Friday Link Love - Half-Anniversary Contest Edition

It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been writing here for six months already. Today marks not only One Caveman’s Financial Journey’s 6-month anniversary, but also my 100th post. It’s great to reach two milestones on the same day. In order to celebrate this occasion properly, I have decided to host a contest to reward you for helping me make it this far.

I am pleased to announce that next Friday (June 20, 2008), I will give away $25 of my own hard-earned money in the form of an Amazon.com gift card to one lucky reader.

How to Win:

You can earn up to three entries to win:

1. Subscribe to my RSS feed, either in your feed reader or by email, and then email me the secret phrase that appears at the bottom of the feed
2. Leave an approved comment on this post.
3. Write a post on your own blog mentioning this contest and send an approved trackback.

(As soon as the contest is over, I will discard all collected email addresses so you never have to worry about receiving spam or that your address will be released. The only reason I need a valid email address is to notify you if you are the winner.) All qualified entries will be collected in a spreadsheet and sorted by the time the entry was received. On Friday, June 20, 2008, I will log onto random.org and request a random number from their system. The entry that appears on the randomly selected row number will be the winner.

Rules:

1. The contest ends June 19, 2008, 11:59pm CDT. Entries received after that time will be discarded.
2. One entry per method per IP address and/or email address.
3. I will email the winner once. If I do not hear back from the winner within 1 week, I reserve the right to award the prize to another winner.
4. Local laws, rules and regulations apply.

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Now that that’s out of the way, back to our regularly-scheduled Link Love.

This week I was fortunate to make a second appearance as an Editor’s Pick in the Carnival of Personal Finance. Many thanks to Prime Time Money for hosting the carnival and choosing my article, 13 Free or Cheap Ways To Keep Your Home Cool This Summer, as an Editor’s Pick!

Here are some other articles I found this week that might interest you as well:

• The Simple Dollar - My Entrepreneurial Inspiration
• Gather Little by Little - Great low cost Father’s day gift ideas
• The Dough Roller - Multiple Income Streams: 10 Ways to Earn Extra Income
• Frugal Dad - Forget Presents, We Want 529 College Savings Plan Contributions
• The Wisdom Journal - HELP! I Think I Have a Counterfeit Bill!
• Wise Bread - Why “Buy One Get One Free” Is Usually A Bad Deal
• beingfrugal.net - Kyle’s Coupons: Starting Your Own Business Frugally
• Consumerism Commentary - How Much The iPhone 3G Really Costs You