Friday, June 17, 2005

Lexmark low grade Customer Support

This Lexmark X2250 is really a pain.
It was having black bars in the scan and now prints wrong colors from text to photo. I tried it in different apps. The text printing is terrible-you have to run it at best setting in order to make it ledgible, which eats up a lot of ink!

Whilst attempting to troubleshoot this latest problem, Lovely Lexmark USA apparently can't afford tech writers with high school english skills. Bah.
Customer Support: "The cartridges may be loaded wrongly"

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Population control whether you want it or not.

Maybe the threat of impotency will change the minds of our "Fearless Leaders" in Washington DC-
Ozone destruction, combinations of chemicals and toxins with unknown effects and pollution are affecting the world around us.
How's the weather in your neighborhood?

The Scientist :: Toxins harm descendant fertility , Jun. 6, 2005: "An important follow-up will be to assess whether inheritable decline in fertility shown by the Washington group can be caused by exposure to endocrine-disrupting toxins at the levels actually prevailing in the environment, Skinner said. This could be crucial in determining whether the steep decline in human male sperm counts observed in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, has been caused by environmental toxins.

Skinner also indicated that males descended from females exposed to the toxins are more susceptible to other diseases besides impaired fertility. 'Preliminary evidence suggests other diseases develop as the animals get older,' Skinner said. 'Examples are prostate disease, kidney disease, and tumor development. However, these are preliminary results, and we need to further studies to confirm this.'"

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Midheaven Mailorder | Search Results for artist: nusrat ali khan

I still get chills when I listen. He has carried me through many a boring day at work, keeping my spirit alive in the soul-killing work-a-day world.
Midheaven Mailorder | Search Results for artist: nusrat ali khan: "There is a long tradion of Qawwali singers in the Ali Khan family, including the man who brought Qawwali to the West-- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Like his father, uncles and grandfathers before him, Nusrat sang with a fervor and style that reverberated within the being of all his listeners. During his lifetime, Nusrat saw his audience grow from Pakistani devotionalists to a larger, more international group comprised of many races and religions from around the world. In the 1990s, he collaborated with the likes of Eddie Vedder and Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking soundtrack), Michael Brook, Massive Attack, and Peter Gabriel (Last Temptation of Christ). Through these collaborations, Westerners discovered the voice of Qawwali and flocked to his concerts."

Monday, June 06, 2005

The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great

The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great: "While dried mustard powder does not have a very strong quality, mixing it with water initiates an enzymatic process that enhances its pungency and heat. To moderate its sharp flavor, you can either add some very hot water or an acidic substance such as vinegar, either of which will stop the enzymatic process."

The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great

Cool. Harvested mustard seeds from my yard today.
The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great: "Mustard seeds can be traced to different areas of Europe and Asia with the white variety originating in the eastern Mediterranean regions, the brown from the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, and the black from the Middle East. Mustard seeds are mentioned in ancient Sanskrit writings dating back about 5,000 years ago. They are also mentioned in the New Testament in which the kingdom of Heaven is compared to a grain of mustard seed."

Google Image Result for http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/gnn_images/news_content/10_02/plant_arsenic/plant_arsenic3b.gif

Google Image Result for http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/gnn_images/news_content/10_02/plant_arsenic/plant_arsenic3b.gif

Google Image Result for http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/gnn_images/news_content/10_02/plant_arsenic/plant_arsenic3b.gif

Google Image Result for http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/gnn_images/news_content/10_02/plant_arsenic/plant_arsenic3b.gif