Blog Archive: May 2020

SEB-Active 3rd Pillar Pension Plan Review 2020

Investments 30 May, 2020 | 55 views

I opted for a 3rd pension pillar pension plan at SEB bank Latvia back on May 22, 2019. I've been saving additional funds for the old age for already one year. Time flies.  On the day, when I opted to save for old-age,  my dad turned 65.…


How To Swap / Transfer IP address with Linode VPS

Servers 29 May, 2020 | 461 views

Recently I was rebuilding a compromised VPS on the Linode - this was a small web server serving some 3 established websites. It took me a few hours from A-Z  - launch a new Linode, install a new webserver on it, then transfer data from one…


BCRX – Covered Call – 19.12% potential return in 15 days

Trading 28 May, 2020 | 70 views

On April 30, 2020, I bought 110 shares of BCRX, paying $3.875 per share. BCRX is a small pharma doing a clinical study on galidesivir for treating the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).​ Found this name on Biotech Stocks Under $5. After…


Latest Stock Buy 5 shares of INTC

Investments 27 May, 2020 | 43 views

On May 15, 2020, I bought 5 shares of Intel Corporation (INTC) paying $57.63 per share.  With its quarterly dividend payout of $0.33 per share, this latest buy has a dividend yield of 2.29% and will pay us $1.65 (before tax) every quarter…


Options Trading Income April 2020 +$41.33

Trading 26 May, 2020 | 51 views

Welcome to the fourteen (#14) options trading income report - covering earnings I've made from trading options (puts, calls, vertical spreads) in the month of April 2020. This is going to be the last article in the series options income in…


Top 10 Best Selling DSLR Cameras 2020

Digital Photography School 25 May, 2020 | 1,127 views

There is a good saying  - a photographer needs to upgrade his/her gear just only once the existing gear is outperforming If you are planning to purchase your first DSRL camera in 2020,  this article is for you, here you will find Top 10…


How To Block IP Address in Drupal 8

Drupal Development 23 May, 2020 | 1,964 views

Unlike in Drupal 7 version where IP banning is enabled by default, with Drupal 8 version, there is one more step added - IP banning must be enabled from the extend section. Here is how. (source) Log into your Drupal 8 admin interface. From…


Under The Georgian Sun / King Davids Tower (s)

22 May, 2020 | 167 views

It was on the evening of April 27, 2020, I decided to switch glass (from the kit lens to telephoto) and make some photo for the month of April to put in the description in the monthly dividend income report. The photo of the month turned…


Poor Man's Covered Call with Less than EUR 100

Trading 21 May, 2020 | 227 views

It has been a while since I first heard about the term Poor Man's covered call. It took me some time to put all dots together to understand how this trading technique actually works. Now it feels I  know how it works (at least I think so…


Latest Stock Buy: 100 shares of CSCO (Assigned)

Investments 20 May, 2020 | 43 views

On March 3, 2020, I bought 100 shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) paying $47.5 per share. With its quarterly dividend payout of 0.36 dollars per share, this latest buy has a dividend yield of 3.03% (before tax) and will pay us an…