An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and many more. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that might interest me.
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Palios Mylos Restaurant Review near Argiroupoli Springs, Crete
Ahh, I love these lovely roadside cafeterias which are hard to locate, after visiting and leaving, on the map. This time I was lucky enough and turned out I had pictured the name of this place in Greek. A bit patience and usage of Greek language transliteration and here you go - found both the name and location of this place, meet Palios Mylos Restaurant near Argiroupoli Springs, Crete. Visited back in June 2017. Now it's hard to recall exact …
February 2018 Dividend Income Report - $62.89
Time flies and so did last February disappeared like a flicker. Now it's time to look back and see how did it go for me in terms of dividend income. February marks already the tenth (#10) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks, peer to peer lending (both fiat and cryptocurrencies) Surprisingly, but February turned out much better than I thought before - after a few e-mail and support tickets forth and…
Winter near The Baltic Sea (Dubulti beach, Jūrmala)
In today's Piece of Life series, a couple of HDR's from the Baltic sea (more precisely Dubulti beach in Jūrmala, Latvia) Pinewoods, frozen sea and cold fresh air. Frozen Baltic sea Would love to return here in Summer. Restaurant Orizonte in Dubulti beach Pinewoods near Dubulti beach
How I'm Buying Stocks in Nasdaq Baltics Market
I've been investing actively in the Nasdaq Baltics market actively since 2017. Currently, I hold stocks of 16 great dividend-paying companies. And in fact that's the reason I'm investing in this market - call me dividend investor. In today's article, I wanted to share a quick "how to" on how I'm actually investing in this market. For operations (trades) to happen, I've opened a brokerage account at SEB Latvia bank, which comes up with a cost…
Top 5-star Luxury / Boutique Hotels in Barcelona
Barcelona is one of the most popular travel destinations in Europe, the city is the desired location for romantic trips, in case you are looking for best honeymoon or just romantic weekend in fabulous Barcelona city, in this article I have listed Top 5 star and luxury hotels in Barcelona, based on actual user reviews on Booking site. Alternatively see: 20 Top Rated Romantic Hotels / Apartments In Barcelona The price per night for those 20 top…
52 Week Money Saving Challenge
I first heard about such challenge from SEB Latvia bank - How to save 1,400 euros per year? The recommendation is simple - to deposit in the first week one euro, in the second week - two, third week - three, etc. The amount after each week continues to grow, up to the last week of the year, when it is 52 euros. As I love challenges and believe they are the great way to master new skills and make good habits, and in fact, there have been a few…
Investment Goal #3 - Build up Starter Emergency Fund $1,000
Now this should probably be ranked as an Investment Goal #1, but as I already have goal one and goal two defined, I will keep this, probably, most valuable goal to build up a starter emergency fund as goal #3 As they say, you should have in your emergency fund about 3-6 months of expenses in savings to have a good sleep. Since the last time I counted our family expenses on a monthly basis (Cost of Living in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia)) has…
Blog Income: 104% Increase YoY in Google AdSense Revenue 2018
Learn how I increased revenue from Google AdSense by 104% Year over Year and how you could too. For a prelude: I have been using Google AdSense for already eight and a half years by now, from whom first four and a half years have generated a really modest sum of EUR 100 from couple of low traffic and let's be totally honest - thin content websites (I had installed AdSense ad units on dozens of sites). I started using Google AdSense to monetize…
Top 20 Aluminium Chassis Notebook / Laptop Computers
As they say, Aluminum / Metallic chassis laptops are more durable than plastic ones. Indeed the surrounding chassis matters, but still when choosing an aluminum chassis laptop don't forget to see what's inside the chassis, like the graphics card, processor, RAM, and of course HDD. In today's article, I've listed the TOP 20 bestselling aluminum chassis laptops on Amazon. Following laptop/notebook manufacturers is a popular user choice for…
Winter in Bākūži 2 - 2018
A couple of weeks ago I made a couple of HDR's back at Bākūži (Bākūži Winter 2018), despite it was still a winter, we had little to no snow back then. Now at the end of February 2018, I made some more photos - let's say this - there is still room to grow to reach the levels of the fairytale in Tbilisi, but still lovely. Snow, frozen pond, and lonely rock garden see it for yourself Car parked next to the pond Pile of firewood Still needs…
How To Verify Skype Account Without US Credit Card (Microsoft Account Verification)
In today's article, I'll share my experience how I managed to verify my age for Skype account. It all started that one day I was not able to login to my skype account, which I have been using for more than 10 years already. It turned out Skype / Microsoft thought I'm a child, as apparently in my Skype account I had entered my birth year as 2008. Now back in 2008, it didn't seem an issue. Since Microsoft acquired Skype back in 2011, apparently…
Google Introduces Machine Learning AdSense Auto Ads
Yesterday I received a promotional e-mail from Google AdSense, introducing the new Auto Ads. As a long-term Google AdSense user (How I Made $2,135.03 with Google AdSense in 8 years), I decided to give it a test for my Drupal-powered blog, despite I was amazed at what I saw, I still removed Google AdSense Auto ads shortly. Let me explain - Google Adsense ads have been featured on this blog for about 4 years, during the past 4 years the blog has…
Back testing BTC/EXP RSI on Gekko Trading Bot
For the past couple of days, I've been testing Gekko BTC trading bot, executing a few trades running the bot on my laptop, ending to build a VPS to run Gekko trading bot on a cloud. As you can see for right now - I'm fully determined to master this trading bot. To master trading like a pro some should learn basic technical analytics, in today's article, I will speak about using Relative Strength Index (RSI) for crypto trades. I believe RSI is…
How To Setup Gekko BTC Trading Bot on VPS (Ubuntu 16.04) with GUI (Vultr.com)
Gekko is a free and open source Bitcoin TA trading and backtesting platform that connects to popular Bitcoin exchanges. It is written in javascript and runs on nodejs For the past couple of days I've been playing around with Gekko trading bot installed on my laptop (Windows 10), I have made a few trades and experimented with a couple of strategies. First impressions are promising. See: Simple BTC Trading Bot Gekko - First Impressions Running a…
How to send international fax to USA using Faxapp
Think fax is outdated? Think twice, fax is still popular in certain business areas, and fax is kind of popular in the United States. I believe the last time I have seen an actual fax machine in work was back in 1994. Now 24 years later at one stage I thought, it would be good if I would have a fax machine in 2018. I had to send a fax confirming my identity to the Microsoft Corp. Keep reading to learn how to send an international fax without…