018 - gasoline update 2009-03-20

gasoline update 2009-03-20

↓ 2 cents| 2009-03-16 the gas price at "Co-op" gas station was posted at
$ 0.839/Litre. This was a 2 cent decrease from $0.859/Litre.

↑ 5 cents| On 2009-03-19 I noticed the gas price at "Co-op" was increased 5 cents from
$ 0.839/Litre to $ 0.889/Litre. This happened 3 days after the last price change. (see above).

017 - energizer duo charger

energizer duo charger

model CHUSB

purchased 2009

UsbCharger_setup_V1_1_1.exe = installer software for windows
software that lets you monitor charging progress from your
computer screen (this software is NOT portable)

Energizer_Charger_DriverAndTools(ppc_intel).sit = installer software
for the mac computer (same idea as above)

CHUSB_E_F_S.pdf = owners manual


nickel review:
*this charger is for NiMH batteries only.
*you can charge 1 or 2 batteries, either 1 AA or 2 AA cells,
or similarly, 1 AAA or 2 AAA cells.
*sometimes when charging 2 batteries, the green led flashes rapidly indicating
a bad battery. The way to get around this is either:
- remove the batteries and reinsert OR
- remove a battery and charge only 1 battery at a time in slot 1.
*this charger is small and allows charging by AC or usb port.

* i give this product a rating of 6 out of 10.
-it is handy & is of good value
-software needs to be installed and is not portable
-charging 2 cells sometimes results in a charging error

016 - gasoline update 2009-03-03

gasoline update 2009-03-03

↓ 2 cents| On 2009-03-03 the gas price at "7-11" was posted at (the same as Safeway gas station)
$ 0.859/Litre. This 2 cent decrease happened 1 day after a 6 cent increase.

↑ 6 cents| On 2009-03-02 I noticed the gas price at "7-11" convenience store was increased from
$ 0.819/Litre to $ 0.879/Litre

015 - notes on a few rss services

notes on a few rss services

bloglines.com nice and simple; allows creating anonymous email mailboxes; saved searches

http://www.bloglines.com/login

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my.yahoo.com userfriendly

(http://ca.my.yahoo.com/)

alerts.yahoo.com alerts of feeds can be sent to email or messenger or mobile

newsgator.com 3 saved searches = aka "smart feeds"; podcatching; fwd feeds to email or mobile is possible (but labor intensive; ie, need to setup individually for each feed)

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netvibes.com customizable main page; "add to clippings" feature.

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a couple of portable downloaded software rss reader clients are:

nf reader 1.37 .easy to use; small footprint

(you can add your own .wav file to its main folder to customize the notification sound.)

Author website http://www.gaijin.at/

Download http://www.gaijin.at/getit.php?id=nfreader

abilon 2.53 portable rss reader .easy to use; small footprint

"rssitem.templ" in "Themes" folder and add "<>" at the bottom of this file. This should show links to enclosures at the end of the feed.

Author website http://abilon.org ... broken link?

Download at softpedia.com http://download.softpedia.com/dl/47aaa6d15227e8b8642f2584bbb54203/499c9e21/100079400/software/portable/internet/news/PortableAbilon.exe

feeds

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014 - gasoline update 2009-03-01

gasoline update 2009-03-01

↓ 2 cents| i'm late again with my update. within the last 3 weeks , the gasoline price has dropped from $0.859/L to $0.839/L,
↓ 2 cents| then again to $0.819/L. (once again gas stations = safeway & coop). summary: a drop of 4 cents in 3 weeks.