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Previously we’ve run through how to open an online broker account and how to buy and sell ETFs. Today we’re going to look at purchasing an index tracker fund. Next stop, the world – muhaha! (Oops, did I say that out loud? I meant to...
I've been receiving lots of "Undeliverable Mail Returned to Sender" lately for Protohackers signup attempts. Protohackers login is via a "magic link", so attempting to sign up or log in results in sending an email. But none of the email...
Snowy mountain peaks in the Rocky Mountains, as seen from the summit of Flagstaff Mountain near Boulder, Colorado. The post Distant Snowy Peaks appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, likes to invoke international law. Imagine that one day, someone had finally responded to him. Not just anyone, but one of the founding fathers of international law. It happened just after the...
What a way to finish a Fringe. After a week of political theatre, historical musicals, personal testimony, clowning and spectacle, BIRDS: Alex Hines and Sarah Stafford arrived as the final show in my festival schedule and promptly...
Time for some links, time for some reading? Democracy v the Machine: the Birth of the Digital Age and the Warnings That Were Ignored, by Jill Lepore, The Guardian The Great Romance Slump, by Faith Hill, The Atlantic Your Friendly...
Projects I’ve finished installing minidlna on my home server. Now I can finally disable another service exposed, until now, by Qnap. The goal is always the same: The Qnap NAS should work only as network drive. In the future my aim is to...
I couldn't keep up with my weeknotes this year but I enjoyed writing them :( especially the media round-ups - books and film - as I found I often had something to say if I sat down and thought about it for a second or two. So here are...
The Gunpowder Plot is having a surprisingly good Fringe. Having already encountered TheatreGoose’s take on 1605 elsewhere in the festival, it is striking to find another company returning to exactly the same historical event. The...
Saturday was one of those days where my twin brother Chris was living his best life somewhere down in Westward Ho! attending an all-day rave. Apparently the bass was so loud he could hear it while walking to the venue, which is more than...
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During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge. Today’s TDC is from long time friend Sheri and asks us to: Create a butterfly of your own in whichever medium works for you. I really want...
One of the most interesting things about Antigone 1989 is not what it currently is, but what it might become. This ambitious musical from Vine & Light and Rhymes with Purple relocates Sophocles’ tragedy to Thebes, California at the...
One really nice thing about the climate here at Sunset is that when I pick blackberries, I can wear a long-sleeved top to protect my arms from the thorns; in Louisiana and Oklahoma it’s much too hot for that. So when I noticed late last...
Night-blooming cereus (probably Epiphyllum) in my sister’s yard, 17 August 2026, 8:47pm (photo by Kate St. John) 18 August 2026 My sister has a night-blooming cereus plant that produces beautiful flowers with a lovely scent. Each flower...