Mint – #1 “Free” Online Portfolio/Money Manager
Mint.com is a free, safe, secure, and easy website to manage & budget your money.
I read about Mint in money magazine about 6 months ago and decided to try it out since they rated #1 free online money manager. I have not been disappointed! They are constantly improving an already great service.
Signing up is easy and it only takes a couple of minutes to get your accounts set up. It will link up to all the accounts you want: credit card, banking, stock trading, loans, etc. Once you have all you accounts set up you can do additional task like setting up budgets, etc. The service also shows you ways to save money if you click on the save money tab by showing you lower interest rate credit cards & higher interest rate checking and savings accounts but there is no intrusive advertising.
Another cool feature is it lets you see how your spending habits compare to others (anomously) in your area or throughout the U.S. It also will send you alerts for big purchases or if you go over budget on anything in particular. It will send you weekly summaries on how you are doing. One of the best things I like about it is there is an iPhone application so I can see how I am doing anytime anywhere.
The service is as secure as your bank and in additions you cannot move money since it’s a ready only service. It doesn’t show any personal information like account numbers, etc.
So try it out since it’s free and can only help you in getting control of your finances!
Zap Grab Free Screen grabber
ZapGrab is simple and functional screenshot program able to copy practically everything that appears in your monitor, as easy as to take a photo.
ZapGrab allows you to capture screen of two ways: the complete screen or a section of the screen with a quadrangular form delimited by you with the mouse.
This program has been very useful for me. Prior to using this program I would just do the old Print Screen method of capturing. Then I could only capture a specific window or the whole screen.
Try it out, it’s a great program and it’s free!
Free Open Source Disk Encryption
If you have sensitive or private data that needs protection with encryption then Truecrypt is the software you have been looking for and it’s FREE.
You can encrypt your entire hard drive or make a virtual drive with specific files and folders. You can also encrypt portable drives. The encryption is suppose to be military grade and unbreakable.
TrueCrypt is free open source powerful disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, & Linux.
TrueCrypt is a software application used for on-the-fly encryption. It can create a virtual encrypted disk in a file (container), which can be mounted as if it were a real disk. TrueCrypt also supports device-hosted volumes, which can be created on either an individual partition or an entire disk. As of version 5.0, it can encrypt the Windows boot partition or entire boot drive.
One word of CAUTION! If you encrypt your data DO NOT forgot your password or you won’t be able to access your data and will have to reformat your hard drive to access it. This encryption is serious about keeping people from accessing your files but it is free and if you need that kind of protection it’s the one to use.
Check out their website for more information at www.truecrypt.org.
What is your website worth?
Just wanted to pass along this cool website that will estimate the value of an established website.
I’m not sure how accurate the numbers are in the real world value but its cool to play with & fun just to see.
Here is how the site values:
dnScoop.com attempts to estimate a value for an established website or a domain name by using factors such as:
- Links pointing to the domain
- Popularity of the domain
- Age of the domain
- Pagerank of the domain
- Traffic to the domain
- and more…
We believe that these factors are a good indicator of a site’s value and earning potential. We don’t claim that the tool is 100% accurate, but we are constantly working to improve accuracy.
The site also gives you an idea of what to charge for links based on your value & they have a marketplace where you can buy or sell domains.
After you submit your website & it gives you the results. You can copy the html code at the bottom to post on your website. Check it out to see what it says you site is worth and leave me a comment with your sites worth. Here is what it says my site is worth:
Amazing R2-D2 Projector
This is just amazing!
Any Star Wars fans? Check out this motorized, fully-articulated R2-D2 Projector with built-in DVD, iPod dock, all kinds of digital media inputs, and Millennium Falcon remote control. The R2-D2 can rotate to project on to the wall or the ceiling.
The video of this thing is awesome! It makes you want to buy one but the price tag of close to $3000 smashes those dreams quickly.
You can go HERE to watch the video of this thing in action. They also have a R2-D2 Wireless webcam. You can remotely or internet control R2-D2 to walk around your house while you watch the video on your computer or over the internet.
ThinkGeek for Mothers Day!
ThinkGeek is a great website store for all of your geeky needs.
Mothers day is coming up and ThinkGeek.com has some special gifts that you can get for that special geeky mom. If you have never visited their site you should check it out
because they have really cool stuff. All of their products are centered around technology, geekiness, computers, & tech lifestyles. They have cool t-shirts and other apparel, geek toys, gadgets, electronics, computing, books & caffeine products! I have bought things from them in the past couple of years.
Another cool website for geek/techie type clothing is jinx.com. They have game, computer, pop culture, & techie related/themed clothes.
I have no affiliation with either of these sites but they are just too cool not to mention!
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