Author Archives: Dan TheMan
The Ultimate Electronics Toolbox
In the early 80’s I stumbled across a Plano 757 tackle box and purchased it to store my small assortment of electronic tools and parts. It quickly ended up at my office where I was constantly having to make cable … Continue reading
Installing Vino (VNC) on Linux Mint 19.2
I wasted too much time figuring this out so I’ll document it here for future use and if anyone else hits the problem. As of Linux Mint 19.2 (or maybe a little earlier), they stopped including the simple Remote Desktop … Continue reading
Installing gnuCOBOL on Windows
7 years ago I did some testing with Open COBOL. I wanted to see how well it implemented COBOL and do some performance testing as well. As I recall, the implementation was lacking a bit, but I was still able … Continue reading
MoneyDance: First Impressions
I did a little testing of MoneyDance and I’ll share what I saw. This is by no means a ‘review’. Installation When I attempted to install MD, I immediately encountered problems. The most recent version is 64bit only. The system … Continue reading
Playing Old Interactive Games (Adventure, Warp, Mystery Mansion) Online
I made a copy of my setup of the simH HP3000 emulator available for download a couple of years ago. There are several downloads of that file every day. Evidently there are a few that really enjoy playing these old … Continue reading
gnuCash and Online Banking: A Complete Failure for Me
I have several bank accounts that quicken downloads transactions for on a daily basis. Every morning, I do a sync and check transactions to make sure everything is legit. I don’t want to loose that ability. One of my accounts … Continue reading
Decontaminating N95 Masks
I have a coupe of N95 masks I purchased a few years back for sanding projects. I have to assume all paint in my old house contains lead. As of last night, the latest recommendation is now that everyone wear … Continue reading
Importing Quicken Data into gnuCash
Before I went the the procedure of cleaning up my quicken data I attempted an import which failed, of course. Worse, there was no indication of what caused the failure. But I knew my data file was a monster, so … Continue reading
Cleaning out Your Quicken Data File: Deleting all Historical Transactions, Securities, and Accounts
[Note: please DO NOT ask me questions about this procedure. I did it twice myself and never expect to do it again. I will not remember any details and will not be able to provide any more help that what … Continue reading
I’m So Done with Quicken, Maybe gnuCash?
I never really had a high opinion of Quicken from the early days (I’ve been using it since the early to mid 90’s). It seems every mandatory upgrade generally brought enough problems that I would have preferred to stay with … Continue reading
