Author: Aaron Nelsen

  • Mint.com – Financies just got really shiny

    I know, the hype is over… Everyone else has already reviewed Mint. So what? Maybe I’ve held off on trying Mint.com for a while, I’m quite happy with my current financial management program, even if it is rather basic. Anyhow, I broke down, registered an account and gave it a try.

    Long story short, Mint is hot. But if you need a little bit more incentive to try it, here’s the break down.

    The good…

    • Slick interface, staring at numbers has never been more attractive
    • Wide range of banks and credit cards are support
    • Automatically downloads transactions and categorizes your spending (it’s not always correct, but you can easily change things)
    • Great range of information is available at a glance, you login and right away you can see the key numbers for all your accounts
    • Ridiculously easy to use

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  • Super Mario Bros. 3 for the iPod touch

    Super Mario Bros. 3

    That’s right, I’m running Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES on my iPod touch, how cool is that?

    Update: Instructions for installing NES games on your iPod touch or iPhone can be found here

  • Passive Income – October

    At the beginning of last month I made a post about my quest to earn money doing nothing, or passive income if you will. Here are the results for the month of October, I made $63.19 in passive income, here’s the break down…

    • Interest: $11.13
    • Dividends: $13.22
    • Credit Card Rewards: $16.57
    • AdSense: $7.17
    • Text Ads: $15

    This blog generated nothing in AdSense income, which is sad, I also didn’t end up doing anything with Revver, so no love there either.

  • MacBook and Macbook Pro Updated

    Guess they weren’t kidding when they said updates in early November!

    The rumors were rampant about the pending upgrade; now the deal is done. The Apple MacBook has finally moved to the Santa Rosa architecture with a healthy GMA X3100 video bump from the lethargic GMA 950 of yore. Available now starting at $1,099 for the 13-inch, 80GB, 2GHz white model on up to $1,499 for the 160GB, 2.2GHz black variety of hard-posing laptop.

    The MacBook Pro can now be configured with an optional 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo for a $250 premium over the previous 2.4GHz flag-ship configuration.

    [From Engadget]

  • 369 Monthly Dividend Stocks

    In a recent post I mentioned that I’m trying to diversify my portfolio holdings in the area of dividend stocks, in the pursuit of that I’ve pieced together a list of 369 dividend stocks that pay a monthly dividend.

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