What do Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, and InkIsIt's Nathan Bannigann have in common? We're all mad scientists who, at one point or another, were on top of our game. My shining moment was last night when I saved money by refilling my ink cartridge with discount chocolate syrup. Sure, I wasn't able to print with it, but it was a stupendous effort and I only spilled a bottle or two of chocolate syrup on my floor. Problem was: my dog Derrick started licking up all the syrup and I couldn't stop him. Now he's just acting crazy. I'd take him to the vet but I can't get him to stop jumping.

Oh well,

Nathan Bannigann

Labels: family dog, ink cartridge trouble, nathan

posted @ 4/20/2007 11:14:00 AM 1 comments

Okey-dokey, gang, St. Patrick's Day is here and you know what that means: time for InkIsIt's Maxwell Bluum to print all things green. This morning I printed this picture and put it on my wall:











Pretty cool, huh? Well, it's nothing compared to this:

















I look like a blue alien dipped in green paint! Problem is: I just used all my cyan and yellow ink -- sometimes you just wish those suckers could hold enough ink to get you through St. Patrick's Day.

Talk to you all soon,

Max

Labels: holidays, ink cartridge trouble, max

posted @ 3/16/2007 09:45:00 AM 0 comments

Ink Is It's Nathan Bannigann at your service. I'm not gonna lie, gang -- I had a bit of a rough one yesterday. It started off as any old Tuesday, but came to a screeching halt when a truck flew into my lane from out of nowhere and I slammed on the brakes. Luckily, I didn't hit the truck, but I did hit the car in between the truck and my car. Don't worry, folks, Nathan Bannigann's okay, but unfortunately I can't say the same for my car or the spine of the other driver. Needless to say, I don't have the funds to be printing for quite some time. Normally, when I can't afford to print I whine and complain and et cetera, but not this time. This time I decided I was gonna do something about it: I was gonna finally figure out why ink cartridges cost so much, then I was gonna whine and complain. I knew that if I was gonna get to the bottom of this, then it was time to do some hard-nosed research like I used to do in my college days. And who could possibly be more up to the task than our unpaid intern, Shelly? Why, our other unpaid intern, Dan, of course. After a few tedious hours of research, I finally tracked down Dan's home number, gave him a call and left a message. A few minutes later he returned my call with some jaw-dropping information, which can best be summed up with the following sentence: Dan no longer works for us. So, I gave Shelly a call and put her to work. You're not gonna believe what Shelly dug up: Did you know that inside every ink cartridge there's a computer chip that tells the printer when the ink cartridge is running low on ink?!? I didn't immediately understand the significance of this until Shelly explained to me that it's possible to put that technology inside the printer. That way you only pay for it once instead of every time you buy an ink cartridge. No wonder ink cartridges cost an arm and a leg's worth of money.

You'll be happy to hear that I immediately put Shelly on the payroll. Unfortunately, I was forced to take Shelly off the payroll when our producer, Erin, informed me that a pay increase for Shelly meant a pay cut for me. Lucky for me, it's the thought that counts.

Way to go Shelly,

Nathan

Labels: expensive, ink cartridge trouble, nathan

posted @ 3/07/2007 10:29:00 AM 1 comments

Man oh man, gang. Maxwell Bluum here and boy did I have a wet mop of a day. This morning, I ran out of magenta ink and didn't have the Benjamins to buy a new ink cartridge. Here's where things get hairy. My mother calls today and asks me to take a picture of her pet bird, Honorable Henry, and print it in color. And what color is Honorable Henry? Magenta. Not wanting to disappoint Mother Bluum, I tried to make some makeshift magenta ink out of blueberries and butterfly wings -- needless to say, it didn't go well. I took two steps out the door before my butterfly net got caught on a nail and ripped right in half (Hint: If you're gonna buy a butterfly net, avoid the Insect Seducer 2560.) My next idea was to actually extract the pigment from Honorable Henry's wings and somehow siphon it into the ink cartridge. Problem was, I approached Honorable Henry ready to pluck a couple extraneous feathers and he gave me this look like, "Not today, bucko."

In the end, Mother Bluum was stuck with a black and white picture of Honorable Henry. Why couldn't she befriend a crow?

Pretty sad over here,

Your Ink Is It Co-host Max

Labels: expensive, ink cartridge trouble, max, pets

posted @ 2/22/2007 10:28:00 AM 0 comments