What the Dell 3000cn toner refill instructions don’t tell you

I followed the instructions I was given for refilling my Dell 3000cn toner cartridges to the letter.  They didn’t work.  The printer kept telling me over and over again to replace the toner cartridge I’d refilled. I finally got it to accept the refilled cartridge by enabling the “non-dell toner” option.  To do this, hit… Read More »

Why not to use Toner Wiz

I recently bought a kit from Toner Wiz for refilling the toner cartridges for my Dell 3000cn printer.  The kit was supposed to come with instructions and a funnel for pouring the toner into the cartridge. The kit arrived with neither instructions nor funnel.  I sent them email at their support address.  They emailed back… Read More »

MBTA complaint of the day

It never ceases to amaze me that the folks who run the MBTA can’t seem to handle the simplest aspects of running a working public transit system.  Over and over again, I’ve found myself complaining to them about things that just shouldn’t come up, because they should just be handled properly to begin with.

trenchmice.com

Take a look at http://www.trenchmice.com/. It’s a new site which I’d describe as an “enlightened” version of www.f*edcompany.com. One major difference is that people are encouraged to post about not only companies where bad things are happening, but also about companies where things are going well. Furthermore, there’s a clever community moderation system which keeps… Read More »

Speed kills

Four teens were killed, and a fifth critically injured, in a single-vehicle car accident in Leicester last Friday night. The driver of the car was traveling at over twice the speed limit. The local high school principal was quoted in the paper as saying, “It’s not like they did anything wrong.” I just sent the… Read More »