Weekly Personal Finance Links- Hurricane Season Begins Edition

It’s June 1st, which means the start of hurricane season for those who live in coastal areas on the eastern seaboard or the gulf coast, where I live (New Orleans). While the season usually doesn’t kick up until mid-August or so, it never hurts to start preparing early.

Some great reads over the last week:

Trent from The Simple Dollar did a great comparison of Amazon’s 25 Software Bestsellers- and Their Free Equivalents. I use several of these currently, but there were quite a few I was not aware of. I recommend you check it out to save some dough on expensive software for your computer.

FFB from Free From Broke provided a summary of Unbroke -What You Need to Know About Money- A Recap- which is great for me, since I missed it Friday night!

Bob from Christian Personal Finance is giving away a Nintendo Wii and an iPod in celebration of 2 years as a blogger. Congrats!

I participated in several carnivals over the last week or so:

Kelly at Almost Frugal hosted the 8th Edition of the Carnival of Pecuniarities, and included my article “15 Ways for Teens to Make Money this Summer.”

Lisa at Greener Pastures: Personal Finance hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance #206, and included my article “Is Buy and Hold Investing Dead or Just Misunderstood?”

Meadowwood Garden hosted the Carnival of Homesteading- Vegetable Gardening Edition, and included my article “Create an Edible Container Garden This Spring.”

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