- I would have said Austan Goolsbee is my pick for Fed Chairman, but he didn’t vote in dissent of the “easing bias.” Neel Kashkari did, so I went with him.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/fed-interest-rate-decision-april-2026.html
- Yes, I posted about Star Trek on Star Wars Day. Ha! So there!
- Can’t do any scanning until I get that new all-in-one printer!
Dead Head Printer
The blog has outlasted my Canon all-in-one inkjet printer. The printhead, that was never changed, has died.
The error says it’s the wrong printhead, but it’s a dead head. I’ll spare telling you everything I tried, both official from Canon and unofficial from users.
What gets me is the error prevents scanning, and I could live with it for now as just a scanner. My Samsung ML-1710 laser printer, that’s even older than the Canon, continues to chug along, and I have a spare toner cartridge for it.
Duplex printing is a must for a replacement. Consumer Reports had me leaning in the direction of getting an Epson EcoTank. This expertly produced video clinched it.
The least expensive model, the ET-2980, is good enough for my purposes. I’ll get the ET-2985 variation that comes with an extra bottle of black ink and costs ten bucks less at BJ’s than the ET-2980 does at Best Buy.
This was the final scan I made on the Canon MP600.
My Vote for Fed Head
Trump has a single view of interest rates, and that’s to lower them. As if doing that would return us to the era of free money without inflation. Neel Kashkari explains why he sees the possibility that rates will need to be raised again.
I will point out that I haven’t been comfortable with every view that Kashkari has ever expressed.
NCC-1701, Large and Small
I have seen one of these very impressive TOMY models* at a friend’s house. You know who you are!
For less ambitious Star Trek fans, for only $13 there is this much smaller model that lights up in a modest way. I have two of them.
Order yours today!
* Note: Powered by USB, not Dilithium crytals. 😉
Guest Who
I was at most only vaguely aware of who Olivia Rodrigo is, but I got a big kick from the surprise of seeing Debbie Harry introducing her on SNL.
The glorious sound that was Blondie.
VibePress?
When I first got on the Internet from home in early 1994, its best use was for learning about the Internet. Similarly, for now, AI software’s best use is for writing software.
I’ll be interested in seeing how “vibe coding” affects WordPress. It seems to have the potential to render the platform obsolete.