Comments on: The Rollertoaster

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:59:25 +0000

Ah, s0crates82 – thank you. This was submitted to me, and I have been out of the news loop lately, as I was caught up in some business work.

By: Thomas J. Brown

Thomas J. Brown — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:54:03 +0000

When I was in high school, we had a photo paper dryer that worked along these same lines. It was mostly for use with 16×20 prints, since the squeegee method took four passes. The problem was, it would eat peoples’ photos from time to time. I had personally witnessed three or four photos get eaten and heard stories of at least half a dozen more.

I was working on my final project with my last piece of 16×20 paper. When it came time to dry the print, my instructor said, “how come you never use the print dryer?” I replied, “because it eats prints. I’m not sticking this in there; it’s my last piece of 16×20.” He laughed and said, “tell you what, if it eats your paper, I’ll give you another one.”

So I warmed up the machine and fed in the paper. It didn’t come out the other side. For a while. Then the machine started to smoke. Sure enough, it had eaten my print. To rub the proverbial salt in my wound, my instructor didn’t have any 16×20 paper, so he gave me four pieces of 8×10 (which, I assure you, is not the same).

So, as neat as this looks, I wouldn’t buy one simply because it reminds me of the print dryer.

By: s0crates82

s0crates82 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:49:52 +0000

saw this on gizmodo or engadget a day or two ago, not accusing – just tellin ya, and i thought to myself:

this gadget is exactly what i need to make my world complete.

my toaster takes up at least 6 cubic inches too much space in my kitchen, and to satisfy my need for more open space in there… i must have this toaster.

i’d sell blood for this toaster.