UPDATE [2013-02-13]: According to this article on Craigslist, as of February 10, 2013, they have implemented and are testing the idea I described below for fixing the problem described in this posting. I recently placed a for-sale ad on Craigslist. I anonymized my email address in the ad, which means that the published email address… Read More »
I recently sent a complaint to a compact fluorescent light bulb manufacturer about a bulb that was rated for 12,000 hours but lasted less than three years. Their response included this: “…remember that there are situations that can shorten the life of a CFL, such as using the bulb in a receptacle that is turned… Read More »
Our house was built around 1886. It has never had a gut remodel, which means that much of what’s in the house is original, including most of the interior doors, doorknobs, and hardware. Unfortunately, this means that a lot of the knobs no longer turn, or they turn but the latches don’t move, or the… Read More »
Dear Mayor Menino, A small, vocal group of parents with children at the Mission Hill School have been waging a campaign to derail the BPS administration’s plan to relocate the school to Jamaica Plain. I am writing in opposition to their campaign and in support of the relocation plan as proposed by Dr. Johnson.
My Windows 7 laptop’s hard drive recently died, and after replacing it (with an SSD! yeah!), reinstalling all of my software including iTunes, and restoring my iTunes library, iTunes refused to play any music through my Logitech USB headset. The speakers plugged into my audio port worked just fine, but when I tried to play… Read More »
The solar photovoltaic (PV) electrical generation system on our house, i.e., our solar panels, “went live” on December 29, 2011. We are now happily generating solar electricity. This is great for the environment now, and in a few years when the system breaks even, it’ll be great for our finances as well. Our electric bill… Read More »
I ordered something from Gadgets and Gizmos early on the morning of March 27. By late the next night, two full business days later, I’d received no shipping notification. I sent them the following email. I’ll let it and the subsequent exchange I had with them speak for itself: To: support@shopgadgetsandgizmos.com My order was placed… Read More »
I was handed this flyer today in front of Boston City Hall: It’s a spoof mocking the Mayor’s demand for teachers to work a longer school day. Hey, BPS teachers… The teachers at my children’s private school work longer hours than you, with worse benefits than you, for less money than you. They do a… Read More »
Apparently, enough people have linked to my complaint about the abuse my family received at the hands of US Airways that it is now the first match that comes up when someone googles for “CEO of USAir”. Many people are doing that because they want to complaint to US Airways themselves but don’t know how… Read More »
I can’t speak to the quality of the custom tailoring work at Gregory’s Fine Tailoring, located at Boston’s downtown crossing. What I can do is report the facts of what Gregory did to me, and then you can decide for yourself whether to patronize his business. Executive summary: Work on my jacket, which I was… Read More »