Blog Archive: July 2023

Laptops with Intel Core i9 13th gen processors, code name Raptor Lake, have been around for a while already. First launched on October 2022, the Intel Core i9 is popular among gaming and business laptops. In this article, I've listed the…

On July 27, 2023, I bought 1 share of Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD) stock, paying $16.93 per share for our long-term dividend stock portfolio Barrick Gold Corporation is a mining company that produces gold and copper with 16 operating sites in…

Lately, I've been playing around with the idea of selling put options on crypto. A popular income-generating strategy in the stock market. But there are a bit different rules in crypto, with the biggest difference being - crypto options…

"X Park" run by “Jomardi” Rafting Club is located nearby Tvalivi village on the left side of Pshavis Aragvi River at 900 meters above sea level. I have been familiar with the Jomardi Rafting Club since 2011 when I took my first rafting…

We decided to head to Israel for New Year's Eve of 2023, where we spent short, about a week-long trip to the Holy Land, exploring the cities of, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem, basking in the sun at Herod's place in Eilat, and then returning to…

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (Codename GN21-X6) is a high-end laptop GPU. It is based on the AD106 chip and use the Ada Lovelace architecture. The RTX 4070 offers 4,608 cores (of the 7,680 in the AD106) and a 128 Bit memory bus.…

At the end of June 2023, we traveled to Latvia for about two weeks, during which I continued work with our frame house and installed both walls and rafters. In this article, I'm sharing notes and photos from the construction.  It was a…

In case you wondered how we celebrated Summer's Solstice 2023  - we celebrated it at our rural country house some 25 km from Liepåja in Latvia. Having a lot of fun. I invited my mom to join us for the little party. Just four of us. Our…

On June 9, 2023, I bought an additional 5 shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, paying $123.83 per share for our Partnership Fund. We are now holding 30 shares of AMZN in our Partnership Fund portfolio.  Using dollar-cost averaging our …

Jerusalem is a city steeped in history, culture, and religion, making it a fascinating destination to visit any time of the year. However, there is something particularly special about visiting Jerusalem in the weeks leading up to New Year…