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Nick Kirsch

MacJournal post ...

Always on a quest to improve Dad’s journalling life, I’m testing out a “new” tool for the Mac - MacJournal. To be fair, this has apparently been around for many years (and is on version 5.0) so it is only new to me.


I discovered it on my quest to solve my receipts problem - specifically, that there are to many of them and they are impossible to search! I am currently evaluating Paperless and would love to try out Neat Receipts but they don’t seem to provide trial licenses. :( I also need to purchase a scanner; Paperless recommends any TWAIN compliant scanner or Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M, Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M or Pentax DS mobile 600. Neatco has their own scanner but I don’t know if it is any good.

Update: Posting didn’t keep my paragraph breaks. Hopefully that is easy to fix…  
Update: Lots of little issues. Not a slam dunk, I’m going to have to keep looking…

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Movable Type Upgrade

I just upgraded to Movable Type 4.32 and accomplished a long standing goal... the entire Kirsch family (of bloggers) is now unified under a single instance of Movable Type.

This is the obligatory test post.
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To Donate or To Sell - that is the question...

I have two vehicles that I no longer need. One I had hoped to keep until Jerry was old enough to work on it with me, but since it is now occupying our only indoor parking spot (the condo garage) it may be costing more in opportunity cost than its worth.

That would be the 1967 MGB GT (scroll to view).

The other is a 1994 Jetta III GL - originally purchased for the price of an alternator, this vehicle has done very well for us. We outgrew it and recently purchased a 1999 Nissan Quest mini-van. The Jetta has ~160,000 miles on it. I’ve put several ads on craigslist but haven’t received a bite yet.

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The Intervention

Tonight after a fabulous steak dinner at RingSide, I was given an intervention by my
co-workers.

You're working too much.

You need to stop working when you're on vacation.

Don't burn out.

I thought I had established a good work/life balance - but they are right; I was on vacation last week and I never quite "left" work. Technically, what I have is a work/Jerry balance - which is perhaps part of the problem - no time for "me", no time for me and Eriko. 

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