Lots of stuff going on for us these past few days now that school is winding down for us and our kids are getting set for the start of summer. As a kid, I looked forward to the summer break as the fun part of the year where I could relax and “chill”. As a parent, summer is when you go around worrying about what to preoccupy your youngsters with so that they don’t bore themselves silly or wreck your house being bored silly.
This week and next, you’ll find me in a few end of year school activities and picnics while my spouse jets off to Australia to visit relatives (he’s finally figured out how to travel with money). I’ll try my best to keep things updated on this blog over this period, but it’ll be a challenge in time management, for sure.
Now here’s something else to keep some of you busy: a developer contest! Shifting gears a little, I’m guessing that there are a few coders and developers among you who are reading this site. Well here’s a chance for you to win some money.
Will Code For Green: Win Cash Rewards At Bing’s Developer Contest!
This message is for those of you who would like to join an interesting coding contest being sponsored by the new Bing (formerly Live Search) community. I received notice of this from Betsy Aoki, Bing’s community manager, and she told me to spread the word. So do check out this developer contest they are sponsoring called “Code for Green”, which has the following theme:
Beginning June 1, developers will be able to submit URLS for their contest entries at Will Code For Green. These Web-based applications must use the Live Search APIs (which are free) but can also use any other technology platform or programming language in order to accomplish their ultimate purpose:
1) To help people deal with the worsening global economy (Economy category)
2) To help people improve the ecology of the planet Earth (Ecology category)
You can vote for your favorite Web applications until Aug 12th at this site, and review the details of the contest in this blog post. Winners and finalists will receive hefty cash rewards so do check out this opportunity if you’ve got programming skills!
Now it’s time to check out what’s hot in the financial blogosphere:
Personal Finance Articles
- The Simple Dollar: Spending Your Discretionary Money on Things that Rise in Value
- Loose Change: Has The Crisis Made Gen Y Market-Shy?
- The Money Maniac: Disadvantages of Commodity Business
- Lazy Man and Money: Unbroke: What You Need to Know About Money
- Generation X Finance: Don’t Wait for Things to Get Back to Normal…
- The Sun’s Financial Diary: A Brief History of General Motor
- My Dollar Plan: Going to Court, Debt, and Investing
- Frugal Dad: Gift of Equity
- One Mint: The Right Way to Look at Risk and Reward
- Master Your Card: Why Do We Settle For Less Than We Want?
- The Financial Blogger: Survive Getting An MBA With Your Family
- Frugal For Life: Getting Started with Paid Online Opinion Surveys
Recent Carnivals
There’s a new carnival in town! Free Money Finance has launched the Best of Money Carnival, which shares the top 10 personal finance articles for the week. I was greatly pleased to have been counted down to #1 in this debut edition for my post on How To Avoid Foreclosure. I’m truly honored to be the winner this week! I also look forward to being a host sometime down the road. Many thanks to FMF for this fresh new carnival.
- Carnival of Debt Reduction: Thanks for the Editor’s Pick! Debt Sucks hosted a great carnival this week.
- Money Hacks Carnival
- Carnival of Personal Finance
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You’re welcome
Looks like you will have your hands full, all the best.
I admire what you are incorporating into this site, it’s brilliant! Keep the informative vibe going….I look forward to more! Thanks again
Rosa
Seems like Bing is really getting their name out there fast! Who know, they could be a good rival of Google.