009-09-10

beautiful eye

Originally uploaded by scruss

I hope this gull is okay. It really needed water to drink, so I gave it some.

02009-09-09

Hotlink protection of images with .htaccess

Since discovering a few of my images hotlinked on other sites, I now have Hotlink protection of images with .htaccess. We’ll see what happens …

02009-09-09

R.O.U.S.

BBC – Earth News – Giant rat found in ‘lost volcano’

02009-09-07

hartford, arr. coole

wish_we_had_our_ptarmigan I keep mishearing Chris Coole‘s version of John Hartford‘s Wish We Had Our Time Again as Wish We Had Our Ptarmigan …

Despite this mondegreen, Chris’s new solo album is a stormer. The title track Old Dog has already been covered by Bill Evans and Megan Lynch, but I think it’s the one that will get Chris the widespread recognition he deserves. The Bottle Got the Best of Me is a good old country drinkin’ and cryin’ duet that really should have had Porter and Dolly sing it. Six Days on the Road is the way the Dave Dudley truckin’ hit should have been – on fretless banjo.

(image File:Lagopus mutus.jpg by Wojsyl)

02009-09-07

my, how you’ve grown!

And I remember when you were a tiny wee thing …

02009-09-06

dulcimer reunion

Took my dulcimer back off consignment from Jeff Menzies, and you know what? I’m going to keep it. It’s really well made, and plays nicely. Why did I ever want to consign it in the first place?
(Gave me an excuse to drive up to Jeff’s place in Churchill, ON – which isn’t really near anywhere, but not that far away, either.)

02009-09-03

jake foley’s wonderful banjos

Jake has made some nice banjos. I can’t believe the low price he’s asking for them.

02009-08-31

We found tastiness at Makkal Chon

We went to Makkal Chon (1975 Lawrence Ave E, near Warden) and had truly amazing Korean food. It’s such an unassuming little place, but worth it. Kal bi frenzy!

02009-08-30

quite spicy for scarborough

garden chilis after rain

02009-08-29

I’m crap at tracing

traced A, from Georgia I’m getting slightly better with my drawing tablet, but have a long way to go.

02009-08-28

slightly past the use-by date

Just changed the batteries in my Mini Maglite. Check the battery date:

duracell install by jan 99 I bought the batteries (and the torch) in an outdoor store in Truro, Cornwall in July 1993. I needed it to stop and start wind turbines at Carland Cross at night. The batteries still worked, if a little weakly. There are people driving younger than these batteries.

One of the batteries was, like Mr Belpit’s legs, a bit swollen with age. After several fruitless attempts involving rare-earth magnets and superglue, I took off the lens, bulb (well, LEDs)Â and tail cap, and smacked it sharply against the floor. I could then lever the battery out with a sweetcorn skewer.

02009-08-28