Most stock market software finds stock picks for you based on the strengths of the stock. However, many times you already have stocks picked out, but are unsure of which one to purchase. Software that highlights the weaknesses of individual stocks would be helpful. For example, suppose you are trying to choose between purchasing Apple […]
Destination: Taiwan
Back in 2002 my family took a tour throughout the island of Taiwan, except for the mountainous eastern coast where the roads suffered earthquake damage. A tea farm Buddhist warrior god Paiwan aborigines Oyster farmer An old cannon at a former Portuguese fort Where the tea leaves are roasted on a tea farm The famous […]
Portraits of Blacksburg, 2002-2005
I lived in Blacksburg, Virginia 1997-2005 while studying at Virginia Tech. In 2002, I bought my first camera. It was a Canon Digital Elph that was small enough to put in my pocket and carry around with me. Photos taken in 2002 A corpse flower about to bloom at the horticulture gardens View from “The […]
Saving Kids’ Artwork
Children generate a lot of artwork. Parents often want to save the artwork in case it has some meaning to the kids or parents when the children grow up. In the digital world we now live in, there needs to be an app for saving kids’ artwork. I quick search turns up several apps that […]
Futurist Timeline
People have always been fascinated by the possibilities of the future. The future captures our imagination. There are movies depicting our possible futures (The Matrix, Inception). There are books about the future (1984, The Road). There are video games set in the future (Starcraft, Halo). There are futurists who explore our possibilities (Ray Kurzweil, Michio […]
80/20 Ruling Your Digital Life
With the amount of data being generated in our lives daily, it’s easy to let things get out of hand. At one point, I had over 4,000 articles in my “read later” list. I also had over 20,000 digital photographs sitting on my hard drive, with more added every week. Digital information has a habit […]