/2012/03/16/total-confusion/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2012\/03\/16\/total-confusion\/","trash":"","name":"total-confusion","parent":"","title":"Total Confusion","date":"2012-03-16 11:36:28","filepath":"posts\/20001415_total-confusion.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/totalconfusion\/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1084\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"Total Confusion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gear.png\" alt=\"Total Confusion - utility to determine how a total was made with simple numbers\" width=\"60\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>I got a wild bill from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pge.com\/\">PG&E<\/a> a month ago that required them to check gas meter readings. \u00a0They determined they were at fault, but the resulting bill after corrections was absurdly confusing. \u00a0There was no easy way to figure out how they reached the total amount with the numbers they were providing. \u00a0Charges, fees, and payments were not clearly stated.\n\nSo, I threw together a web application utility tool that takes the total and all the numbers that might <em>possibly <\/em>be used to calculate a total, and spit out which values were added and which were subtracted to equal the total.\n\nIt was fun and easy to write. \u00a0It is also useful. \u00a0So, I've put it on the interweb so you folks can use it too.\n\nThe calculation tool is aptly named: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/totalconfusion\/\">Total Confusion<\/a><\/strong>"}}
