“Life is not one big joke, its a series of little jokes all lined up in a row… there they are look at them” ~Richard Pryor, Moving

There must be something in the water supply this week, or the moon is in an odd alignment or possibly, just possibly everyone I know is having at bad week at the same time. So I’m here to spread a little story and a chuckle.

I have been rebuilding our oldest plotter in work; a plotter is a big printer for those who didn’t know. This Bike sized printer has had more than its share of problems, but today took the cake. I finish a massive rebuild of the drive system, fixing belt issues, tracking strips and tension-er assemblies. This rebuild took the better part of two weeks. Its sounds more like a car then a printer right now. I put the last screw in, turn it on and watch the standard settings / printer test scroll across the LCD.

Just as the first text flashes onto the screen a smoke signal puffs up from the back of the plotter. followed by another. Either we had been inhabited by very tiny indigenous people or something was very wrong. I pull the cord out of the wall with a nice big blue spark and spin the machine around only to find a big puff of smoke coming out of a hatch. open the hatch see a sparky / smokey mess fizzle out. Not… Good… So the parts are on order to fix this.

You know you’re having one of those days when your printer catches fire… little did I know there was actually an error message for it lp0 on fire! Now I know what to file the report under. Thanks Chris for the heads up re the error

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Today’s Show: Food, Coffee, Turkey, Fire, Oil, Thanksgiving, Turducken, Backing Up, Toys, Coffee

Thanksgiving is upon us here in the United states a day to give thanks for what you cherish in life. I am Thankful for my wonderful family who support me in this podcast. I am also thankful for my job at this point because I know so many who have lost theirs, and I am thankful for all of you who come back each show to share this experience with me.  Today’s show had a hoard of fun Turkey Tech and a ton of great food links. We flipped the show around because Hey, Its thanksgiving the food always comes first!

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Today’s Topics: Spray, Applications, Podcamp, Pens, Coffee, Beer, Fire

• PodCamp Philly September 6 and 7
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With Podcamp Philly a little over a week away, and  School starting next Tuesday I’m a bit beside myself with work. So I guess I can co-host the show with myself! All kidding aside we have a great episode lined up for you today, with a very eclectic mix of food and Tech. As always we try to bring the funny, the quirky and the need to know items to you in one convenient package.

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Today’s Show: Vodka, Review, Flip Flop, webcam, robots, Kudzu, Fire

Its the Sunday show once more and we have a great one lined up for you. Product reviews, Crazy videos and serious stuff all share time in the information packed episode. So sit back, grab a mug of your favorite roast and prepare to be educated, entertained and informed all at once.

Trying out new Social Networks or Web Apps all the time keep sending them in. Currently playing with Tumblr

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