The Old Reader goes all the way in emulating Google Reader – it’s closing

Google?s announcement in March that it was to close its Reader service a few months later sent most users of the service scurrying off to find a replacement. Various companies spruced up their existing RSS reader offering while others built a new one from scratch in an effort to sweep up news addicts looking for a new home for their beloved feeds.

While Feedly proved a popular choice for many, Digg?s reader also gained a lot of praise for its clean, simple design, and picked up a lot of former Reader users as a result.

For those hoping for an experience as close to possible to Google?s Reader tool, the aptly named The Old Reader was a no brainer. It looked like Reader and acted like Reader. In fact, it?s turned out to be a bit too much like Reader ? it?s closing down next month.

Well, to be specific, it?s closing its public site. This means that if you switched to it after the news broke that Google?s Reader was shuttering, you?ll no longer be able to use The Old Reader from the middle of August.

?No work-life balance?

Developers Elena Bulygina and Dmitry Krasnoukhov explained the decision in a lengthy piece posted Monday. Essentially, the pair became overwhelmed by the extra amount of work involved in keeping the site going following the sudden influx of new users in the last couple of months. The first sign that all was not well came last week when The Old Reader crashed and remained offline for days.

?In March things became ?nightmare?, but we kept working hard and got things done,? the pair wrote in the post. ?First, we were out of evenings, then out of weekends and holidays, and then The Old Reader was the only thing left besides our jobs. Last week difficulty level was changed to ?hell? in every possible aspect we could imagine, we have been sleep deprived for 10 days and this impacts us way too much.

?The truth is, during last 5 months we have had no work-life balance at all.?

Private site

User registration has been closed and the site will be kept running for a select few, including friends, backers, and those who signed up before March 13, the date Google announced it was shuttering Reader.

If you don?t fall into one of these categories, you have two weeks to export your OPML file (click on your name top right of the The Old Reader interface, then on Settings, then scroll down and look for the export your feeds link), which you can take to Feedly, Digg, or another RSS reader.

Bulygina and Krasnoukhov do offer fans of The Old Reader some hope, explaining in their post that they?re ready to listen to anyone interested in acquiring the site. But if no takeover happens, it?s curtains for most users.

?We?d rather provide a smooth and awesome experience for 10,000 users than a crappy one for 420,000,? the developers wrote, adding, ?Sorry, each and everyone if we failed you. You are an incredible, supportive and helpful community. The best we could possibly hope for.?

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Passengers kicked off 'heavy' London City Airport flights

She said Swiss had ?faced similar situations in the past? due to adverse winds but ?only at London City? airport.

One passenger on board Sunday?s affected flight claimed bags were also removed from the plane, but Swiss denied this. ?We were told the plane was overweight by a tonne,? she said. ?A ground handler said it's happening every day from London City because in bad weather the pilots need a lot of fuel, and can't take off from City with a lot of fuel and a full plane of passengers. So every day passengers and baggage are being offloaded.?

A spokesman for CityJet, which flies from the airport to destinations including Edinburgh, Paris, Milan, Florence, Amsterdam and Dublin, said the problem ? which affects the airline's 15 Fokker 50 aircraft, but not its 23 Avro RJ85s ? occurs on a ?weekly or monthly, but not daily? basis. He added that the airline had taken a number of steps to reduce the weight of its planes ? including installing lighter seating ? and said that when such a situation arises, economy passengers are offloaded in favour of premium ones. A British Airways spokesman said it was ?an extremely rare occurrence that we would have to remove customers from a flight due to operating restrictions at the airport.?

A spokesman for London City Airport said its location meant that an extension to the runway ?would never happen?.

Passengers denied boarding in such instances must be offered a choice of a full refund or an alternative flight. If they choose to take the next available flight, they are entitled to assistance while they wait ? including food, drink and accommodation where necessary. They are also entitled to cash compensation (see below).

The Civil Aviation Authority said: ?Airlines are responsible for operating aircraft within the manufacturer?s stated restrictions. This includes maximum take-off and landing weights, but operators must also consider other variables such as the length of the runway, any obstacles that must be cleared during the initial climb-out phase, wind speed and direction, elevation, and the outside air temperature.?

What if I am "bumped" off my flight?

As last week's Swiss flight demonstrates, weather issues will sometimes force airlines to deny passengers boarding. Furthermore, some airlines ? though not normally the no-frills airlines ? will overbook peak-time flights because their computer models tell them that a certain number of passengers will not show up. But computers sometimes get it wrong. If more passengers turn up than there are seats available, some have to be "bumped off".

If this happens to you, you are entitled to significant compensation under EU rules (which apply to the same countries' airlines and airports as specified above).

The compensation varies between ?125 and ?600 depending on the length of the delay to your final destination and the distance of the flight.

An airline is allowed to negotiate a lower rate with passengers who volunteer to be removed, but in all cases, in addition to compensation, you are entitled to "a refund within seven days of the full price you paid for your ticket" or "a return flight to the departure airport as soon as possible... or re-routing to your final destination as soon as possible or, if you agree, at a later date".

The airline must also pay for reasonable incidental expenses such as meals and hotel accommodation.

See caa.co.uk/passengers for more information.

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Wisconsin sues Florida company alleging no-call violations

The state is suing a Florida-based company that sells magazine subscription renewals for violating Wisconsin's no-call policy.

The complaint was filed Monday against Publishers Marketing Service and alleges the company has made numerous calls to Wisconsin residents without registering as a telephone solicitor and has called numbers listed on the state's no-call registry, according to a state attorney general news release.

In addition, the lawsuit claims that the Florida company made misrepresentations to sell magazine subscriptions, such as lying to customers about planned subscription price increases to panic them into renewing.

The case has been assigned to Dane County Circuit Court Judge Amy Smith. The state is represented by Assistant Attorney General Lewis W. Beilin.

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Man Recreates Donkey Kong Video Game Using Stop Motion: What Have You Done Today?

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Wedding Wednesdays: Mini-moon

I realize mini-moons are kind of a made-up thing. But we plan on taking one right after our wedding since we won't be able to go on a full-length honeymoon for several months. I was reading a wedding magazine over the weekend suggesting honeymoon destinations, and their suggestion for a mini-moon was (drumroll please)...Boston!

They said to stay at the?Charles Hotel (a venue we looked at but was booked on our date), take in river views, ride swan boats and indulge in the chocolate bar at the?Langham. I think I could go on a mini-moon this weekend!

I doubt we'll stay in town--something about the thought you could run into someone you know takes away from the glamour-- but I loved the idea. Boston can be so romantic, and I think living here we forget that sometimes.?

We're planning a Boston harbor cruise for later this month as a result of my newfound determination to take advantage of the city's sweet spots. What are some other places we should go?

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Split Screen: Get Organized

Your life is a mess. Bring order to the chaos with the most powerful organizational tool available: your phone. Load the right apps to handle to-do lists, calendar events, and notes and you can turn a smartphone into the best ...

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Smart Knife Sniffs Out Cancer Cells

[unable to retrieve full-text content]sciencehabit writes "When surgeons can't determine the edges of a tumor, it's a problem. Cut too much, and they risk hurting the patient. Cut too little, and they may leave stray cancer cells behind. Now, researchers have developed a surgical knife that can sniff the smoke made as it cuts tissue, almost instantly detecting whether cells are cancerous or healthy. The 'intelligent knife,' or iKnife could distinguish normal and tumor tissues from different organs, such as breast, liver, and brain, and could even identify the origin of a tumor that was a metastasis, a secondary growth seeded by a primary tumor elsewhere in the body."

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