links for 2007-01-10

From the article: “This year will be the first time I will have the opportunity to participate in a 401(k) plan at work. My company does not offer matching funds. If they offered an employer match, the decision would have been easier. The match is esenti

Most important tip? Use it or lose it.

As in rubber-meets-the-road, stuff’s-gonna-hit-the-fan cynicism? As in every last bit of personal finance advice you’ve learned reading this blog, reading other blogs, reading financial magazines, and listening to your grandmother has gone out the wi

“I thought I’d highlight the bonus miles promotions that I’ve run across when looking at frequent flyer credit cards. While miles aren’t necessarily as flexible as cash, these bonuses can be a great way of jump starting your frequent flyer account,

The Festival of Frugality is up this week hosted by Savvy Steward. Binary Dollar makes an appearance as “Commandment #4.” Enjoy. I did.

Nick gives us a comprehensive guide to bargaining the price of a home.

Why is it that no matter how much you earn, you can’t make ends meet? The answer is often right before your eyes.

This guy took the post on what 200 calories looks like and instead what 200 calories COSTS for a ton of different foods. Also has pictures of all of them. Junk food turned out to be the cheapest and veggies the most expensive.

“We debate issues such as: welfare and reliance on the government for your retirement. This is the first podcast so we are still trying to work out the kinks.”

Trent gives us a list of open source *free* software that changed his life. They are: Keynote, Wordpress, Freemind, Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, and Gaim. Check it.