Welcome to the Friday, August 27, 2010 edition of On the Moneyed Midways! Each week, we review hundreds of blog posts contributed to each of the past week's major business and money-related blog carnivals to point you to the best posts we found in each, naming one as being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
But today's edition brings us to a bit of a sea change in the world of blogs and blogging - the growth of video on the web!
We've highlighted posts before that have made use of embedded video, but this week has really struck us by how far the the ability of bloggers to incorporate video elements into their posts has come. And that's why we've created a new title to award blog posts that present highly rewarding video material that focus on business and money matters: "Absolutely essential viewing!
The best posts we found in the week that was await you below. Happy weekend reading and viewing!
| On the Moneyed Midways for August 27, 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnival | Post | Blog | Comments |
| Best of Money | How to Graduate from College Without Student Loan Debt | Money Help For Christians | In a nutshell, Craig Ford says it takes a lot of work, whether it be a job or pursuing a number of other options to make school less expensive. |
| Carnival of Debt Reduction | Is a Balance Transfer Worth It? | Bargaineering | Sometimes, it doesn't make sense to transfer a balance from one credit card to one that charges a lower interest rate. Jim Wang works through the math you need to do to see whether transfering your balance makes sense for you! |
| Carnival of Personal Finance | A Simple Trick to Get Your Credit Card Interest Charges Waived | Len Penzo dot Com | Len Penzo's trick for making credit card interest charges go away is so mind-boggling simple that it likely never occurs to most people who might be able to take advantage of it. Absolutely essential reading! |
| Cavalcade of Risk | Laurie Santos: How Monkeys Mirror Human Irrationality | This Scientific Life | grrlscientist embeds a TED lecture given by Laurie Santos into "monkeynomics," which reveals that people aren't as separated from monkeys as they might like! Absolutely essential viewing! |
| Festival of Frugality | 16 Unbelievable Shopping Disasters Caught on Tape | ShopGala | Say, what's the worst thing that might happen to you now that the ever-lengthening Christmas shopping season is getting started in earnest? ShopGala runs through a number of video clips showing what might go wrong as you shop. |
| Carnival of Money Stories | Should I Buy Life Insurance Even Though I Don't Need It? | My Personal Finance Journey | Jacob Irwin asks an interesting question: "would it be a wise investment decision to lock in a life insurance term rate now (at age 24 when I do not need it) than to wait until I do need life insurance?" The answer, plus a link to the online spreadsheet tool he put together to help anyone answer the question for themselves, qualifies as The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere! |
OMM's Running Index for 2010
Presented in reverse chronological order....
- On the Moneyed Midways - August 27, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - August 20, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - August 13, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - August 6, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - July 30, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - July 23, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - July 16, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - July 9, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - July 3, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - June 25, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - June 18, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - June 11, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - June 4, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - May 28, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - May 21, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - May 14, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - May 7, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - April 30, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - April 23, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - April 16, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - April 9, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - April 2, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - March 26, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - March 19, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - March 12, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - March 5, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - February 26, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - February 19, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - February 13, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - February 5, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - January 29, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - January 23, 2010
- On the Moneyed Midways - January 15, 2010
Older Editions
- OMM: The Best Posts of 2009 and our full index for the year!
- OMM's Running Index for 2008
- OMM's Running Index for 2007
- The Best Blogs Found in 2006 (and our full 2006 index)!
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