Input Driven
I seem to chew through and spit out peripherals yearly. I suppose when you spend as much time as I do in front of a computer, you feel compelled to have the perfect input devices.
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Router Problems
The main router at the office died a few days ago, and I got to spend the morning fixing the problem. It seems like every other week I get a summons to deal with a technical oddity. At least this week’s problem directly affects me, as I hold my internet connection dear to my heart.
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Printers & Page Description Languages
The general idea behind printing is to get things on the printed page looking the same as they do on your screen. The program you’re using makes API calls to the OS to draw text and graphics on your screen. These calls can also be used to draw the same content on the printer. The printer driver acts as a middleman in most situations, converting native API calls into one of two things: raw data or a page description language.