The extension thing is what scared me off Firefox. I didn't like the idea of having to go hunt to customise the browser. It's obvious that with good extensions the functionality exceeds that of Opera. But I'm lazy, and out of the box Opera already does enough of that stuff that I just can't be arsed.

Yet, Firefox has the alt!browser excitement, and Opera a sliver of the market share. I don't care who else uses Opera--I'm just scared it will go away.

I think I'm going to split the difference, and use Firefox on my iBook, and Opera on the work computers.

Opera is pretty good, I use it sometimes. I keep coming back to Firefox though.

I keep coming back to Firefox though.

What about it draws you back? I use Firefox when I need to be logged in somewhere (like LJ, perhaps) as two different users. But, like you, I keep drifting back to my other browser.

What about it draws you back?

Nothing in particular. I like the way the mouse gesture works with the Firefox extension than the built-in gestures in Opera. I like the look of the UI a little better (or a lot better in GNOME). I think Opera just as good as Firefox, it's just a personal preference.

OMG, my printer is totally not working.

First: it was printing fine earlier today, then I put a new toner cartridge in and the test page printed find. Since then -- no printing. It's a little deskjet 5650 and pushing the on/off button has no effect, neither did unplugging it or restarting my computer. There is no paper jam.

Why does it hate me?

Did you check to make sure closed everything perfectly? I have a laserjet that will print a test page if you have not completely closed the lid when inserting a new toner cartridge, but tell the computer it is offline. Did you also check that the cable to the computer (as opposed to the power) is tightly connected on both printer and computer end?

Yes and yes.

Stupid printer.

Are you getting any error messages on the computer or flashing lights on the printer?

While time consuming, what almost always works is:

1) Cancel all the documents waiting in the queue. 2) Power off the printer. 3) Shut down the PC. 4) Unplug the power cord from the printer. 5) Unplug the printer cable from the printer. 6) Wait a couple minutes. 7) Plug everything back in. Make sure the printer cable is tight on both ends. 8) Power the printer on. 9) Boot up your PC. 10) Try to print.

If that doesn't work, I would say to try putting the old ink catridge back in and see if it prints then. Could be a faulty cartridge (and funky things happen with HP printers when the cartridge is bad).

Also, odd question, is there a piece of film (blue or black) on the new cartridge with a pull tab on it? If that isn't removed, it would cause the printer not to print (though I'm not sure how it would have printed the initial test page.)

If none of that works, try reinstalling the drivers.

ETA: Do you have the printer hooked up with an old-style parallel cable or is it USB?

Dumb Windows (XP) question: I attacked a USB drive to my work computer - it recognized the new hardware but it was not mounted with a drive letter. The first letter available was 'T', with a bunch of networked drives on drive letters 'E' through 'S'. I then unmounted the first network drive and plugged the USB drive in again and it worked. So, does it not work to have a network drive letter that's lower than your USB drive?