I got myself a couple of new toys today. One was a Labtec Ultra Flat keyboard. The funny thing was that Manyk and I were looking at new keyboards. Both of us are fanatical about keyboards. It’s pretty important when you spend as much time in contact with it as we do. I wanted one with flat laptop-like keys, and compact size. The Labtec was perfect. I ordered one for each of us. Then I told Jen about it. Turns out she’s had the same keyboard for about a year, also because she’s fanatical about keyboards. Labtec has a winner here. 😛

I also bought myself a cheap printer that can print on CDs and DVDs. I got an Epson R260. I wasn’t expecting much, but actually it prints very nice photos. It has a six-color ink system, with individual carts for each color. Ink is expensive though, at about $25 per cartridge. Anyway, it seems like I’ll be able to print quite a few CDs with one set of cartridges. I’ve been wanting to make my own printable CDs for a long time, and finally I can. I made a couple of quick layouts with the included Epson CD printing software, and they printed beautifully on my Ritek “printable to hub” CDs from blankdvdmedia.com.

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It’s pretty easy for me to change the background image and adjust it to the right size and position. I can then change the text colors to match. Maybe if I’m feeling generous, I could customize each CD for the customer.