Day: April 10, 2002

Printing and scanning in OS-X has been hindered by a lack of drivers. It’s amazing at how many ways there are to work around these problems. Thankfully, my workhorse HP 4MV Postscript network printer worked immediately after installing OS-X by simply selecting it in the Print Center. Interestingly, this is the oldest of all my […]

Does the statement, “We’ve always done it that way” ring any bells? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads. Click Read More […]