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Sorry Mint, we are done.

dnovotny — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:28:23 +0000

So, I had reset the password on one of my accounts, and neglected to reset it in mint as well, and apparently it tried to login to the account enough times to get me locked out of it again. Now I have two financial institutions that I get to call and unlock my online accounts to. That on top of the fact that they still don’t support my non-mega-bank, I just don’t see any value in keeping the account. I appreciated the graphs, but, really, if they aren’t getting my day to day spending into the budget its not much value.
It was swell, but, the swelling has gone down…

New Wordles from my delicious account

dnovotny — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:20:28 +0000

My delicious account is http://delicious.com/dnovotny

obamacto.org

dnovotny — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:06:31 +0000

http://obamacto.org/.
I haven’t researched it, I just found it in one of my many RSS feeds. I love the principal of it at least. I need to check into it to see who wrote it, who is following it, and if it is actually affiliated with Obama in any way. Aside from that though, I think if it is real, it is the first step in truly democratizing our government. I understand that our government was written in a fashion that was right for its time, regarding representation. My question is, has that changed? Is two people from a state really enough to control the senate and put forth the wishes of the public? We are living in in an age where a large population of our society has access to the internet. Can we not tap into that availability and make the government utilize it to help shape and make these decisions? I understand there are parts of the nation that don’t have the internet penetration that we take for granted here, but does that mean that we shouldn’t have a government that is willing to step into the future and make its own processes open and transparent and accessible?

Batman Review

dnovotny — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:39:48 +0000

Well, I promised a review, and honestly I liked it so much that I have been holding off so that I wouldn’t have to give any spoiler alerts. And until I really write what I think, and can feel free doing so while talking in specifics, see Ken’s blog. I completely dis-agree with him about Batman Begins. I loved that movie, and I think at the time that was probably my favorite Batman movie. Just awesome. But he is right on every point on the new one. And honestly, I hadn’t ever been bothered by Bale’s voice in the last one, but in this one it really caught me as just too much.