I’ve been using my mobile to call home quite a bit, and my Telstra mobile has been charging me a small fortune for the privilege. Although I can call directly from Skype, I do prefer calling from the mobile.
So I’m going to try out Skype to Go. They have a fixed rate plan at 4 [...]
What I’d really like to do is attach my receipts into Microsoft Money.
As regular readers know, I’m on Microsoft Money 2005, which doesn’t support this feature, but I remember reading that certain versions of Quicken will allow you to attach PDFs and images to transactions.
Not sure if the new versions of Money, the US versions, [...]
Damn, I’ve processed more receipts (downloaded from online credit cards), and now the gap isn’t as good as it was .. this month has been a shocker.
Teaches me to run a report before I’ve processed all the data !
I’ve managed to get rid of most of my credit cards recently. I still HAVE them, but what I don’t do is spend on them .. But ….
I do have an Amex card. It’s supposed to only be for work. If I spend money for something related to work, I’m meant to pick up the [...]
The debt graph hasn’t moved much the last few months.
It is falling, but not much.
But at least it’s stabilised.
My income vs expense barchart is still showing a monthly surplus. But it’s not as big a surplus as a month or so ago, reflecting the relaxation of spending in the past month.
Time to knuckle down and reduce that cash spending.
My latest mission is to find some good personal finance software for the Mac.
I’ve talked previously about the lock-in I have with Microsoft Money, and how I use it on my Windows laptop. But really, I spend more time on the Mac, and in a few weeks I’ll be going overseas and leaving the Windows [...]
As I write this, there is great uncertainty over the economy in the West, in the United States and Europe, and the credit crunch, debt levels and falling house prices are causing anxiety and even panic in some.
James Dale Davidson’s book, The Great Reckoning, foretells a depression, and the authors give a 15 step programme [...]
George Carlin on consumer capitalism, slave/wage labour and critical thinking.