Author: Aaron Nelsen

  • Mint.app Beta

    You can grab a copy of the beta from the Hijinks Repo. Everything required to run the application is included in the package.

    Please report any bugs in the comments.

  • US Banks Suck

    RBC Royal Bank of Canada is taking promotional offers to a whole new level, offering up a Eee PC 2G surf for opening a new account! A nice upgrade from the free coffee pot I got for opening my account.

    Of course, there are hoops to jump through…
    Checklist

    Not quite enough to get me to move to Canada, but if they start offering a 4G Eee PC, I am so there.

  • Passive Income – April 2008

    Tragically when my bank cut my interest rate again last month, it was not an April Fools joke, now the rate is 3.01%… for shame.

    • Interest: $36.22
    • Dividends: $10.04
    • Credit Card Rewards: $18.37
    • AdSense: $11.78
    • Text Ads: $25.00
    • Misc website income: $15
    • Surveys: $12.00

    That’s a total of $128.41, so I made just slightly over the $100 a month target.

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  • Hijinks Stats – April 2008

    Here are some miscellaneous stats for Hijinks Inc. for the month of April.

    [ Top 5 Posts ]
    Hijinks Inc. Repo is Online
    Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. DMW Explained.
    iTunes Error -9808
    Hijinks Reviews: iDope. The Police is too strong for you!
    Apple Repair “Completed”

    [ Top Browsers ]
    Firefox with 38.40%
    Internet Explorer with 32.07%
    Safari with 26.19%

    [ Top Operating Systems ]
    Windows with 61.83%
    OS X with 20.25%
    iPod touch/iPhone with 16.97%

    [ Top 5 Referring Sites ] – Get free street cred, link to us and you could end up listed below
    ifoapplestore.com
    forums.mint.com
    facebook.com
    technorati.com
    thisoneistakenman.blogspot.com

  • Mint.app

    Mint.com is a great financial tool, but wouldn’t it be better if it more like a desktop app? Well, now it sort of is… My implementation is very basic, just a WebKit application layer, but it allows you to run Mint as a “standalone” application on your computer.

    Obviously it only works on OS X, and requires Fluid to be installed, but both Fluid and Mint.app are included in the installation package.
    Mint.app

    Of course, an internet connection is still required.
    Mint.app - Login

    Nothing fancy, but you may find it useful.

    I’ve only tested it on my machine, so I’m looking for few other mac users to test the software for me. It doesn’t require that you have a Mint account to run it, but I highly suggest signing up for one! Send me an email (aaron [at] hijinksinc [dot] com) if you’re interested in taking it for a spin.

    Once testing concludes, I’ll release it via the Hijinks Inc. Repo.