jasonheyd.

This is how my daughter assisted with the clean-up after the tree asploded while we took it down…

• 1 1/2 cp all-purpose flour
• 1 cp confectioner’s sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cp buttermilk
• 4 tbsp butter, melted
• 1/4 cp vegetable oil

Mix dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients and then, using a stand mixer, gradually mix wet ingredients into dry.

Batter should be thick and a little stiff, so that it needs to be spread rather than spreading itself.

If needed, add a bit more confectioner’s sugar & flour in equal parts.

Spread batter mixture onto waffle maker, about 1/4″ thick.

One 4×6 quality photo download from the Disney PhotoPass? $15

One CD of all 52 images, most of which suck? $125

One word to summarize Disney greed? FUCKYOU

… formats your WordPress blog for the iPhone. slick.

turns out there’s a WordPress app for the iPhone. not that I’ll blog any more than usual, but I’ve got a new toy, so bear with me.

• 1 cup fine vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/3 cup finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• confectioners’ sugar, sifted

mix dry ingredients. 

mix wet ingredients separately. 

stir wet ingredients into the dry, and blend thoroughly.

cover the dough ball and chill in the fridge for 1-2 hours.

shape small bits of dough (about 1/2 tbsp) into balls and roll each in confectioner’s sugar.

place in an airtight container on wax paper for a few days to a week before serving.

makes 2-3 dozen, depending on size.

“Printer cannot be removed. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and that the printer is connected to the network.”

this error’s been the bane of my existence for weeks. 

the printer no longer exists, so connecting it to the network is… unlikely. 

no help from Microsoft’s support pages, knowledge base, etc. (not a huge surprise), and nothing helpful on Google. 

editing the registry?  futile.

in the end, it appears that you can’t delete an offline network printer from Control Panel –> Hardware and Sound –> Printers.  instead, you have to start Vista’s Print Management app, which is part of the Microsoft Management Console.  from there, you can remove the printer and, following a reboot, the associated port automagically disappears.

computing made easy, courtesy of Microsoft.

this is what happens when you update your operating system and then find out that HP has stopped updating its drivers for your ancient-but-still-functional printer. 

yeah…

new operating system? $129

new printer? $299

technology upgrades, a.k.a. the gift that keeps on taking?  PRICELESS