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Index trackers – also known as index funds – are the investment vehicle of choice for passive investors. Why? Because index trackers provide a low-cost way to build a diversified portfolio that will outperform the average active...
Hi everybody! Every August I post an updated list of all the film-photography blogs that I know about. It’s meant to be a service to the whole film community. This year I’d like to ask you in advance if you publish a film-photography...
The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday July 21. In the morning Saturn and Mars form a long line. Saturn is rising just before midnight. Mars is below the red star Aldebaran. In the evening, Venus draws forms a triangle with the crescent moon...
1. Drink water when you are thirsty.You will live longer than if you don't. Beer's OK too, now and then.2. Rise a little earlier if you must be somewhere.Time does not bargain with you.3. Write things down.Memory is brave until next...
Last year I wrote about turning my small patio garden into a pollinator paradise. Well, that was the plan. One of the main protagonists in this scheme was borage. Borage, the internet assured me, is brilliant for pollinators because it...
Heatwave No. 3. Garden / Outdoor jobs. Pickwick Papers. Walton admin x2. “New” dentist. A kestrel. Scything has started Slow start on Tuesday. Hadn’t slept well in the middle of the night and it took me ages to wake up properly…. at 9am....
There's been a short CiB hiatus while I attended an important family event, but now we are back in business with very important TV-watchingThe Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are a phenomenon: always in print,...
Note: As usual, tl;dr at the end. Tomorrow morning, WhatsApp goes dark, and it’s not just a short downtime, but it is a termination of the service. The servers turn off, the domains don’t resolve anymore and no mobile client is able to...
Throughout the summer and autumn of 1897, H.G. Wells published his ground-breaking science-fiction novel, “War of the Worlds,” in serial form, over several issues of Cosmopolitan magazine. Simultaneously, the United States reported...
When I was working for that large ISP's tech support department, it was a strictly telephone job.
Examine the legacy of the islands’ knitting industry. Started in the 1500s, the knitting industry first produced garments for commercial sale incl stockings & undergarment Guernsey frocks. Using a soft worsted wool, they supplied warmth....
ZEB ORRELIOS (New Republic Pilot) The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Deluxe Action Figure Item No.: No. G2766 Manufacturer: Hasbro Number: #400 Includes: Bo-rifle (pole mode), Bo-rifle (blaster mode) Action Feature: n/a Retail: $27.99...
Today is my birthday. I was born on an Air Force base in France, where July 14 is Bastille Day. My mom always told me that when I was born they had parades and fireworks and people took the day off to have a picnic; it was years before I...
Duncan Rawlinson photographed this winter scene in the 1000 Islands region of Ontario, Canada. Fresh snow traces the curved branches of a small shrub in the foreground, while dried marsh reeds and grasses stretch across the middle ground...