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RSS tracking and ranking service AideRss (see our previous coverage) has slowly been accumulating features that make it more useful than ever. In addition to seeing which posts in an RSS feed are getting the most traction, you can see where the conversations are going on - most recently, they’ve added Twitter tracking to their existing Digg, Google, del.icio.us, and comment tracking.
More and more, I find myself turning to AideRSS to get a sense of what’s important on a particular blog. With the new additions, you can get a breakdown of where people are talking and which posts are triggering the discussion - great information for any publisher who wants to find out what appeals to readers.
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I have a dilemma to lay before you. Albeit one not overly large in scope and one that I'm certain that you're all more than capabale of resolving, if you'll grant me such indulgence.
It is, in short, that I am lacking in inspiration.
Not for the fine details of my work, nor yet the execution, but for the grand scope, the base concept for "what to build next".
If you have any thoughts regarding objects that you would wish to see coaxed from the eather into what we might call relity. Please, I beg of you, share them. Lest my tools grow rusty from lack of use.
Here and Here I include reference to such items as I have constructed in the very recent past, for no other reason than to focus your cogitations in the most fruitful direction.
I should hate for the ladies to regale me with their most uplifting ideas for self adjusting bustles only to become despondant at my lack of ability with the creation of such things.
I Remain, as ever, your servant.
[Outside of the SCA, I mean. XD]
Rennies need a cool suffix, too!
Complete fuckhead Arnold Schwarzenegger tries for the Nth time to cut services for the disabled.
This one, cutting the already ridiculously underfunded IHSS (In home support services) will drive more people into institutions and is a huge attack on the independence of elderly & disabled people
LIke it's easy now for people to find a halfway decent PCA and this just makes it so much worse.
It doesn't even stop there - he wants to cut money right from people's fucking SSI checks. Have you ever been on welfare, it is NOT A LOT OF MONEY. If you know any older people on a fixed income from SSI then you know what I'm talking about. Cutting their monthly income would be inhuman.
The Governor wants to cut the program three ways: eliminating some crucial services – including food preparation - to 84,000 consumers; imposing an unaffordable share of cost on 7,100 consumers, and – in his broadest cut – slashing the state’s contribution to the wages and benefits of the people who provide home care.
To maintain services and wages, counties would have to shoulder a huge new burden which they cannot afford and will not accept. The alternative is that workers wages would sink to the minimum wage of $8.00 an hour. The Governor’s plan would make it difficult if not impossible for consumers to find and keep quality home care workers as home care workers would turn to other less difficult and better paying jobs.
“I challenge the governor to spend a day providing care to an IHSS consumer and see if, in good conscience, he can live with his own proposals, said Herb Meyer, a senior and IHSS consumer from Marin County. “Why is he protecting the richest in California and hurting us?”
IHSS consumers are poor and will be poorer as a result of Schwarzenegger's other proposals to eliminate their cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and State Supplementary Payments (SSP). SSI is the sole source of income for some 1.3 million blind, aged and disabled persons; they must rely on the SSI grant for all their living expenses.
Windows only: Freeware application Lebendig adds snazzy, lightweight animations to your windows—like spinning a window as you launch it or fading out when you close it. Apps like Lebendig aren't uncommon, but Lebendig does set itself apart by using very little memory while still adding a little snap to your daily computing. It's not the eye candy of Aero, but it's a good way to avoid some of that UI jealousy that you're bound to have using XP every day. Then again, if you're really getting jealous of some of Vista's better features, check out how to get Vista's best features in XP.
Mint, the web-based financial management application that took us by storm a few months back, is adding investment tracking to their already impressive feature set. Mint's investments, currently in beta, tracks everything from the performance of your Roth IRA to the value of your 401k, all from its attractive, easy-to-understand interface. As with Mint in general, you'll need to be comfortable trusting your data in their hands (if you're curious, you can read more about their security measures here). Mint investments is currently in private beta, but if you follow the link, they've set up a page for Lifehacker readers to sign up. You should get access to Mint's investments sometime next week, and we've been assured that there's no limits on signups. In the meantime, hit the jump for a closer look at Mint's investments interface.
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Get the value of all of your investments at a glance and track its growth over time.
Keep an eye on which accounts are doing well and which are underperforming.
As you can see, if you're someone who's diversified your investments but has no idea what the aggregate of all of that investing amounts to, Mint's new investments feature could mean a whole new way to understand, manage, and track your finances—and best of all, it's free to use.
Tonight, you'll find me at Hubba Hubba Revue: Anchors Aweigh at the DNA. I'm tired now, but looking forward to it.
Here's a photo from last month's prison show:
And tomorrow, I'll be tabling at the Malcolm X Jazz Festival for most of the day. Come on down if you can.
When you think of what values you seek from co-workers, colleagues, and clients, punctuality is probably one that wouldn’t immediately come to mind. Being web workers, parents, co-workers, spouses and just about every other role you can imagine, we have many demands for our attention and sometimes these time frames overlap.
Being punctual shows those with whom you interact that:
- You care. Being on time shows you give importance to the meeting or task you’ve agreed to.
- You’re competent. If you’re late to a meeting or function, your client will wonder about your ability to complete the potential task that you two are meeting about.
- You’re accountable. If you are consistently late, you will have a more difficult developing trust in those who want to interact with you. When you arrive behind schedule, the person may be harboring an instant grudge against your tardiness, whether they visibly show it or not.
Now that we’ve established the reasons that punctuality is necessary and can be an edge in business, how do you ensure you’ll be on time on a more regular basis?
Focus: Time management is a reflection of the rest of your life. Therefore, it’s important to only focus on things that are of value to you. If you agree to take a meeting only because you’re being “nice” and don’t want to say no; re-visit this line of thinking. Keep in mind that your time is valuable, no matter if it’s spent on items for business or pleasure.
Build in a buffer: Competent time managers know that tasks often take more time than you initially predict. Build in buffer when you agree to a deadline or milestone. This is also important when forecasting how much time it will take to get to a meeting. For example, expect traffic and plan accordingly.
Leave Reminders: If forgetfulness is an issue, leave post-it notes in your car, on the coffee maker, anywhere that will be obvious to you to remind you of upcoming events.
Don’t Allow the Little Things to Get In the Way: If your gas tank is almost empty, fill it. Having to stop to fill up the tank on the way to a meeting, it will most likely make you late. If you need to drop mail off at the post office, do it when you’re not en route to a scheduled event.
Being an effective time manager requires you to be honest with yourself about your limitations and abilities.
How do you ensure punctuality?
They are now off to Sausalito on the ferry to bask in the sun and drink at Margaritaville.
We looked after them sadly as we headed back to the office: "Why aren't WE going with THEM???"
Sad kitties.
Likely they won't make tonight, though. I gave them the info, and the HHR family has warmly welcomed them, but I just *know* they're gonna turn into pumpkins before then.
Tomorrow, though, post-Pilates, and after they do the Mission mural walk, we'll hook up and maybe go by the Mission Bazaar, since I want to see the inside of the Armory! And the Bellydance Mafia (featuring Sheila and Claire and Cera) is performing!
And then there will be more merriment. Maybe TI COUZ merriment.
And then they'll toddle off and there will be OMFGYAY POP ROXX.
Yay weekend.
- Mood:
tired - Music:Boston
Submitter Ellie suggests that this carrot juice is squeezed daily, but not served until much later. (I like the mental image of somebody hand-squeezing a carrot, too.)So, I finished making food for Lajuna. That is how the name appeared on the ticket. I walk out and call out how I think it is pronounced, "LA-JUNE-A!" This woman stares at me. She is just staring at me, as if she were making me go up in flames. "LA-JUNE-A!," I call out again. The woman walks up, and says in the nastiest tone EVAR "what did you just say?" "La.. june..a?," I answer. She does that laugh that people do when they are angry and says in nasty voice "okay, let's try this again. It's LA-WANNA. LAAAAAAAAAA WANNNNNNNNNNNN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA." I roll my eyes at her, hand the food to her, and say "okay, whatever," and walk to the back.
A steady stream of preview releases have kept our typing fingers especially busy covering the beta beat the last several weeks. From Mac virtualization software to Microsoft Office add-ons to iTunes sharing apps, there are lots of new features for eager testers to preview and try out. Beyond the most obvious best public preview out there right now—Firefox 3—which beta has your heart? Cast your vote, after the jump. Photo by arriba.
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Note: We left Firefox 3 out of the poll, we're assuming it would've won by a landslide and towered over lesser-known betas. If you haven't tried out the Firefox 3 beta yet, here's our complete field guide to testing Firefox 3.
What's your favorite beta right now? Did we miss any good ones? Let us know in the comments.
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