A Few Things to Consider Before Quitting Your Job
Once you are in a stable position within a company, pay raises can sometimes be slow and usually involve a set amount per year. But if you are quitting for a new employer, you can negotiate a new rate before being hired. This can involve…
Occupational Adjustments: What I’ve learned From Multiple Careers
In generations past, it was customary to go into a line of work and spend the majority of your life with that company, waiting for that day you can retire and enjoy life. Not anymore. Today it is much more common to have multiple careers…
Self-Publishing to Kindle vs Nook Press vs Smashwords
I published my first book “An Expat’s Guide to Ireland” exclusively on Amazon for Kindle since they are the market leader in e-books. When publishing the second edition I decided to give the Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords a try. One reason for this…
Using the FutureBit Moonlander 2
I have been experimenting with mining cryptocurrency over the past few months. My latest experiment is with The FutureBit Moonlander 2 a USB miner. Here are the instructions to install and use the miner, as well as, my results with it. Things you will need: FutureBit…
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…
