This Week's Best Apps

By Kyle VanHemert and Casey Chan

This Week's Best Apps

In this week's thank-goodness-it's-the-end-of-the-week app roundup: Goo, sculpted; TiVo, controlled; places to eat, discovered; Twitter, relaxed; history, revisited; PBS, appreciated, and much, much more.

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We are so crazy about apps right now you wouldn't believe it. If you have recommendations, tips, or just want to let us know about your own app, drop a note in the comments or shoot me an email.

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Search for victims goes on as Queensland mops up There has been no let up in the effort to find the people missing from the devastating floods in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane. Inland sea menaces Victorian towns Victorians are being warned that a massive moving inland sea is expected to threaten towns in the state's north and north-west for up to 10 more days. Adelaide crowned nation's most livable city A national survey by the Property Council of Australia has ranked Adelaide as the nation's most livable city. Gay couple wins right to parent surrogate twins A gay couple has been granted full parenting rights to their daughters who were conceived using an overseas surrogate mother. Freak waves blamed for swimmer's death New South Wales police say a series of freak waves caused a man to drown at a beach near Wollongong, south of Sydney, yesterday afternoon.
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The patient art of dying The Productivity Commission's call for urgent reform of aged-care is an extraordinary and long-overdue document that, if implemented, will go a long way toward rectifying the myriad injustices and forms of institutional and economic abuse to which our elderly are subjected in the final years of their lives. And yet it would be mistake to limit our focus to the institutional and economic dimensions of aged-care. There is an equally important moral or personal dimension to the ongoing catastrophe of aged-care in Australia that demands a reform of our moral imaginations as well. Northern Heart and soul Melbourne Heart may be the new kid on the soccer block but with a geo-political divide as stark as Melbourne's a rivalry could emerge that would make AFL suburban rivalries seem twee. Victory may find no pleasure in being cast in the role of the southern dandies, but for the Heart, the mantle of the northern soul is theirs for the taking. Let football prise open this city's hairline crack a tiny bit further. Lebanon crisis a test for the US The latest Lebanese political crisis will undoubtedly reveal the extent of AmericaÂ's influence in the Middle East. It would never happen to me In my 10 years working for ABC Local Radio I have produced and overseen a number of emergency broadcasts. Fires in Sydney's northern suburbs, flooding in Victoria's Gippsland region, the odd cyclone or two and countless storms and flash flooding have honed our skills at helping to build prepared and resilient communities. But a week ago when it became apparent that maybe, just maybe, I might find myself part of the story I still thought it would never happen. Austerity: more than just a buzz word As the UK's debt crisis teeters on the edge of implosion, the government has heralded in a new dawn of economic austerity that is the harshest in living history.
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Croc crook after eating mobile phone Staff at an aquarium in Ukraine are worried about the health of one of their crocodiles after it ate a mobile phone accidentally dropped into its enclosure by a visitor. Oprah set to reveal family secret Oprah Winfrey will be giving her daytime talk show fans something to talk about next week. Fritzl's housing block to be demolished The building under which Austrian Josef Fritzl imprisoned and abused his daughter and children he fathered with her will be knocked down, a town official told Austrian media.
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Biggest rocket ever launched from US West Coast The biggest rocket ever to launch from the US West Coast has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Man wins world record for pi calculation A Japanese businessman using a home-built computer has taken calculations of the mathematical concept of pi to the trillions of digits and won a world record for his labours. Demountable serves as Grantham recovery centre A demountable building will today be trucked into Grantham, in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, today to serve as the recovery centre.
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Desal cost blow-out The State Opposition has urged the government to explain a major cost blow out for the expansion of the Binningup desalination plant. Opposition demands release of entire Wivenhoe manual The Queensland Opposition is stepping up the political pressure on the State Government in the aftermath of the floods. Flood-affected mine running again Owners of the Isaac Plains coal mine near Moranbah say mining has recommenced at the site following flooding in central Queensland.
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Why rubber-banding my power brick is, like, the smartest thing I've ever done

By Joe Brown

Why rubber-banding my power brick is, like, the smartest thing I've ever done

There were 15 of us clustered around a not-large-enough table at CES, almost all plugged into identical power adapters. I put a rubber band around mine to keep from mixing it up with somebody else's. Turns out, I'm a genius.

Almost a month later, the band is a permanent fixture on my brick—it's proven to be equally MVP at home. No, there aren't 15 scumbag tech writers packed around dining room table (right now, anyway), but the rubber band is still pulling its weight. More to the point, it keeps the power brick from pulling its weight. Right off the table, dragging the rest of the power cord with it, yanking the MagSafe connector clean out of my laptop. Sound familiar? Yeah, we must be related, because this used to happen to me all the time.

As beautifully designed as the MacBook power cord assembly is, it has two fundamental design flaws. One is that the plug-side cord is HEAVY. Combine this with the brick's slippery shiny surface, and you have a recipe for a plastic block being dragged off a table by a cable that's slung like a catenary between the outlet and the table's edge. Unless you band that shit, in which case the brick doesn't move at all.

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District decides on makeup days

The Forsyth County school board has approved Feb. 18, 21 and 22 and April 26 as makeup days to compensate for the week of Jan. 10, when students missed five days of classes due to the winter storm.

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Blair fronts Iraq war inquiry Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has again fronted the Iraq war inquiry, expressing his deep regret about the loss of life in Iraq since the allied invasion in 2003. Towns on alert as floods head downstream Residents in several Victorian towns are preparing to evacuate their homes ahead of expected flood peaks in the next day. Freak waves blamed for swimmer's death New South Wales police say a series of freak waves caused a man to drown at a beach near Wollongong, south of Sydney, yesterday afternoon. Many Indigenous too scared to report abuse A new report has found a majority of people in Indigenous communities are too afraid to report violence to the police. Volunteers wanted for weekend flood clean-up Volunteers involved in the flood recovery around Brisbane are being encouraged to focus their attention this weekend on the city's parks.
The Drum	More from The Drum >
The patient art of dying The Productivity Commission's call for urgent reform of aged-care is an extraordinary and long-overdue document that, if implemented, will go a long way toward rectifying the myriad injustices and forms of institutional and economic abuse to which our elderly are subjected in the final years of their lives. And yet it would be mistake to limit our focus to the institutional and economic dimensions of aged-care. There is an equally important moral or personal dimension to the ongoing catastrophe of aged-care in Australia that demands a reform of our moral imaginations as well. Northern Heart and soul Melbourne Heart may be the new kid on the soccer block but with a geo-political divide as stark as Melbourne's a rivalry could emerge that would make AFL suburban rivalries seem twee. Victory may find no pleasure in being cast in the role of the southern dandies, but for the Heart, the mantle of the northern soul is theirs for the taking. Let football prise open this city's hairline crack a tiny bit further. Lebanon crisis a test for the US The latest Lebanese political crisis will undoubtedly reveal the extent of AmericaÂ's influence in the Middle East. It would never happen to me In my 10 years working for ABC Local Radio I have produced and overseen a number of emergency broadcasts. Fires in Sydney's northern suburbs, flooding in Victoria's Gippsland region, the odd cyclone or two and countless storms and flash flooding have honed our skills at helping to build prepared and resilient communities. But a week ago when it became apparent that maybe, just maybe, I might find myself part of the story I still thought it would never happen. Austerity: more than just a buzz word As the UK's debt crisis teeters on the edge of implosion, the government has heralded in a new dawn of economic austerity that is the harshest in living history.
World	More World Stories >
'Obama' bank robber on the run in Austria Police in Austria are hunting a gunman who robs banks wearing a rubber mask of US president Barack Obama, but speaks very much like a local. Wounded US congresswoman leaves hospital US Representative Gabrielle Giffords has left the Arizona hospital where she has remained since being shot in the head on January 8, and began her trip to a Texas medical facility to continue her recovery. Isolated Lukashenko sworn in for fourth term President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a fourth term, in a lavish ceremony boycotted by the West over a crackdown on the Belarus opposition.
Science & Technology	More Science & Technology Stories >
Biggest rocket ever launched from US West Coast The biggest rocket ever to launch from the US West Coast has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Man wins world record for pi calculation A Japanese businessman using a home-built computer has taken calculations of the mathematical concept of pi to the trillions of digits and won a world record for his labours. Demountable serves as Grantham recovery centre A demountable building will today be trucked into Grantham, in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, today to serve as the recovery centre.
Environment	More Environment Stories >
Opposition demands release of entire Wivenhoe manual The Queensland Opposition is stepping up the political pressure on the State Government in the aftermath of the floods. Flood-affected mine running again Owners of the Isaac Plains coal mine near Moranbah say mining has recommenced at the site following flooding in central Queensland. Rubbish hotel opens in Madrid A new hotel has opened in the heart of Madrid proudly declaring that it is complete rubbish.
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North football coach leaving
Zito headed to Dacula

After four seasons at North Forsyth, Jared Zito was set to be introduced today as the next head football coach at Dacula.

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