Thursday, February 7, 2013
"I'm not an app developer," said its creator, but he came up with the free BusTrack DC after the Nextbus app he used everyday stopped working.
DC resident Jason Rosenbaum created his own metro bus tracking app after the Nextbus app stopped working in December. BusTrack DC is now available for free download in the Apple iTunes store. "I was looking for a replacement for the app that stopped working," Rosenbaum told Patch. "I built this because I use this app every day," he added. The new app relies on a public feed of GPS data that WMATA publishes. It acts as an interface to allow your phone to use that data in a meaningful way. Rosenbaum described the key features in an email: The app is free and open source, so other programmers can help create copies for Android and Blackberry and improve on what Rosenbaum created. "I’m not an app developer. This is my first app," he said. "I…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
But, a school board member assures the public the proposal was pulled and will be reworked with public input taken into consideration.
Local listservs have been heating up with Prince George's County parents voicing concerns about a school board policy change that would allow the district to own the copyright on student work. The Washington Post recently reported the proposal introduced at a Jan. 24 board meeting as something that could be approved as is, but school board members say that isn't true. Board member Peggy Higgins (Dist. 2) said the board heard parents' concerns and pulled the policy to rework it before the Post published its article. "It is through [the first read process] that the problems regarding this policy's proposed language became clear and the proposed policy was pulled in order to be reworked," Higgins wrote in an email to a Riverdale Park …
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Need to return that ugly sweater Santa got you? Here are the shopping hours for DC area malls and retailers—including Kohl's, Best Buy, Apple store, Walmart, Target and more.
Want to know when you can start shopping with all the money relatives gave you this Christmas? Or do you just need to return the gifts you don't want? Well, many malls and retailers are opening early for the day after Christmas sales on Wednesday, Dec. 26 and some customers can return unwanted presents. Here's what's open and where they are located: The Mall at Prince George's: 3500 East West Highway, (Route 410) Hyattsville, MD 20782 Hours: 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Beltway Plaza Mall: 6198 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt, MD 20770 Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Bowie Town Center 15606 Emerald Way Bowie, MD 20716 Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Westfield Montgomery: 7101 Democracy Boulevard Bethesda, MD 20817 Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Westfield Wheaton: 11160 …
Terry Szall
9:08 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
So who thought this stuff up? How many millions of dollars are generated from children's scribbling with crayons in public schools? Wasted effort, wasted time and money endlessly debating the placement of more and more laws and other restrictive regulations. Why not spend the money on a top-rate, solid education for our children? How in the hell did the rest of us ever gain an education in the … more ›