Canon MP980 – the nom nom nom device

You read The Oatmeal, don’t you? And you have stumbled upon the printers thingie, right? It’s true, I can give you this! At least with Canon’s MP980 chest-shaped-11-kilo-piece-of-junk.

Put brand new inks, print fifteen 10×15 cm (quarter of a standard A4 sheet) photos and off you go for a new set.

Advertised as something in the lines of “professional quality home photo lab” at the time I bought it, it is generally a photo quality inkjet, that also has scanner, big screen, card reader, wireless networking and maybe some other shenanigans I don’t even remember now, but found useful for our home office. And its ink tanks last few copies, while a single 9 ml cartridge costs 10 to 12 Euro.
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Product design fail

Magis Chair One is the most uncomfortable piece of furniture I’ve ever laid my behind on. And not even the cushions help it feel a bit better. Being made of metal also impacts other aspects of its usability – one has to put significant effort to move the damn thing just a few centimeters to the side. I believe it would have been much better if it was made of plastic. It’s not something I’d put in my living room and feel proud of anyway. If I’m about to spend €275 a piece, I’d rather go for an Eames DSR.