Android App – Fire Shifts

I wrote a simple app to show the A,B,C schedule shifts for Glendale Fire Department, then added Rancho Santa Fe (Kelly Calendar) and Los Angeles City.

Please visit www.fireshifts.com

12/6/2010 – Added 48/96 hour shift calendar.
12/12/2010 – Added 24/48 hour shift calendar and Denver.
12/14/2010 – Added Marion County FL and Los Angeles County
12/15/2010 – Added 24/72 hour and 24/48 v. B and C, and a 10,10,10000 schedule (Ten, Ten, Ten Thousand)
12/16/2010 – Added 24/72 hour A, B, C and renamed original to D
12/20/2010 – Added custom calendars for Loveland, CO,  Hampton Roads, VA, and Seattle, WA for $0.99 on the market
12/23/2010 – Added custom calendar for Clinton, IA, Jennings, MO, Saline Valley, MO, Roseville, CA and Walla Walla, WA - $0.99

v. 1.0.3 Updated to show now through December 2011
Los Angeles City is ad supported

Los Angeles City also works for:

  • Sheridan fire Dept. in Indiana
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Rural/Metro Knox County, TN

24/48 A. works for:

  • Jacksonville
  • South Charleston, WV FIRE and Charleston, WV FIRE

v. 1.0.5 fixes daylight savings bug.
v. 1.0.6 changed to work forever, including accounting for leap years.  Should continue working well through the year 2999.
v. 1.0.6.1 – updated the font size

Donations welcome:

Custom requests are being put up on the market for $0.99

Current Requests:

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Shuttle Launch

I’m currently in Florida waiting for the shuttle to launch.

Here are some of my pictures.

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Insteon Android App

So I decided to make a custom app for controlling my Insteon lights in my house with Google’s App Inventor for Android.

More details to come.  Here is an early screen shot:

I am planning on putting this in the Android Market as soon as they allow apps from App Inventor in.  I’ll try getting a beta out before then.  Check back soon.

It works by doing internet calls to the SmartLinc network via ethernet.  I’m planning on having it control my air conditioning so when I come close to my house, it automatically cools down the place.    Something with Google’s Latitude, most likely.

Updated to control my Thermostat modules:

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Edit 12/8/2010:

I now have a few apps in the App Marketplace.  This one will probably go up sometime this weekend.  I have the temperature sensors working for thermostats, and full control of my lights.

Its on the market as a beta app now, download  Controid now!

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I moved…

So I upgraded my WordPress to version 3.0.   Thought I’d write some sort of update.   I physically, finally moved myself into a nice place in North Hollywood, all by myself.   Very happy about it.   I have an office again, and remotely controlled dimmer switches!!

Furniture hunting sucks.

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Late night programming…

So this app I’ve been using is pretty great (Gcal2Excel):
http://code.google.com/p/gcal2excel/

It takes your Google Calendar, converts it to an Excel spread sheet, and calculates how much time you’ve worked over the time period. Very cool!

But it had a few drawbacks… Like it didn’t show a description or the location where the events took place. Big drawbacks when I’m trying to do a time sheet with all my mileage on it.

So I made a few improvements:

Here it is(3mb)

  • Shows Description
  • Location
  • All updated libraries
  • I don’t ever have to fill out a time sheet ever again, just type in an event into my Blackberry, and its logged and easily billed for.

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    NYC

    I’m in NYC.

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