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unintended consequences

In software engineering, things that you think are a joke sometimes take on a life of their own.  To wit: the humble origins of the blink tag.  A bunch of Netscape engineers got together for beers in Mountain View one … Continue reading

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how much engineering effort is lost to DST every year?

I haven’t yet met anyone who really likes Daylight Savings Time (DST).  Every spring, everyone complains about losing an hour of sleep.  Then you walk through your home and get annoyed by the clocks that aren’t updated automatically.  You get … Continue reading

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more on giving up on Safari

It seems that I’m not the only one who is giving up on Safari in its latest incarnation.  Macworld staff writer Lex Friedman is also dropping Safari for Chrome, and for the same reason: Safari’s insistence on refreshing the content … Continue reading

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giving up on Safari

I’ve been using Safari since its introduction in 2003.  Upon the death of Internet Explorer for Mac, I switched to Safari exclusively.  When other web browsers have come out, I’ve given them all a go, but I’ve always returned to … Continue reading

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the road away from Quicken, part 4: using iBank

Now that I’ve got my data imported into iBank, it’s time to actually put it through its paces on my easiest set of financial data (the household accounts). The UI is a single window.  I’ve never thought myself a fan … Continue reading

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the road away from Quicken, part three: importing data into iBank

This is part three of an ongoing series about trying to move away from Quicken 2007 for Mac.  The previous two parts of the series are here: part one: my needs for financial software part two: thoughts about my financial … Continue reading

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the road away from Quicken, part 2: thoughts on data

In my road away from Quicken, I’ve decided that the first potential Quicken for Mac 2007 replacement that I’ll evaluate is iBank.  Last night, I downloaded it and started the import process1. After I imported my data into iBank, I … Continue reading

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the road away from Quicken (part 1)

I’m an old-skool Quicken user.  I’ve been using it since I was working on my first undergraduate degree.  Today, I use it for pretty much everything in my financial life. Back in my Linux days, I kept a Windows partition … Continue reading

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