Gallery Online
Looks like I posted too soon. I ended up having time to get the gallery integrated! Now you’ll see the link in the tabs above and the random image on the sidebar. It was quite simple. I just had to add the correct gallery theme and add a few lines of code to the header and sidebar.
In: My Websites, Uncategorized
Updates continue, new trade open…
Today was quite busy so I haven’t had time to do much work on the site. I have the gallery online and integrated but the theme doesn’t work with the blog them at all. I have to find one that looks decent or figure out how to design my own.
There seems to be a bug with either the blog theme or WP that is causing a warning to come up. This is disrupting the first pageview and causing the title image to be shifted down into the tabs. It works fine on a reload. I looked at it very briefly and can disable the function if necessary but I’d rather fix it. It’s on my list of stuff to do.
Supplement Research
Amidst the site contruction I felt like creating a normal update. I’ve been doing research into supplements. There is a rediculous amount of hype out there surrounding supplements. Do not believe anything a website selling them says. Here’s what I’ve found so far.
In: Health & Fitness, Uncategorized
New Theme!
As you can see the new theme is up and running. The theme is called Fluidity3C and can be found on Kaushal Sheth’s website. It flows much better than the old one and the colors are a bit easier on the eyes. Plus it allows for better integration of other items such as an image gallery, forum, etc.
Speaking of image gallery, that is the next item on my agenda. I believe I have found a good gallery script with excellent WP integration. Watch for it today or tomorrow.
In: My Websites, Uncategorized
Major Site Improvements Coming!
I’ve decided to make a number of significant changes to the site. Here’s a list:
- New theme
- New image gallery
- Add a ton of images
- Move my other old blog (http://www.driverdan.com/stocks/) to this site (it keeps going over bandwidth on that host)
- Begin my summer project (see below)
- Add a forum as part of the summer project (see below)
- Possible addition of advertising
- More TBD
Site Update
Sorry about the site being down for a while today. I updated WordPress (the blog software) and accidently uploaded an index page I played with a while ago. I guess my server is setup to show .html before .php. The site should be running great now.
Bad or Good Debt?
As I may have mentioned before, I took on a lot of debt to start my investment career. I maxed out the majority of my credit cards doing balance transfers and the like. While this has worked out well for me I don’t recommend doing it. I estimate about half of the money I used was lost to poor investments or scams. The other half has been performing quite well and is slowly making up for the lost half. However, in the mean time I have a significant amount of debt and a low credit score. When I initially entered into debt my credit score dropped 100 points in a month and has gone down more since then.
A Look At Summer
Don’t you hate it when you spend 10+ minutes typing something and accidently delete it all? That’s what just happened to me. I had a pretty long entry written out and tried to hit Ctrl+T to open a new browsing tab. Instead I hit Ctrl+R and reloaded the page. I lost the entire entry. Now I have to retype it. Grrrr…
In: Driving, Health & Fitness, Philosophy
Trading going well, summer project determined
Other than 2 finals I have this coming week, school is now out for the summer. That means I can concentrate on trading, investing, and speculating. May options expired on Friday and I took full advantage of it. I sold covered options on Wednesday and Thursday and managed to make over 11% return on my entire account after broker fees by the close of the markets on Friday! I can still count the number of trades I’ve done on one hand so overall I’ve been doing very well. I’ve only had one small losing transaction. Overall my account is up 16.25% after fees. Did I mention I’ve only been trading for 1 month? I still have one more open position. Assuming the market doesn’t go up more than ~7% in the next month (very unlikely) my total gains will be almost 19%.
Addition to investing goals, $1 million here I come!
I’ve been doing some thinking and some math. I’ve figured out that I can have $1 million in 5 years if I start with $25,000 and earn an average return of 6.35% per month (76.2% per year), compounded monthly. I believe this is achieveable since I’m already earning more than that. If I reach that goal I’ll be a millionare before I turn 30.
My investments are rapidly approaching $25,000 so I’ve almost met that goal. The problem is that I’ve been living off of my investments. If I continue withdrawing enough to pay the bills I won’t be saving enough to reach that goal. This leaves me with a few options.
