The Charlie Cards are working (sorta)

When we got our mitts on a Dunkie's (Dunkin Donuts) rechargeable card, we were besides ourselves in glee. Instead of fiddling for cash - and perhaps teasing the caffeine addled even more with not having the correct change - money from credit card + DD card = bliss.

Then there's the CharlieCard. Hoo boy. Plenty of horror stories here, here and yes, here from BadTransit. We know nothing about the fine points of Linux, but we figure that it should be easy to take your credit card, slap $20 onto it and not hear the losing horns from the Price is Right.