Well, since our old cutter's solenoid went dead (the machine was basically a KNK/Redsail/SignMax - same machine, different companies, different colors) we've been cutterless for a while. The other night some good friends from college came by for an evening out and dinner and dropped off a few very happy surprises:
1. A book I had loaned them that I was sure they forgot was mine.
2. Several books for the boys that their boys had outgrown... And our boys immediately devoured!
3. A Cricut Cake.
Oh, and a little tip:"find an old Sure Cuts A Lot copy."
Mission accomplished.
So my thoughts on the Cake
1. Only 5 levels of pressure? I'm just used to a sign cutter instead of a craft cutter, I guess.
2. If I didn't have SCAL it would be very limiting. Or I would have to think up workarounds, which I don't want to do. Being able to scan something, then outline it in Inkwell, then cut it is just so much more useful.
3. I'm not sure I like the lawsuits. Would not buy the product due to these unless it was on deep discount. If you build a product and open up a USB port and the product becomes very popular, someone is going to reverse engineer the thing and figure out how to make it better. Unfortunately, the USB port is on the razor handle and the blade company doesn't want a more versatile blade out there.
4. I need a sharper blade!
More later.
Will have to pick up some fondant to see how that turns out.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Really quite random thoughts 101
Yep, another blog. That makes, what, like half a billion blogs just for the 300 million or so people in the United States? So, why am I doing this? Because my wife wants to blog about her homeschooling stuff and I have to test the water whenever she goes swimming.
So what is this really about? Well, I expect it will be really quite random, actually.
Today's random thought: Wow, DHL service around here is awful. My dear wife ordered her sister's present from the company named the same as the long river. It was shipped on Dec 17th. It was 40 miles away in some depot on the 21st. It was just delivered. Just now. Like as we type. No wonder the Germans kept losing to us last century, they probably delivered the much needed tanks two days too late. (DHL is wholly owned by Deutsche Post World Net) DHL History
UPDATE: Scratch that, the package didn't arrive, in fact it said earlier today it was on the truck for delivery and now it says the package went to Bridgeville, DE. HELLO, DHL, that's FARTHER away.
Now I know that the DHL folks outsource the local deliveries to some guy who promises to wear a yellow shirt and drive a yellow van around, so it's not their fault everything around here runs on eastern shore time. Oh, look at that, maybe my next random thought. Who knew it would come so quick. But is anything really random? And if nothing is really random, why fight it... I might tackle China instead next time.
So what is this really about? Well, I expect it will be really quite random, actually.
Today's random thought: Wow, DHL service around here is awful. My dear wife ordered her sister's present from the company named the same as the long river. It was shipped on Dec 17th. It was 40 miles away in some depot on the 21st. It was just delivered. Just now. Like as we type. No wonder the Germans kept losing to us last century, they probably delivered the much needed tanks two days too late. (DHL is wholly owned by Deutsche Post World Net) DHL History
UPDATE: Scratch that, the package didn't arrive, in fact it said earlier today it was on the truck for delivery and now it says the package went to Bridgeville, DE. HELLO, DHL, that's FARTHER away.
Now I know that the DHL folks outsource the local deliveries to some guy who promises to wear a yellow shirt and drive a yellow van around, so it's not their fault everything around here runs on eastern shore time. Oh, look at that, maybe my next random thought. Who knew it would come so quick. But is anything really random? And if nothing is really random, why fight it... I might tackle China instead next time.
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