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How to prepare for law school finals (without spending a fortune)

Written by Brett McKay


Finals are just five weeks away for me. I’m trying to get motivated for the death march that will ensue. To help my fellow comrades, I’ve compiled my previous posts on how to prepare for exams without breaking your budget. Enjoy.

> Brett McKay | 20 Mar 07 | School | Comments (2)

Carnival of Personal Finance #92 at Lazy Man and Money

Written by Brett McKay


Lazy Man and Money hosted this week’s carnival of personal finance. The Lazy Man was kind enough to include my submission about getting rich quick meaningfully. Here’s a few quick picks of my favorite posts.

> Brett McKay | 20 Mar 07 | Carnivals | Comment (1)

11 Free Video Games That Will Develop Your Business & Personal Finance Skills

Written by Brett McKay

I love simulation games. Ever since I played Sim City on the Super Nintendo back in 1990, I’ve been addicted. In fact, I feel simulation games gave me my first lessons in economics. By playing SimCity I learned about taxes, spending, and budgeting. While the real world is a bit more complicated, SimCity gave me a basic understanding.

I still think simulation games have a lot to offer as a way of introducing people to basic financial principles. About.com has put together a nice list of free business simulation games. Play these and you’ll increase your business savvy or at least motivate yourself to become more business savvy. If you think you’re too old or already know enough, have your kids play them. It’s an excellent way to teach your children business and personal finance skills.

  1. Simutrans. The goal of Simutrans is to build a network of railroads and bus connections. Think Railroad Tycoon.
  2. Food Force. The United Nations helped develop Food Force. The object of the game is feed 6 million people on an island in the Indian Ocean. Food Force will help develop budgeting and planning skills.
  3. Lemonade Stand. Lemonade stands are most people’s first introduction to business. Now you can do it online. The object of this game is to make as much profit as possible in 30 days.
  4. Chart Wars. Ever wanted to manage a band? Now you can with Chart Wars. You hire bands, plan road trips, and sell albums. Harness your inner Rick Rubin.
  5. Fantasy Stock Market. The best way to learn about investing is to actually do it. But if you’re afraid of losing money while you’re learning, check out Fantasy Stock Market. It’s online game in which you compete with other investors to see who can develop the best portfolio.
  6. GameBiz. It’s 1983 and you’re video game developer. Try to outperform other well known video game companies like Atari and EA.
  7. Industry Player. This game is played online with other registered players. You start off with a set amount of money to be used to grow a business empire.
  8. MiniMogul. You take the part as movie producer who invests in future movie releases.
  9. Musical Manager 3. It’s the similar to Chart Wars. In this game you’re band manager trying to help your band make it big.
  10. Rich Man Game. Perfect the art of the corporate take over in this massive multiplayer game.
  11. The Second Chance for Mankind. This is very similar to SimCity. You goal is to build a successful metropolitan area.

If you go through all these and still haven’t satisfied your craving for simulation games, you can always play old school SimCity for free.

> Brett McKay | 19 Mar 07 | Businesses, Education, Entertainment, Investing, Money Management, Personal Finance, Technology, video games | Comments (9)

Carnival of Debt Reduction #79 is Up at Ask Mr. Credit

Written by Brett McKay

Go by Ask Mr. Credit Card and check out this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction. Mr. Credit was kind enough to include my summary of MTV’s I’m In Debt Summary. Ask Mr. Credit has done an excellent job creating a fun University of Debt Reduction theme for the carnival. Some of my favorite submissions for this week include:

Make sure to check out Ask Mr. Credit Card’s other posts while you’re there. He has tons of great information on getting and staying out of debt.

> Brett McKay | 19 Mar 07 | Carnivals | Comments (0)

Can You Feel The Link Love?

Written by Brett McKay

Ben at the Instigator Blog wrote about removing NoFollow from your blogging software to increase the number of linkbacks from your site. When you remove NoFollow you allow the Google Bots to pick up people’s links when they comment or trackback to their post, thus helping your readers to increase their SEO ranking.

The problem with removing NoFollow is that it allows spammers search engine value with their comments and trackbacks. In order to combat this, Ben suggested installing LinkLove on Wordpress. LinkLove only removes NoFollow for an individual who comments a certain number of times. I’ve set mine for 3, like Ben.

I think this is a win/win situation. First, it encourages comments on the blog. Second, I can share some LinkLove with others.

> Brett McKay | 16 Mar 07 | Blogging | Comments (4)

A Belated Thank You to Sun’s Financial Diary

Written by Brett McKay

This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by The Sun’s Financial Diary. They were kind enough to include my wife’s post on saving money and strengthening your relationship. I just want to thank Sun’s Financial Diary for hosting and including The Frugal Law Student.

Here’s some posts that I liked from this week’s carnival.

> Brett McKay | 16 Mar 07 | Carnivals | Comment (1)
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