Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Associated Press: Living without a bank: Fees and confusion galore

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Daily Todo is a gorgeous, minimalistic manager for repetitive tasks

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Daily Todo is a gorgeous, minimalistic manager for repetitive tasks

Filed under: Productivity, web 2.0

Every once in a while, a tool comes along that just blows my mind. I'm sorry if that sounds hyperbolic. I mean, when technology progresses, it often moves in the direction of complexity: Take my current Android phone and compare it to the Nokia I had ten years ago, and I think you'll see what I mean.

And every now and then I come across something that completely, and beautifully, bucks this trend. Daily Todo is one such tool. The Web is full of task managers, including ones aimed specifically at recurring tasks such as Joe's Goals.

But this thing... this thing is the zen garden of repetitive task managers. No account required; no banners, no documentation, no options, no tagging, no About page, nothing. I mean, one less feature and this thing would not even work.

To start using the tool, hit the huge button that says Create your Daily Todo list. Then just enter your list, one item per line. You then get to your list, showing your items with a check mark along each item. Each check mark has a few dots next to it, to show you previous days, so you can see if you did the task or not.

This is almost as good as Sciral Consistency. I'm still waiting for someone to remake that exact utility into a free Web app.

[Via the wonderful One Thing Well, which you should really read if you like this sort of minimalism.]

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Samsung launches Galaxy tablet for U.S. market via msnbc.com iPhone app

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Droid Root Disabled By OTA Update

So I got the OTA update to FRG22D today on my Motorola Droid and it disabled root. Which was not unexpected. What was unexpected. Was the notice posted at Unstableapps.com stating they were not going to be able to root again with Easy Root.
So I tried reverting to the first 2.2 update that was pushed but the phone rejected that and aborted the update. It was the same file I used the first time but the phone apparently decides that its not going backwards.
I am not terribly happy about any of this. I want my root back.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Jackie Evancho ~ America's Got Talent 2nd Semi-finals

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

listentoamovie.com

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Hands on: Google App Inventor for Android

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Alliant says it will go ahead with request for a temporary rate increase

A spokesman for Alliant Energy says they are following the law and will move forward with their request for a temporary electric rate increase despite a call from the governor to delay the rate increase. Alliant spokesman, Ryan Stensland, says the company sent Governor Chet Culver a letter saying they have some common ground in that both believe it's important to invest in renewable green energy, and both know making that investment costs money.

He says they also indicated to the governor that they would implement interim rates consistent with Iowa law on March 20th, and they would not seek a delay in the implementation of the rates. Stensland says they also asked the governor to bring the Consumer Advocate and other parties together to expedite the hearing of the full rate case. Stensland says if the rate case is acted upon quickly, it contains a provision that would use 180-million dollars to help was the phase-in of the rate increase.

The governor asked for a hearing on the rates, but Stensland says the Iowa Utilities Board has already set up hearings that will determine if the rate increase is justified. Stensland says it would take two to four months to hold hearings if the company delays the temporary increase, and he says Iowa law allows the temporary rate increase until the final decision is made on rates.

Steansland says under the law if the Iowa Utilities Board then rules a permanent rate increase should be lower than the temporary increase, then the company has to refund money to customers. Stensland says the company has invested nearly one-billion dollars in green energy and environmental controls, and has to show investors it can recover those costs.

Stensland says the market reacts favorably when news is good, and unfavorably when the news is not good, and he says there are financial implications if the company is not able to implement the temporary and then permanent rates. Stensland stops short of saying the request from the governor to halt the temporary rate increase is a political move.

"I realize this is an election season, and you never know exactly what spurs these types of reactions, but at the end of the day we're focused on providing safe and reliable power for our company, and we're not interested the politics," Stensland says.

The temporary rate would be a 10% increase, and the company is asking for a permanent increase of 14%. A spokesman for the Iowa Utilities Board says a majority of utilities have follow the procedure of asking for a temporary rate increase before a ruling is made on their request for a permanent increase since the law was changed. Alliant Energy serves around 480,000 electric customers in Iowa.

The Iowa Utilities Board has set the following public hearings on the rate increase: Peosta Community Center, Wednesday, April 7th @ 1:30;Marion, Wednesday, April 7th @ 6:30; Spirit Lake at the Community Room in the Dickinson Dounty Courthouse, Wednesday, April 14 @1:30;Mason City- NIACC Campus, Muse-Norris Conference Center, Room 180A, Thursday April 15th @ 6:30; Newton High School Auditorium, Tuesday, April 20th @ 6:30; Osceola High School Auditorium, Wednesday, April 21st @ 6:30;St. Mary's Parish Center Ft. Madison, Tuesday, April 27th @ 1:30; Ottumwa High School Auditorium, Tuesday, April 27th @ 6:30.

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