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About Randsco

 

Randsco is a family-run website currently living on Vancouver Island, in Canada. While the website began as a way to share our adventures and keep family and friends informed (Scott was transplanted to Canada from the United States), it has turned into much more.

 

What's Randsco IS

Scott is a web-developer, designer, father, adventurer, scientist, handyman and volunteer firefighter. He's posted a lot of original material since he's been "online" in 1999 ... and that body of relevant content is growing. Here's a short list of what you'll find here:

  • Family stories (About Rachel, Scott, Alex & Tuxedo) - all written from a "general public" perspective.
  • Web Development Articles - Learn what's new, what works, tips, tricks, design, etc.
  • Adventure Journals - Backpacking, kayaking, cycle-touring - many with photos, maps, slide shows and information
  • Informative Articles - Analysis, personal observation, humor and serious discussion covering a broad range of topics.
  • Educational Articles - How-to articles, tutorials, b2evolution blogging software, CSS techniques and other web tips and tricks
  • Free Stuff - Maps, music, brochures, cut'n-paste code and Penn State football live-radio links (exclusive to Randsco)
  • Local Issues - politics, environment, water, firefighting and other things for Nanaimo, North Cedar and Yellow Point areas
  • Product & Book Reviews - Stuff we buy and use, companies we like and don't like and books we've read.
  • And More - We regularly update the site with more than what's included in this brief list.

 

What Randsco IS NOT

Here's a brief list of what you won't find here:

  • Porn - We're a family-oriented website
  • Foul Language - We believe that intelligent people can find better words to express their feelings
  • SPAM - We have a ZERO-tolerance policy against SPAM
  • Blatant Advertising - We offer a nearly advert-free reading experience for loyal readers (those who type our URL or arrive via bookmark)
  • Poor grammar & punctuation - We're from the old school and believe spelling, grammar and engaging writing is important.
  • Coding Errors - We constantly update and maintain our pages and code. We try to maintain a high 'visitor experience' rating for ALL visitors.
  • Closed Comments - We believe comments should be open to ANYONE. We don't moderate our comments, we don't ask you to type funky letters or answer silly questions. We even allow links.

We invite you to spend some time and poke around. There's a LOT more to Randsco than meets the eye. Scott particularly enjoys adding depth to his online content, which translates into not-so-obvious treasures for readers who exploring. (Some "internal" links will take the reader to completely separate websites we've created, while hovering or clicking will yield hidden features, information, photos and other online "goodies".

We hope you enjoy your stay and find what we've put up adds value to your lives. Please comment, sign the guestbook or contact us, as we like to get feedback - good and bad - from our readers.

Cheers,
-Scott & Rachel

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Updated: 25-Jun-2009
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Don't know why I didn't do this sooner, but we've created this post as a special guestbook page. We'll port over any and all 3rd-party guestbook entries, open this up for general comments (non post-specific) and then ditch the advert-riddled BraveNet guestbook we've had for ages.

Guestbook

One of the things we've enjoyed about sharing our adventures online, is meeting new people. We'd love to hear from you, so don't be shy ... just use the comment box below and tell us what you think ... say "hi" ... or just whatever is on your mind. We accept links and images! (We don't cotton much to SPAM, so we don't allow any of that stuff, so don't even try!)

Hope to hear from you soon!

- Scott & Rachel

Guest Book History A Checkered Past We've relied on various free, online guest-book services, since 1999 - mostly with ill-fated luck (e.g., we lost all entries made during our 5-month, Pacific Crest Trail adventure, because the service experienced a server failure in 2002). We were very sad. :( After the PCT debacle, we waited a couple of months, hoping that the old guest book would magically reappear. It never did. Afterwards, we went with a larger provider - bravenet.com - and their free service for 5 years. We didn't like all the adverts, so we eventually moved it here.

Instructions The Art of the Entry There are some nifty features that puts this guest book light-years ahead of our very first guest book (in addition to the fact that our entries are now backed up, along with the rest of our site, on a regular basis - no more lost entries!):

  1. You can use 'smileys'! :x ;) Which is fun. (Type in the smiley face and it will be converted after you hit "send")
  2. You can use XHTML code: <strong>; <em>; and even <a href="http://whereever.com" title=" your title ">links</a>.
  3. Your email address doesn't show. (You must enter one, but if you're ultra paranoid, you can use a fake one ... provided it looks like a real one).
  4. You can also "subscribe" to comments. (Anytime a new comment is added to the article to which you've subscribed, you'll receive an email notification about the new comment.)

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 mQuote

 

Quicken Price Download Problems?

If you use Intuit's Quicken software for tracking your portfolio of stocks, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, it's likely that you've encountered some problems downloading quotes. Has any of the following happened to you?

• You try to download quotes in your Quicken portfolio, but 'One Step Update' refuses to connect, no matter how many times you try? Sometimes such 'outages' last for days, leaving you frustrated.

• You add several stock or mutual fund symbols (or been away for longer than a month) and you want to download daily price data for the entire time, but Quicken won't download daily data further back than a single month?

• You get an email from Quicken, saying your 'Online Services are being discontinued' - buy a new version or lose the ability to download quotes?

If so, then you'll like mQuote.

 

What is mQuote?

mQuote is an online tool that provides a painless and simple way to download historical stock or mutual fund quotes, for multiple ticker symbols!

• Use it as a back-up for when the Intuit connection goes down.

• Use it for obtaining daily historical prices after you've been away for long periods or when back-filling new positions or watch-lists.

• Use it if you've been bitten by Quicken's "Sunset Policy" and the only Quicken online service you need is downloading quotes. (Why shell out $60 - or more - for new versions that don't contain substantive improvements; have work-flows "improvements" which are actually more cumbersome; or take the risk of bugs or worse - data transfer problems?).

 

Coming Soon

Right now, mQuote is in beta testing. Give it a spin via the link below.

mQuote Demonstration

User:demo | Password:demo_mquote

Remember to log out. ;)

If you want to use mQuote and have your own registered account, which allows more ticker symbols and remembers your list, just email and ask. Include a current email, your preferred username and initial password.

Cheers,
stk
11-Jan-2009

 

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Thank You For Donating

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If the computer Gods at PayPal are correct then you're supposed to reach this page after you've clicked on a "donate" graphic somewhere on our site (shown below) and successfully donated to randsco.com. We must have done something that helped or pleased you, or maybe you're just a philanthropist?

Eveyone on the entire staff here at Randsco thanks you for your support! ( *looks at self in the mirror* ) :p

I hope you continue to benefit from what we write and encourage you to donate lots ... and often! :D

Cheers,
-stk

 

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About Rachel

Here's a spot for Rachel to introduce herself to the Randsco readers.

I've just put this here as a placeholder, so visitors won't get a 404 (File not Found), when they're looking for more information.

Cheers,

Yer hubby

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