This past weekend, my kids and I went geocaching for the first time in a long time. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, geocaching is sort of like a high-tech, GPS-based treasure hunt. I like it because it gets us out of the house, and we also often stumble onto cool local places [...]

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Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion… Did you know that I run a couple of other finance-related websites in addition to FCN? Well, I do. One is called Credit Addict, and the other is Money Tipper. Both sites tend to have shorter, more narrowly focused posts than what you typically see here, and the [...]

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While I’d love to write some sort of witty introduction to my link roundup, I just don’t have it in me tonight. Instead, let’s just get to the links. What follows is a list of twelve recent articles that caught my eye.

Carrying Bigger Bills? You’re Less Likely to Spend Them
Three Investing Lessons Learned the Hard [...]

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Over the next week or two, you’ll be hearing from more than just me. We’re heading out of town for a weeklong vacation, so I’ve lined up a number of articles from guest contributors to help fill the void. On top of that, I’ve decided to bring on an additional author whose first article will [...]

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Did you know that you can make a razor blade last forever (more or less) by simply cleaning/drying it thoroughly after you use it? Strange but true. Apparently it’s the oxidation that makes a blade go dull, as opposed to the actual act of shaving, so…
If you keep it clean and dry between uses, your [...]

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After having abnormally cold weather earlier this week (along with a malfunctioning heat pump) it’s now 70 degrees and sunny. As such, I’m coming to you live from the back porch. Gotta love that wireless internet! And now, time for a link roundup…
For starters, here are a few articles on budgeting:

Lazy Budgeting: Planning $500+ Purchases [...]

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This evening my wife and I got to talking about the term “baker’s dozen.” I can’t recall what got us onto the subject, but it prompted me to look up the origin of the term. According to Wikipedia:
The expression found its genesis in 13th-century England, when an Assize of Bread and Ale was introduced… Bakers [...]

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Did you hear about the fraudulent $0.25 charges from a company called Adele that hit millions of consumers recently? Mint did. And guess what? They reviewed their customers’ accounts and notified everyone that was affected. Pretty cool.
And now for some other cool stuff…
David compiled 50 tips for saving money on vacations.
Ben pulled together a list [...]

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After a successful year, I just wanted to take a moment to thank those of you who take the time to drop by and read/comment. If you’re not currently an RSS or e-mail subscriber, I encourage you to become one — it’s free! Details can be found here.
I also wanted to thank those sites that [...]

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Here we are, halfway between Christmas and New Year’s. Our holidays started with a relaxing Christmas Eve followed by an enjoyable Christmas morning. We then headed to the airport on Christmas afternoon and jetted off to visit family. Since then, we’ve been busy, busy, busy, as I’m sure many of you have been.
All of this [...]

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