Memory issues on the blog
I have several blogs running on a shared web server host. For several months, they have been offline 1-3% of the time – which is terrible uptime performance. Yesterday, the…
Demographics: Are retiring Baby Boomer’s causing inflation?
Simplistic perspective: Fewer people working because they have elected to retire makes it more difficult to cure the economy’s supply-demand imbalance. Source: Why retiring Baby Boomers may make it harder…
Create an Access Control List to Block Countries or Continents
If you run a web server or WordPress blog and want to block a country, like say, Russia, from having access to your web site, the following may be helpful:…
Health: Cycling head injuries are a low probability but high-risk event
Head injuries are a low probability but very high-risk event when bicycling or motorcycling or even skateboarding. Much is made of the story about the Attorney who fought Florida helmet…
Finance: Are you saving too much for retirement? Probably.
Previously: The fundamental question is – “Should you save when you are relatively poor so you can have more when you are relatively rich?” This week: This week’s latest on…
Life: Minimalism is Still Dead
Minimalism is the practice of decluttering one’s life – and many adherents took it to extremes, limiting themselves to owning an arbitrary 100 to 200 items and living in barren…
Demographics: Social Security’s full benefits retirement age is 70
Interesting discussion – most people think “retirement” is somewhere from age 62 to 68 and few would say age 70. But the author makes a good point here: Social Security’s…
International: “London Bridge is down.”
Source: Queen Elizabeth II has died – BBC News
Part 3 – Population Demographics: Honey, I shrunk the U.S. population
The U.S. fertility rate today is 1.78. A rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain the population at its current size. The U.S. population continues to grow because of immigration.…