Best of Personal Finance: Suggest a link for Wise Bread's Weekly Roundup

[The Honest Dollar]

Wide Open Wallet: 50 Awesome Open Source Financial Tools

I was emailed directly by the blogger(s), but I'm not getting anything from endorsing this article. I think it's a great compendium, and it fits well into two of Wise Bread's themes (personal finance and lifehacks).

[MasterYourCard]

*But were afraid to ask.

My totally impartial, non biased recommendation

http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/...t-fico-scores/

[andyfvp]

Here's a couple of new suggested pf articles:

Teaching your kids about investing

Tipping Point - How much is enough?

[KathrynV]

We have a post called Ten Great Ways to Screw Your Credit Card Company which provides tips to consumres on how to protect themselves from the evil practices of bad lenders. Reading the fine print, demanding your rewards and even being willing to sue the company can help you to make sure that you're not the one getting screwed over.

[FakePlasticFish]

http://www.fakeplasticfish.com/2008/...your-dead.html

Barbara Kyle, the National Coordinator of the Electronics TakeBack
Coalition, is collecting stories from folks who have been unable to upgrade
or repair their dead electronic gadgets (computers, TVs, etc.) due to the
policies of the manufacturers which require replacement rather than
repair.

So far, the coalition has been focusing on getting companies to take back
and responsibly recycle dead electronics. But they'd like to expand their
campaign to focus on building electronics to last longer and be upgradable
and repairable rather than simply recyclable! This would save us money AND
the environment!

Please read my full post on the subject. Your stories can help to put pressure on companies to build more responsibly:

http://www.fakeplasticfish.com/2008/...your-dead.html

Thanks,
Beth Terry
http://www.fakeplasticfish.com

[hermione]

May I suggest an article my sister wrote:

The Life Stages of the Dish Sponge

This is a tongue-in-cheek combination of a biology textbook parody and frugal living tip for extending the use of your dish sponge beyond the kitchen sink.

[andyfvp]

Can I suggest the following ones to checkout:

I am NOT cutting back on my cup of coffee
Pay your Mortgage up to 7 years earlier

Thanks,
Andy.

[Will]

You just missed the latest edition. I'll add it to the next one.

Originally Posted by andyfvp

Can I suggest the following ones to checkout:

I am NOT cutting back on my cup of coffee
Pay your Mortgage up to 7 years earlier

Thanks,
Andy.

[Will]

Here's the latest edition.

Andy, thanks for pointing me to Saving to Invest! There's a lot of great content there. I included a different article from that blog because I wanted to include a newer article. I hope you don't mind.

(It's my fault for not doing these roundups more frequently... It's going to change I tell you!)

[hermione]

Hi, since it's summer, I was wondering if I could suggest 2 new articles from my blog about vacation planning by yours truly ?

Frugal Travel Begins Before the Trip: Vacation Preparation Checklist


I wrote this follow-up post for pet owners traveling with their furry family members this summer:
Guide to Safe and Smart Traveling with Pets

Thank you!