Category: Techie stuff

  • Gutenprint 5.2 update for Fedora 10

    I’ve just submitted a Fedora 10 test update for gutenprint, updating it from 5.0.2 to 5.2.2.  The new stable series 5.2.x was released only days after the freeze for Fedora 10.  Support has been added for lots of new printers.  Please test it out!

  • expendable: translations open

    Translations for expendable can now be submitted using Transifex.  Currently there is just a British translation and a partial German translation.

  • Stoozing calculator

    Now expendable can make calculations for stoozing as well.  Stoozing, if you haven’t heard that word, is when you pay for things on a credit card that charges 0% on purchases so that the amount you would normally pay off the card with each month is moved into a savings account instead.  This way you…

  • Expendable tutorial (offset mortgage calculator)

    This is a quick guide to using Expendable for modelling home finances.  If you want to be able to predict how much time or interest can be saved on a mortgage by using an offset facility, or want to see the effects of using a cash ISA or regular saver account, or any other type…

  • Modelling home finances

    I’ve just uploaded a rough-and-ready program for modelling mortgage offsetting.  Mortgage offset accounts are like savings accounts linked to a mortgage, but instead of earning interest they reduce the interest charged by offsetting the loan amount.