It’s time for a roundup of the coolest, most interesting tidbits we discovered around the blogosphere this past week. This week we shall keep our list to 5 entries and include some not so personal finance/investing related links. Enjoy.
- Free Travel Secrets eBook - Tripbase, a site which tells you where to travel after you tell them what you want from a vacation recently came out with a FREE ebook that compiles 500 inspirational travel secrets from 200 of the world’s best travel bloggers. Moreover, downloading a copy of the e-book will help build freshwater wells to provide clean drinking water to developing communities. So, go on, do your good deed of the day and uncover the secrets of the foremost travel bloggers in the world.
- Carnival of Personal Finance: Memorial Day Edition - The Carnival of Personal Finance is a compilation of the best personal finance and investing related articles from around the blogosphere.
- How To Free Yourself From The Dead Pledge of a Mortgage Using The Smith Manoeuvre - Did you know that the traditional French definition of a mortgage is actually “Dead Pledge”. Perhaps this is why so many homeowners whose biggest expense is their mortgage feel that uneasy sinking feeling when sitting in front of the banker to sign new mortgage documents. So, what if there was a way to pay off your mortgage in half the time without changing any payments and without changing anything in your current lifestyle? Wouldn’t you be curious to learn more about how such a system can work? Read on to find out more ….
- Make Thin, Crispy, McDonald’s-Calibre French Fries at Home - Have you ever wondered how McDonald’s makes their french fries so thin and so crispy? Their secret lies in … this article. Check it out.
- 9 Tips To Ensure that TV Is Boosting, Not Undermining, Your Happiness - How much time do spend in front of the television? The television can usurp huge amounts of your time and this article outlines 9 tips for keeping TV-watching a source of happiness.
- [video] Jason Fried, Co-Founder & President of productivity software firm 37signals talks about marketing - Topics include social media, how much to share, saying no, and more. It’s a must watch.
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