shah’s notebook

Recently, I was looking for a finance manager. Managing multiple saving accounts, a unit trust account & a credit card account at a same time is a headache. I tried to manage my finance a long time ago but I really hate it because I can’t do it while I was away from home. Wifi didn’t exists at that time & GRPS costs a bomb.

While I was browsing Lifehacker, I found this article about Expensr and so I though why don’t I give it a spin. I tried Mint.com before but none of my banks provide service for Mint to automatically download statement. So that’s why Expensr suits me best. Other than that, it allows me to keep my records anonymously and I don’t have to provide any account number. The interface is snappy and is nicely done and I like the fact that I can accessed it wherever I am and my connection to them is encrypted. Did I mention that it’s also free?

I know that there’s other alternative out there but right now I’m really satisfied with Expensr.

Tags: personal finance

While testing Notepad I noticed this:

Apparently, the new dialog also affect Paint & WordPad.

Why is it a good thing? Well as Dmitri from usabilitypost.com explains,

you know what the dialog box is about just by reading the button labels — you don’t even need to read the message above to decide what to do. This not only saves time, but makes each choice clearer — the buttons tell you exactly what’s going to happen.

Read Usability Tip: Use Verbs as Labels on Buttons.

Tags: usability, windows 7

I really like the new Windows. Install took 15 – 25 minutes and boot took 30 seconds. Everything works right out of the box except my Prolink WG2000/R USB Wifi adapter. But that’s an easy fix, there’s a Vista driver for that device on their official website. Just download & install.

There’s one tiny problem though, I can’t dual boot with Windows XP but my files are still accessible.

Problem aside, I managed to install Google Chrome, AVG8 Free & No-IP DUC. All works flawlessly. Maybe tomorrow I will install FF3 & some games.

UPDATE 13/01/2008
Managed to add WinXP to Windows 7 Bootloader using EasyBCD.

Tags: windows 7