Another weekly episode of the Elite Tech News podcast all done with and should be up soon for your listening pleasure but in the meantime here’s a few things that caught my eye in today’s FriendFeed pipeline.

Mint’s Latest Additions Make It My One Stop Financial Hub :: Louis Gray - while Louis may be really comfortable with letting an online service look after all his financial details it still bothers the hell out of me. For those folks like Louis though Mint has added a bunch new features which you might like.

Weekend Reader - blogging, twitter, marketing, funny, lifehacks :: Internet Duck Tape - Eric (aka //engtech) puts together one of the best weekly round ups available - it is even better when he includes a WinExtra post - thanks Eric.

The Great IPv6 Experiment :: Source Site - so how do you encourage content providers to use a new net service - seed it with porn adult entertainment.

Understanding the Blog Lifecycle To Prevent Common Downfalls :: ProBlogger - an excellent post that lets you know some of the common pitfalls that can lead to a dead blog and how to over come them.

20% of U.S. Has Never Sent E-mail :: PCWorld - a study that shows some facts and figures about the most basic of Internet services - makes you wonder about all this early adopter stuff.

Will Gmail Get Themes? :: Google Blogoscoped - I sure hope so because I really get tired of seeing the Googlely blues everywhere I look.

filtrbox: I Think I’m in Love with Vanity Search :: Profy - If you are the type that likes to run vanity checks on a regular basis Cyndy has found just the tool for you. I think I’ll pass as I break mirrors every time I look in them so I wouldn’t want to be responsible for breaking the Internet.

Conversation Tags: Mint, Internet Duct Tape, IPv6, ProBlogger, e-mail, Gmail, vanity check