Canon populated by inept morons, film at 11
News ·Tuesday November 7, 2006 @ 23:34 EST (link)
I recently purchased a Canon CanoScan LiDE 70 via Amazon, and just now attempted to install it. At the end of the installation from the CD (which was super-exciting due to the near-dead state of my Acer laptop's optical drive), it prompted "Would you like to reboot the computer now?", with two choices, Yes, or No.
Well, no, that's not actually how it went. There was one choice, "OK". Having some unsaved work, I really didn't want to reboot, so I clicked the close button. The system proceeded to reboot anyway and lose my work. Bastards. Then they add no less than four icons to the desktop (without asking) (which I promptly deleted), and prompt for the CD again. Why? Well, they need to ask me if I want to register. That's all, and it requires insertion of the CD. Idiots, too. No wonder I feel safer with Nikon gear.
Um, so, what else was I writing about when I was so very rudely interrupted? Well, this week I'm basically off work; there's nothing going on so we're not required to be there. Honey's last day at Amec Earth and Environmental was today, so she's happy. She'll be taking a break for a while and then looking for a new job, possibly with the temp. agency she was with before.
Note: the scanner appears to work well enough, although I prefer Corel Paint Shop Pro (formerly Jasc Paint Shop Pro, for those that remember) to the bundled editing software. I'll be using it to scan DVD covers that DVDspot doesn't have in the short term, but primarily to scan in old photos; 23 albums worth and a few loose ones that need homes first.
The MythTV box is still great, although before we told it to record episodes of Frasier we had no idea how frequently that show ran in a day. Pretty decent Outer Limits episode, "Fathers and Sons", and Doctor Who too, "The Girl in the Fireplace".
