We’ve just taken an unexpected delivery of an OWL Wireless Energy Monitor, provided for free courtesy of those fine (but possibly over-charging) folks at British Gas.
Tag: Tools
Personal Finance Software For Linux
Linux users have been a little left out when it comes to personal finance software, but things are starting to change, and TechRadar has an extremely in-depth look at 6 of the best packages available.
Planning Your Financial Year Ahead
If you haven’t made any resolutions this New Year, here’s a couple of ideas to help you through the coming year, which if last year was anything to go by could, financially, be very tricky for many.
Finally Tracking My Spending
After several failed attempts, I’ve now finally got the hang of keeping track of my spending using Expensr.
Tools For Tracking Your Spending
In order to work out how you can start spending less and save money each month you need to know where it is all going. And to do that, you’ll need to track your spending.
Here we look at some of the most popular methods of tracking spending.
Rudder: Daily Finances By Email
Here’s a nice new tool for keeping a close eye on your finances. Rudder sends you a daily round up of your finances by email, saving you the hassle of having to login to each and every online bank account.
Personal Finance “Dashboard” Spreadsheet
If you liked my post on personal finance spreadsheets hosted on Google Docs from a few weeks ago, then you’ll probably be interested in this personal finance dashboard spreadsheet from PTMoney.com.
8 Personal Finance Spreadsheets You’ll Love
Google has recently added several pre-made templates to Google Documents, its suite of online office tools. Amongst these templates there are some very useful spreadsheets which will help you with personal finance issues – this article features 8 of the best.
FuelFrog: Track Your Miles Per Gallon
I was talking yesterday about how I’m planning to work out how much driving is costing me. As I mentioned, a big part of that is working out how much I spend on petrol, so I need to work out how much I use. This morning Lifehacker featured a new tool, FuelFrog, which promises to […]
Which Of These 5 Budgeting Systems Do You Use?
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity recently wrote a post which gave a brief look at 5 different budgeting systems. Here is a summary of the different methods mentioned, along with my own thoughts on each of them. Envelope budgeting – not tried this one myself yet, it’s where you put an amount of money in an […]