Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Reader Feedback Request – Practical Tips For Personal Finance Newbies

I have been so impressed with many of the responses to this recent Reader Poll About Emergency Funds.  Next week, I’ll write a post, summarizing many of those responses, and share the final poll results with you. Some of the comments (and a couple of emails that I received) really got me to thinking.  So, [...]

First Post From The New Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 Laptop

As I mentioned a few days ago, my old laptop, the Toshiba, is dying.  I ordered a new laptop from Lenovo, an IdeaPad Y510, and it arrived yesterday.  After it arrived, I spent some time tweaking its setup.  I downloaded and installed Itunes, OpenOffice, and Firefox – three free programs that, together, allow me to [...]

New Subscribers And A Stroll Through My Blogroll

I want to thank all of you who have decided to subscribe to No Credit Needed, either via RSS or via Email (or both!).  I hope you are enjoying my blog.  I usually post new articles once or twice a day, depending on how much time I can squeeze out of my busy life. For [...]

Creating My List Of Financial Priorities

I want to once again thank those of you who arrived here via this Money Magazine article about families who are living without credit cards. If this is your first visit to my site, welcome.  I hope you will take a few minutes to read a bit more about me and about how and why [...]