Friday Linkfest
Here’s a few of my favorite posts from the week.
In the personal finance sphere:
First up is The Consumerist, with a great article on expensive wine. Apparently increasing the price of a bottle is an easy way to actually make the wine taste better.
2 Million discusses retirement savings with his wife. Earlier in the week they did a values circle together.
No Credit Needed says to quit waiting and get to work on personal finance. There is always going to be obstacles in your way, you need to learn to prepare and roll with the punches as they say.
Free Money Finance gives some suggestions for making extra money. I have been selling stuff we don’t use anymore online, and I think it’s a great idea.
Five Cent Nickel has another reason to use a credit card over a debit card. I want to heed this advice, but I am afraid of getting into trouble again with a credit card.
Lazy Man and Money debates an expensive trip.
Wise Bread reviews Artisan Bread. I’m thinking about picking this book up, I would love to learn some good bread recipes.
Get Rich Slowly compares doing your own taxes vs using a professional.
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity thinks the stimulus package is a bad idea. I know any tax refund (I hope) I receive will either be used to payoff debt or saved for school.
Last up is one of my favorites. My Two Dollars outlines the financial risk of being without health insurance.
In the productivity realm:
Zen Habits quit his day job and will now work from home as a writer.
Lifehacker suggests using Babbel to help learn a foreign language.
Mac OS X Hints tells how to change your spaces in Leopard to better suit you. I haven’t upgraded yet, but I will try this out when I do. Speaking of Leopard, Lifehacker has a few tips as well for editing the hidden settings.
Ode to Apple details switching to NetNewsWire for RSS feeds. I just moved to Google Reader, but I might look into this source as well.
And my favorite blogging/writing tips:
Problogger gives 6 tips for more creative blogging. Another post was 14 OS X applications for bloggers.
Daily Blog Tips has suggestions for marketing with social media sites.
Performancing contrasts the old models of public relations versus the new model of blogging
