When I learned of the nonsense I would have to go through in order to move from Windows Quicken to Mac Quicken, and if the major loss of functionality, I abandoned my test-drive of Mac OSX.  Then I said, "Hey! I could probably use the same instructions to move to GnuCash and reduce by one my use of paid software.  (Free is a good price, right?)

Unison is a wonderful tool.  Cygwin is a wonderful tool.  Windows is the dominant desktop platform.  Synchronizing two PCs with Unison, where both run Windows is possible, with the aid of Cygwin.

Unison+Windows+Cygwin is NOT obvious to set up.  Here's what I did:

TiddlyGrande is a plugin for TiddlyWiki, adapting it to store its data in a SQLite database.

I still use (and love) my Audiotron.  The facts that it accesses files via SMB and does not require a TV to operate it are the chief reasons.  Setting up the Audiotron can be an epic task.  Here's a checklist to try when you get "Error accessing share" when you search for files:

I want to put all my files onto a single drive, in one Grand Unified File Tree (GUFT).  The idea is that I'll synchronize one or more subtrees to my laptop, one or more subtrees to my iPod, etc.  I'll also synchronize the entire tree to a second drive.  Here's the plan:

• offline - this is where I put stuff that I don't need available all the time.  Installs, system images that I start new systems with (or reset a messed up system back to)