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An Atari dork in the early 80s before becoming an avid Unix geek in the days before Linux. Grant parlayed a hobby that didn't make him popular with girls into a career that still doesn't make him popular with girls; He now splits time between his day-career as a software developer and his off-hours life as the lead for Download Squad. An avid car nut, tinkerer, writer and TV fan Grant lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his girlfriend in a house full of Macs, PCs, wireless gadgets and digital storage space.
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Filed under: Finance, Kids, iPhoneI'm not a parent, nor am I kid -- but that doesn't prevent me from appreciating a totally neat iPhone app called 'Kids Eat For' (I guess the domain with 'free' on the end was already taken?)Basically -- and this is about as basic as apps get -- this app just shows you where the nearest restaurant with a kids-eat-for-free deal. The developers say that the database ...
11-04
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Filed under: Finance, Web BillShrink is a web service that helps you find the best deals on cellphone service, credit card accounts, and even the best gas prices. Since launching a year and a half ago as a wireless comparison engine, the BillShrink team has steadily continued adding new services. Now BillShrink has added bank accounts to its lineup.In order to find the best savings accounts and CD...
09-30
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Filed under: Business, Finance, Web servicesIntuit, the company behind financial management app Quicken, has purchased Mint.com, a web-based personal finance tracker, for $170 million. Quicken already has a web version that plugs into its desktop software, and Mint apparently isn't going to replace it. Meanwhile, Intuit doesn't have plans to change the way Mint works, and the CEO of Mint is joinin...
09-16
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Filed under: Finance, Windows, Macintosh, Linux Portfolio Viewer is a slick desktop application for keeping track of the value of your stock portfolio. While it doesn't link to your investment account for actually making trades, the program does plot user-entered transactions on a chart and keep track of historic stock and fund prices. You can create multiple portfolios like, say, one for your ret...
08-18
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Filed under: Finance, Productivity, Web services, Mobile, Web There's a lot of great financial tracking software out there now. Sites like Mint and Rudder that link up to your bank account and track your spending automatically are great, but what if you don't want to give your account information to a finance site? Texthog is a lot like old-school DIY checkbook balancing, except replacing pen and ...
06-26
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