Tropical Storm a.k.a. Hurricane Frances has nearly left the building. Like Charley before her(?), she just gave us some wind and rain here. Not even great kite-flying weather.
I’m glad we were spared the brunt of her fury.
Wal-Mart
Last night at 10:30 I went to my local (Oldsmar) Wal-Mart Supercenter. I was bored and wanted get my first commercially-produced prints of digital pictures I’ve taken over the years.
I was disappointed to find the photo processing area unattended and mostly dark. One machine was left on: the Kodak digital photo processing machine.
There was an employee in the area, a nice black gentleman who let me know that the photo processing center was closed for the night.
Too bad. However, since the Kodak machine was on I decided to give it a try. I was excited.
Well, the machine was $0.36/4×6″ print. Compare with the advertised price of $0.24 for a 3×5″ prints, but that machine was turned off.
So I made one print apiece of the eight JPG images on my 64MB CompactFlash card. In less than a minute, all eight prints popped out the front. I waited for a receipt or a prompt to slide a credit card somewhere in the machine.
No luck, aparently these pictures were free.
I sought out the gentleman who had helped me before. He was not an isle over sorting through some inventory. I told him the situation and asked him how to pay for my pictures.
to be continued…
New Slant
This blog may take a new slant. Since my work is a big part of my life, I may start posting technical notes here.