I still remember the sad moment in the fall of 2004 when I had to part with my Lexmark Optra R+ laser printer. I replaced it with a Lexmark C510 color laser printer. To be honest, I haven't been using the color printing feature that much; the toner is too expensive. But it has … [Read more...] about Thank you, Lexmark
Watercooler
Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör
If you’re wondering whether anybody’s home – I just noticed that it has been more than three months since I last posted. I have plenty to say, believe me. It is just that a 40 hours a week in-house contract job together with the almost two hours commuting is not inducive to … [Read more...] about Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör
Pizza Feng Shui
You know it has to be California when the top daily newspaper in the state writes in a restaurant review: The haphazardly arranged dining room has all the feng shui of your downstairs closet... They were talking about the pizza restaurant Mother Dough in Silver Lake, by the … [Read more...] about Pizza Feng Shui
First Person Subjunctive
It is not that often that one finds the first person plural present subjunctive in the wild. The pop genre is probably not a place one would have expected it. But the The Magnetic Fields, named after the André Breton novel Les Champs Magnétiques, are not your usual band. One song … [Read more...] about First Person Subjunctive
Little Red Lung
In today's Los Angeles Times was a note about the upcoming Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival. The list of acts reads like a hat tip to Dave Barry: At the heart of the festival will be The Main Stage, which will feature internationally renowned artists such as Bosnian … [Read more...] about Little Red Lung