This unscientific test tries to use the size of the sponge as an indicator of the amount of ink in the cartridge though there may be no direct correlation. Perhaps the old, larger sponge was retaining too much ink as the cartridge approached empty. Maybe they changed the foam design to require less material to do the…

That's my strategy. I use a $50 (on sale) Samsung laser printer 95% of the time and have a color inkjet for the other 5%.

I don't think there is a single consumable, be it food, ink, or laundry detergent, which has not been hit by the shrink ray. Even some beers have shrunk to 11.2 ounces. I don't think all that many people notice, which is exactly what manufacturers are counting on. Of course it is all about large unit price…

As this is a ~4.5', possibly unfinished ladder, I think it is probable this would be used indoors-only, perhaps to grab something on the top shelf of a closet or cabinet. Many people are more likely to be shoeless in their own home than shod. Some people have a no-shoe policy inside.

When opened, the non-horizontal rungs would be tough to stand upon for very long and be a real pain if used for casual use barefoot or in socks. The design could be tweaked to fix this.

Yes, that is the image. I noticed the horizontal striations in some areas but I also noticed the body from neck to knees lacks these markings. I think the striations we can see are meant to mislead.

If you follow the Star Wars News link, you can see a good photo. It is pretty clear that the only 3D printed portion is the face. The rest is probably injection molded. This means it takes about the same time to make as a thrill ride photographic poster. I would not be surprised if the price were adjusted downward…

Yeah, plain old hex would be just fine and unlike Torx and Pozidriv, no patent royalties.

A big part of the problem is not screwdrivers but screw head design. How often are you finding you have to put a lot of force on a screwdriver so you can torque it to listen the fastener without having the bit pop out of a Phillips or slotted head. We would all be much better off if the world standardized on Torx,…

Anyone who thinks physical media for movies is dead needs to work retail selling PCs and laptops for a few days. In my experience, perhaps one-third of people buying laptops explicitly ask if a DVD drive is included so they can watch movies on planes and in cars. On the desktop side of the business, customers who…

My stomach turned when I watched that episode. I never knew it was made from fish, like some kind of Asian fish sauce. It is one of the ingredients in my favorite beef stew recipe and the thought sounded but fortunately I have been able to overlook its origin.

With these Samsung ML-2XXX printers, no tricks are needed to keep using the cartridge. I suspect they don't even have such as sensor to keep cost down. I replace them when I start getting streaks or very gray-colored text.

That has been my strategy for about eight years. I keep buying Samsung laser printers on sale for $45-50. Since they come with a full toner cartridge, it is cheaper to buy a new one than to buy a new toner cartridge for $70-80. In reality, I do buy one refill before swapping them out. The old one gets donated to…

Who says it is a simulation? It looks like they took those few grayscale pixels and did what is done on TV shows and in movies all the time.

When I've seen video like this, I always assumed eight bags were being filled at once from eight hoppers and not about one-eighth of a bag (by weight) was in each hopper. I find it very clever that automation picks the hoppers which will give the exact or ever so slightly higher required weight and dumps their…

I've used Schenker many times for international trade show logistics but I never knew my stuff went into this 3D labyrinth. Gaw, what if it got lost!?!

I happened to be in the right place and time, in Kodak's Consumer Imaging Division. Records of these details may not have been common knowledge and the Internets were too young to record this esoteric info. I know I was using NSCA Mosaic and then Netscape Navigator as my browsers in that era, give some perspective.

The Apple QuickTake cameras were designed with Kodak and manufactured with Kodak's manufacturing partner, Chinon. Apple and Kodak used to very tight. At one time, Kodak had the largest commercial installation of Macs. Also, Apple supported the Kodak PhotoCD format natively, which Windows did not and Kodak was an…

No 18% nor 12% gray cards? The gray square on the color cards are rather small.

My WRT54G with DD-WRT failed after a few months. Funny, it was the AC power adapter which went south, not the circuit board.