coming soon: peru

Allan just solved two of our problems in one swoop, by bringing home a combination printer and scanner. Our scanner hasn't worked properly since we moved, and our printer died a few months ago. Now we're fully equipped again.

This Epson model also makes photocopies. We always do our photocopying at work, but for the occasional one-off need, this is very handy.

I can't believe how inexpensive all this hardware is now. I imagine the reasons for those low costs couldn't be very good, either for workers or the environment. But sheesh, it does make your life easier. I guess that's why we all look the other way.

So now that we are up and running, we'll be able to post photos from our Peru trip. I have one more deadline to get past, and Peru photos will be our next project after that. I opened a Flickr account, in case Blogger's photo capability proves too frustrating. It took way too long to get the party pictures up, so links to Flickr might be the way to go.

Comments

  1. James Redekop22 June 2006 at 09:01

    One reason printers are so cheap these days is that they can really gouge you on the ink. We've probably spent twice as much on ink than we did on our current printer.

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  2. lucie22 June 2006 at 19:33

    off topic too: just wanted to let you know that i finally got my work permit and a very nice apartment by the lake. i hope to invite you there one of these days :)

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  3. laura k23 June 2006 at 11:11

    Horray Lucie!! I'll be right over. To your blog, I mean. :)

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