jasonheyd.

… 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.

“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

it just occurred to be that i can mini-blog via del.icio.us using the "notes" field when i tag a new site.  not terribly useful, i’m sure others have noticed the same thing, but yeah.  geek moment.

it also occurred to me that the over-abundance of what my sister once referred to as, "people watching people mumble to themselves," (i.e., the blogging universe) could probably just be called blarf.

unfortunately, www.blarf.com is taken or i’d be a rich man within a week, i’m certain of it.

not sure whether to be impressed or creeped out.

when he kicked the thing, i half expected it to turn around and eat his face.

i also watch too much TV.