Hey Mike, I had previously been to the myinfinitytouch webpage but as you say it seems to be only for the wireless Infinity touch control. I've also been all over Carrier's various webpages and cannot find any method to create an account. It's impossible to create a login account with Carrier. My installer registered the system components and when I contacted Carrier about a way to create an account I was basically told to go away and contact my installer instead. I've clicked on the "Service" icon shown on the touch control and then the "software updates" and I have the option to insert a flash drive but that's useless to me unless I can download the software update to a flash drive. I had previously downloaded the update but I don't know if it's for a computer, smartphone or tablet or which operating systems it will work with. It doesn't really matter because the downloaded software update contains nothing but a bunch of PDF documents and a hex file. The hex file cannot be unzipped by any software I have and I can't find anything online that will unzip it. I've been zipping and unzipping files since zip files were first created so it's not like I'm a dummy. In other words, the software update from Carrier's website is totally worthless to me. I know that I can have my installer update it at the time of service next year but I'm getting frustrated by Carrier's mindset of locking out their customers. It's no way to run a business. Again, had I know about Carrier's total lack of concern for its customers I would have gone elsewhere. I appreciate your attempts to assist me. Thanks again. C. B.

Me too, Mary. They register it to a person so it's not like you can send the disk to someone else, free or otherwise. To use it, you dial in to the internet site and they link it up. So it's not useable just as a disk like programs we used to buy. Don't let anyone sell you just a disk at a flea market as you can't use it unless linked to that site with the registration. Sorry. You might want to look at Quilt Design Wizard. It's not as sophisticated as EQ but works well for basic layouts and trying colors. It's only $25 or so and often on sale. I use EQ for making up original designs but used Quilt Design Wiz first for trying color layouts and it's easy to use.

I use tax software to do my taxes, but I also do 5 other people's taxes too (because they know I bought the software!!!!!). I, like fellow Canadian joyfulguy, took the time to learn how our income tax works. Doing it manually really gets you to learn. I scoured our government website, and actually reviewed as many help guides in the tax software i could. There are cheaper versions out there than the one I got, but once you buy one version, your kinda stuck with it each year, as it "remembers" stuff you put on last year and carries them forward for this year. I did get it done professionally once. I believe it is still a good idea to do that, just to reaffirm yourself that you are capturing all the deductions and claiming everything you are entitled to.

We're doing a major remodel / rebuild that encompasses more than just the kitchen. Our architect uses Archicad for Mac. He is advising us on interior design, but our design budget was used up months ago. So I found a program for the Mac called "Live Interior 3D" on Apple's "App Store" for $39 and thought I would give it a try. It has been great. I imported the 2D PDF of plans from the architect and then traced walls in my app, then added windows and floors, etc. and added furniture. Architect and I will have discussions about design concepts for living room / kitchen (mainly so far) and I'll draw them up and share screenshots and we'll chat about it. So he helps with design direction but I do the work of creating the visualization. Now that we have it, we can use it to consider color, flooring, etc. You can add lights, change size and luminosity, change time of day, etc. and the program renders shadows etc. We used this technique (combined with very helpful ideas from this forum) to determine that we would go with a counter height eating area on our peninsula with a seat at the end. Once we had that, I figured I could get a nice 30" drawer in before the prep sink. Also used it to visualize a 36 vs 30 inch range (going with 36). Then last week we met with the cabinet guys and I gave them screenshots and ideas (including custom depth for an upper cabinet for a microwave near the fridge). It's not in any way a kitchen design program per se that will give you quantities of cabinets. But it doesn't for instance let you change the cabinet face style etc. You can change wood color. You can import objects from sketchup, including searching for objects online through the software interface. Here's our "fridge wall". At the top will be other top-hinged I imagine cabinets but I was lazy and didn't put them in. The cabinets (where the micro is put) are 18" deep so we can put a decent microwave in their. I showed this to the electrician yesterday and he made a mental note to put the power receptacle in the cabinet above it. Also told us to have the cabinet guy put in a shelf that would support the weight of the microwave so we don't have to hang it. Right now I'm modelling different sizes of range hoods from ProLine to figure out which one will both look good and give us 1000+ cfm venting. Here is the range wall (opposite fridge on end of U) with the geometry of this hood: http://www.prolinerangehoods.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=32_46&products_id=200 Here is a rendering: I created the range hood geometry by adding 2 blocks and giving them a metal surface texture. To the right of the range we **could** fit a 24" Miele Chef. I'm going to defer this purchase, but based on this modeling we're going to run conduit now, and put in Miele-friendly drawers so in the future if we want to add it we'll be able to without totally ripping apart everything. Really easy to use program if you're Mac-centric like me. Great tech support too. http://www.belightsoft.com/products/liveinterior/overview.php