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.…
This is America – Happy Independence Day
This, below, is America, not the constant drumbeat of horrible, terrible scary news trumpeted by the media as they seek to divide us and tear us down rather than build…
Safety Culture
I was recently in another western country and noticed the lack of “safety culture” there. After my return, I saw other U.S. citizens who had moved to that country also…
Generation Jones: Born 1955–1964
Good summary: Why People Born 1955–1964 Aren’t Baby Boomers | by Nichola Scurry | Atta Girl | Medium “Baby boom” was defined as 1946 through 1964. Those dates were picked…