Tuppis - Lingon "Lingon is a graphical user interface for creating an editing launchd configuration files for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5. You can use launchd on a Mac to launch scripts and applications whenever something special happens or at a specific time or periodically. You get all launchd configuration files in a list to the left so you can easily see all and choose which one to edit." For messing around with how some of the background services in OS X - like TimeMachine - work.
Austin job creation slower, but still outpacing rivals Over the past year, "[t]he local region added about 14,700 jobs in the 12-month period, bringing its total employment figure to roughly 781,000, according to the report."
Austin Energy to add two-way meter reading "Austin City Council today approved amendments to Austin Energy’s $36 million, 15-year contract with Austin-based Cellnet Technology to offer two-way meter reading capability. The contract was originally approved in 2002 for one-way meter reading services, 60,000 new meters and 63,000 radio units for existing meters. About 80,000 additional meters have been installed under separate contracts."
Fed financial infusions now at $8.5 trillion "The $8.5 trillion total in bailouts is nearly twice the size of annual GDP in Japan and accounts for more than the annual GDP of every national economy except the U.S., European Union and China, according to federal data."