My DNS Oops, Moneydance, and my Daughter's Ballet
Yeah, I know I've been neglecting to post anything for a while now. There's
been things I've wanted to post but just didn't get around to. Now they aren't
fresh enough in my head to make a meaningful post about. My oops is because I
totally missed the date to renew my TZO subscription and only discovered it
when I tried to access my music from work this morning. That's taken care of
and I'm all set for another two years.
I've had a major backlog of picture to get in my photo gallery. I finally
downloaded them to my PC and got about half of them on-line. There are some
pictures of my wife's rose bushes that kind of nice. I don't have the patience
for gardening but I enjoy the end result of her work.
On tllts a couple of episodes ago they interviewed the developer of Moneydance.
I've heard of Moneydance before but never gave it much of a shot, mostly
because I'm a cheap bastard. After hearing some specifics I gave it a whirl
and actually registered my copy. Moneydance imported all my Quicken data
flawlessly, and interfaces with my bank on-line. Plus I
think you get
future upgrades for free. So you don't have to buy each major release as far
as I know. With Quicken I wasn't doing on-line banking because my copy was way
to old and didn't work correctly with the bank so moving to Moneydance was
worth it just for that. Oh, and I think it is much more intuitive to use than Quicken
ever was. It looks like I've just gotten rid of my last Windows based app that
I relied on! Moneydance runs on just about every platform known to man,
including OS/2 of all things, so I
can move on over to another PC in a pinch if my Linux box takes a dive. It's a
java based app but it doesn't feel like it and it's pretty darn fast, not the
slow stuff that people associate with Java.
On a totally unrelated note, may daughter had her very first performance on
stage this weekend. She's taking ballet lessons and her school put on a nice
show. Performers ranged from what looked like 3 to 4 year old kids on up to the
advanced classes. The show included Jazz, Hip-Hop, Broadway, and Ballet styles
so it covered a wide range of tastes.