This herald column comparing Scott Robertson to Luxon. It's both clever and pretty accurate.

That finally at Midnight last night, I got my Brother DCP-L3551CDW printer working with the latest "compatible" toner.

It needed a "battery chip" on the toner to work, not just a chip. Transferred from old toner to new, did a power off and on and away it went.

It is 5 years old so use compatible toners.

Picking up an awesome deal on some gym equipment on Facebook marketplace. now i have to make some space for it, but it will make for a fun Sunday.

Apple. Signing off an email I luckily noticed that instead of Regards, it autocorrected to Regrets. Caught it a couple of times now. Who knows how many people I have offended. 

The older you are the more appropriate it would be.

Getting a new spring for my swiss army scissors. Yay, I can more easily attack the foot talons.

Handle9:

 

This herald column comparing Scott Robertson to Luxon. It's both clever and pretty accurate.

 

Paywalled.

Couple of things making me smile this week: 

Fitted some nifty new bits to my bike that have made me very happy. 

Also got a new microwave to replace the old faithful we had for about 25 years. 
While the old one still worked it was underpowered and also a bit unreliable...occasionally making more noise than microwaves. 
New one makes me smile because of the amount of automated and intelligent features it has. And it is so quiet...

I only use about three buttons on our fancy microwave; 1 min, 10 sec, start.

k1w1k1d:

 

I only use about three buttons on our fancy microwave; 1 min, 10 sec, start.

 

Until it's time to change the clock for DST and then I have to get the manual out..... 

elpenguino:

 

Handle9:

 

This herald column comparing Scott Robertson to Luxon. It's both clever and pretty accurate.

 

 

Paywalled.

 

archive.ph it and no problems.

huckster:

 

k1w1k1d:

 

I only use about three buttons on our fancy microwave; 1 min, 10 sec, start.

 

 

Until it's time to change the clock for DST and then I have to get the manual out..... 

 

I don't bother setting mine. The newer one just shows the : if not set, the old one would stay on 12:00 which was annoying.

Thanks for reminding me to reset the microwave and oven clocks.

richms:

 

elpenguino:

 

Paywalled.

 

 

archive.ph it and no problems.

 

Thanks, I did not know that was a thing.

The new Microwave that I mentioned earlier is making me smile again. 

It's an LG. 

LG have a smart home app. I have added the microwave to the app. It needed a name. 
So now I have three LG appliances, all of which have names in the app: 

• Angus (washing machine)
• Bruce (microwave)
• Doug (dishwasher)

Only the washing machine is properly "smart" and connected to the internet, but all three have the ability to connect to the app via "tap" from a smartphone. 

Manuals, warranty registration etc all reside within the app and the ability to update firmware, perform diagnosis etc. 

Pretty cool.