As can probably be seen from the design of my site, and some past updates, I adore the new Fiat 500. It’s such a fantastic little car. Excellent to drive, extremely economical, and doesn’t cost the Earth to own. Over the past year, I’ve been a regular visitor and poster on the popular FIAT Forum website.
A couple of days ago, one of the other regulars on the site (who is also one of the organisers of the brilliant Isle of Wight Fiat 500 Fun Run) posted a link to the following YouTube video, which I just had to pass on:
If you missed it, the train is completely full (about 39 carriages!) of Fiat Panda’s and Fiat 500′s, as it’s leaving (if I read Google’s translation correctly) Stacja Ostrów Wielkopolski (Ostrow Station) making its way north across Poland, about 240km from Tychy (where the cars are assembled).
When I bought my iMac almost three years ago, I decided to upgrade my printer at the same time and take advantage of the Apple printer rebate offer. So I went for the more-than-I’d-usually-spend £160 Epson Stylus Photo RX640 All-In-One Printer, Scanner, Copier. With the £60 rebate, this made it £100, which was a bargain for a printer of this specification at the time. Although I didn’t have a particular use for the feature, I quite liked the idea of the advertised bluetooth connectivity. I know the range of bluetooth isn’t as good, but WiFi home inkjet printers were few and far between at the time, and using a USB print server would have left me unable to use the scanner function.
So the printer arrived, I got my rebate, and it has served me brilliantly over the last few years. I really can’t fault it. However, I was really quite baffled when I originally set it up as to how I enable the bluetooth connectivity. I found out shortly afterwards, that there was no bluetooth connectivity…at least not built-in. To enable the bluetooth functions, you have to purchase the optional Epson USB Bluetooth Adapter! This was a small-print item on the original product brochure, that I’d annoyingly overlooked, but what a swizz!! Feeling slightly misled after spending £160 on the printer, I was in no hurry to be spending yet more money on a bluetooth adapter for it.
I’ve recently had more and more need to be able to print to my printer whilst my iMac has been turned off. It’s such a pain having to wait for it to boot up, just to print a document from my laptop. So I decided to look into purchasing (begrudgingly) the Epson USB Bluetooth Adapter. Continue reading 'Making My Epson All-In-One Printer Wireless'»
I recently took part in a Fiat 500 Fun Run. I haven’t taken part in one of these kinds of events since I was really young, so I couldn’t quite remember how it would turn out. The event mainly involved following a set of clues, which would lead you around the picturesque roads of the Isle of Wight. All done, of course, in a Fiat 500! All of the cars then assembled at the endpoint, which was an excellent sight.
As I bought myself a Fiat 500 last year from the dealer that organised the event (Harwoods), I was invited along, although the event was open to all Fiat 500 owners. It was even attended by a couple of original Fiat 500′s. I’ve uploaded a few photos from the day in the ‘Photos’ section. More photos to come soon.
It was absolutely fantastic event, superbly organised, and as our team won, it was even better! ;o)
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So I went for the more-than-I’d-usually-spend £160 Epson Stylus Photo RX640 All-In-One Printer, Scanner, Copier. With the £60 rebate, this made it £100, which was a bargain for a printer of this specification at the time. Although I didn’t have a particular use for the feature, I quite liked the idea of the advertised bluetooth connectivity. I know the range of bluetooth isn’t as good, but WiFi home inkjet printers were few and far between at the time, and using a USB print server would have left me unable to use the scanner function.
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