Broken Car Rental Window and Chase Card Benefit Services – Part 2
If you have read the first part of this story, which was about the car break in, it is now time to get into dealing with filing an insurance claim with Chase Card Benefit Services. After my car was broken into on January 28, 2018,…
Broken Car Rental Window and Chase Card Benefit Services – Part 1
This story begins January 28th, 2018 in the parking lot of Millifont Abby, Drogheda, Ireland. As we pulled into the parking lot there was some shattered glass from a broken window visible and after locking the car and walking to the historic site, there was a sign warning people that there had…
Playing with Cryptocurrency: Part 6 How Much Am I Making?
I’ve been playing around the last couple of months with crypto mining on my computer and phone. Now that I have some stats it is time to see if I am actually making any money from it. The places I have been trying this are…
Playing with Cryptocurrency: Part 5 Mining Apps
The main way to make money crypto mining is with dedicated mining machines such as ASIC miners. However, it is possible to install mining apps on a phone or to mine on a computer. The question, of course, is can these be profitable when calculating the…
Playing with Cryptocurrency: Part 4 – Hash Rate
My next post on cryptocurrency mining is going to involve the hash rate I am getting from devices. For reference here are the hash-rates from lowest to highest. 1 kH/s is 1,000 hashes per second (often written KH/s or Kh/s). 1 MH/s is 1,000,000…
Playing with Cryptocurrency: Part 3- Wallets
What is a crypto currency wallet? It is basically the same as the wallet in your pocket. A cryptocurrency wallet holds your currency. There are three main types of wallets. The first is an online wallet with an exchange. The second is an app for…
Playing with Cryptocurrency: Part 2 – Coin Exchanges
Since Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies can be traded like stock, I decided to try the process out. My first stop was to the stock trading app Robinhood. I also to look at dedicated cryptocurrency coin exchanges such as Coinbase and Bitpanda. Coinbase When…
Playing with Crypto: Part 1 – The Bubble Will Pop?
The first time I heard about crypto and Bitcoin I rolled my eyes like many others have done. “It won’t last,” I said. “How can you have a currency that isn’t backed by anything of value?” That was a few years ago when it was possible…
Too Much Plastic Waste in Ireland
One thing about living in Ireland that frustrates me is, the amount of plastic garbage thrown around. Ireland is a beautiful country, and the people who live here, for the most part, don’t seem to respect it. This can be seen in the amount of…
Apartment Hunting in Dublin
If you look over the skyline of Dublin right now you will see dozens of construction cranes working on new buildings. Of those new buildings being constructed, very few if any, are for apartments. The Irish government is doing a great job of bringing big…
