Yesterday, BP attempted a procedure known as a “top-kill” on the leaking oil pipe in the gulf of mexico.  This procedure has worked on land before, but has never been tried at sea.  Im cautiously optimistic that this will work.  I’ve seen them work before on land, and they were successful in the aftermath of the 1991 gulf war.

Here are the best links I’ve found this week:

Yakezie Posts

Although not a Yakezie, (and possibly because I’m a SUCKER for infographics) I found this infographic at fixr.com talking about the Top 10 Cities to get a Job in.  Very relevant to graduates.

Kevin at 20smoney put up a post about people losing sleep over the stock market.  Note: If this is you, you need to consider moving to less-risky investments, or saving more of your income.

Craig at Free From Broke put up a piece about how your credit score gets calculated.  I didnt know this until recently, but with the new financial reform bill, you’ll now have access to your credit score 3 times per year, just as you do with your credit report currently

Finally, a bit of love for a newcomer to the Yakezie, Kevin at Financially Poor talks about the 5 things needed to be successful in Personal Finance.

Sustainability

You cant go anywhere without hearing/reading about the BP oil spill in the gulf.  It’s been almost 40 days, and there is currently no for sure end in sight.  They are currently waiting on results for the top-kill they tried.  Until then, watch this LIVE video of the pipe leaking.   That, guys, is a LOT of oil. (and much more difficult to see than it was earlier today)

Health

They are beginning to think there is a link between pesticides and ADHD.  I’ve been wondering what it was for so long, because it seems like every kid these days has it (or a derivitive) and it couldnt all be happenstance.  There are plenty of articles on it, but check out this one from Time magazine

Here’s where I’ve been featured around the web lately:

The sustainability video I shared was in the All Things Eco Carnival #102

Learning the Guitar Link Round up at Couple Money

Carnival of Financial Planning had my Open Source Software Piece, and many other great articles as well.