Recurring receipt announcement
If you have a recurring receipt (see your recurring receipts) set to run in PearBudget on the 1st of the month, could you please check your receipts page and delete any duplicate receipts? Since today was Daylight Savings Time in the US, at 2:00 this morning, the clocks jumped back to 1:00. Every night at […]
Excellent post on supporting local businesses
Trent has an excellent post on “the local store premium,” the amount over the “box-store-minimum” that it costs to support local businesses. His post really spoke to me, as I’ve seen the town I grew up in (Arlington, VA) go through an absolutely incredible (note: read “incredible” as “hard to believe,” not “good”) shift away […]
Love, love, love hearing from you all
Love, love, love hearing from you all: “I want to say how much I love pearbudget.com and the go cards! I’ve been able to easily keep track of and KEEP a budget! I’ve paid off 3 credit cards in the four months I’ve been using it. Thank you for providing a simple budgeting website!” — […]
Update: Bug’s fixed
Update: Bug’s fixed. I still recommend Firefox, though. A few users have reported a curious bug. We’re looking into it. For some reason, users on Internet Explorer 8 are finding that when they go to the PearBudget Review page, the browser doesn’t like it and closes the window on them. That’s all I’ve been able […]
W.E.A.L.T.H.
I was a little skeptical at first about today’s guest post at Get Rich Slowly (How A Haircut Led to a Handy Acronym), but it ended up being really good. At the core of it is an acronym (WEALTH), which offers a series of questions to ask before making a purchase: Want or need? (As […]
A nice frugal tip from Trent
A nice frugal tip from Trent, at The Simple Dollar: Start a miscellaneous vegetables box. We cook a side dish of vegetables with almost every meal we make, and we often have just a few spoonfuls of leftovers. Often, these wind up in the compost bin, but that’s not particularly efficient – I’d rather throw […]
Coffee in North Carolina?
This is kind of last-minute, and a total longshot, but we’re wrapping up a week at the Outer Banks (North Carolina) (specifically, Corolla). If any of you happen to be here, I’d love to take you out for coffee. Or, better yet, for a burrito at Donkey Hotay’s. Lemme know if you happen to be […]
Great Note
The other day I got a great note from a user named Jan. Here’s part of it: I love PearBudget and it’s the only thing out there I’ve found that does budgeting like my Dad taught me on paper when I was growing up. I’ve looked everywhere and can’t even tell you how many budgeting […]
PearBudget’s servers might be down this Friday
Just wanted to let you know that PearBudget’s servers might be down for about 30 minutes for some upgrades and whatnot this coming Friday. The service time will be sometime in the 9 to 11:30 (Pacific time) window on Friday evening. We’re sorry in advance for any problems this might cause. Thanks for your patience!
Thoughts on the Printed Version of PearBudget?
We’ve gotten a few e-mails with requests that we modify the way that PearBudget prints out, so that it takes up fewer sheets of paper. Since Sarah and I don’t actually print out our budget often, we’d really appreciate input from people who do print their budgets. Do you like it the way it is […]