I should know better than to ask. Now that I have some suggestions for comparing Mac software beyond the list I generated for myself I'm in avoidance mode. A couple suggestions I just don't want to add to the list. A couple would be great to do but mighty time consuming.Read more...

A couple of things have been on my mind as we occupy the space that has had four owners in 210 years. First, what did the inside of this place actually look like way back in 1798? And then, what, if anything did they grow around here? Possibly to feed the folks who braved the travels across Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
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We know we don't have the original barn here any longer, even though there is a 4 stall horse barn behind the stone house. There are still 2 cisterns behind the house as well and a rusty water pump that I'd dearly love to restore. The hard part is going to be picking which project will float to the top of the list as we determine what we can afford to do.Read more...

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It’s pretty inevitable that people develop varied working methods. Hence, one application doesn’t suit everyone equally. I find direct reviews of individual applications useful to a point. However, I’m finding more and more that there are quite a number of applications aimed at managing or enabling the same tasks — launchers, text editing, html/css/web creation and so on. So my question is this: Are there any definitive sources of comparisons for software meant to handle the same task?Read more...