Down The Drain
If Chicken Little were here, he might be staring up at the sky, wondering just how much longer it would be until he could tell everyone he told them so. Without a doubt, the last few weeks in the stock market have been pretty brutal. While the markets have made small gains over the last year, the last few weeks have seen the destruction of most of that value. In fact, the TSX had its » read more »
WPtouch 2.0 Pro Now Available
About six months ago, Dale and I started laying the foundation for the successor to our popular WordPress plugin, WPtouch. We released WPtouch about two years ago, and it’s approaching around one million downloads in the WordPress repository. Aspects of it were also integrated into WordPress.com — it is the default theme on WordPress.com for iPod/iPhone mobile visitors, and represents around 60 million page views a month for mobile visitors. WPtouch 2.0 is a fairly » read more »
The Lords Of Finance
I picked up a new book while camping this weekend, Lords Of Finance. Given that I can usually get through most books in a few hours, I’m a bit surprised that I’ve spent nearly a full day reading this new book and still have about half to go — so it must be fairly large. The Lords Of Finance is essentially a history of the modern financial system, with emphasis on the major players throughout » read more »
Inside The Economy
My background obviously isn’t in finance – I’m actually some weird hybrid between an electrical engineer and a physicist. While I understand a lot of the basics in finance, there are still quite a few gaps in my knowledge, and I’m slowly working towards filling those in. Last night I was pretty beat, so I crawled into bed and purchased a book about capitalism and the economy. I actually managed to read most of that » read more »
Redundant Web Architectures
So I realize this could potentially be a pretty deep rabbit hole, but I thought I’d ask the question here. I’m in the process of trying to put together a simple web server configuration that is more robust than a single server configuration. Truthfully, I’ve never set something like this up, but for what I’m after I’m not looking for something amazingly complex or expensive. The server needs to basically handle HTTP requests, and interface » read more »
The Matrix Has You
I first started investing in the stock markets around 2000. Since then, I’ve had front row seats to at least two big market corrections. During the first, I was working out at JDS Uniphase in Ottawa, Ontario. If that name sounds familiar, you probably heard about us on the news — in 2001, JDS Uniphase wrote-off the largest amount of goodwill in history, a staggering $45 billion dollars. When I showed up for work that » read more »
The Glycemic Load And Healthy Eating
In 2004, Duke University completed a study of the Atkin’s diet and released the results to the world. The results of the study showed that not only did people lose more weight on the Atkin’s diet when compared to the conventional low-fat diet, their blood cholesterol profile also improved, ultimately reducing their risk of heart disease. Prior to the Duke study, most people in the medical community passively dismissed the Atkin’s diet as both unhealthy » read more »
Most people don’t realize it, but the current form of printed money we all know and love is actually worthless. While the dollar value on the paper may say $5 or $10, it only holds that relative intrinsic value because each government says it does. There are unfortunately no assets or underlying resources protecting that value, something that has the potential to rapidly destabilize any given currency in the event of an economic or wide-scale » read more »
Spaghetti Bolognese and Homemade Bread
As I get older, I find I’m more and more of a homebody. Some of my friends think it’s a bit strange that I enjoy hanging out around the house on my weekends, but truthfully, I find it a lot more enjoyable than hitting a pub and ending up with a hangover. While I enjoy a good patio beer as much as the next guy, I also enjoy putting on some music and tinkering away » read more »
The Retirement Pipe Dream
When I was about 23 years old, at the encouragement of a family member, I read a book called The Wealthy Barber. The book chronicles the fictitious life of a small town barber and, through a series of stories, tells how he managed to become a millionaire despite having a relatively modest salary. There are two main take-aways from the book, both of which form the crux of personal finance these days. The first main » read more »
Duane Storey is a Vancouver-based photographer, writer, traveler, and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of BraveNewCode, a web design & development studio that focuses on professional WordPress plugins. 
