Blog Archive: May 2018
April 2018 Dividend Income Report - $95.47
Welcome to the twelfth (#12) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from the Baltic dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending (both fiat and cryptocurrencies).Wow, already twelve dividend income reports, that's one year of tracking my road to the million dollars by the time I will turn 60. The last April…
How To Regenerate Drupal GMAP Marker Cache (Request for Invalid Marker Set)
Although it doesn't happen often, in rare situations you might get in trouble with GMAP marker sets. The most common case is change with folder permissions or migrating site to another host.
How to add Custom Markers for Gmap Module Drupal
Here is how it looks:
Request for invalid marker set notification
And here is how map field looks:…
Postcards from Kuldīga
Kuldīga has been featured on the blog many times, starting old brick bridge over the Venta river, including flying fish over Venta rapid, ending some of the finest Kuldīga restaurantsIn today's Piece of Life series - a tranquil sunset from KuldīgaStatue of Love during sunset in KuldīgaA cool, wood carved sculpture. Compare this one with…
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Mumbai & Goa / India Trip
It has already become something of a tradition for us - escaping the cold during our daughter’s winter school break and trading grey skies for warmth, color, and a slower rhythm of life. Each year, we carve out about three weeks to leave Tbilisi behind and head somewhere sunnier. And more often than not, that “somewhere” turns out to be India.Our…
Backtesting Ethereum: How Often Does ETH Drop 5% in a Day?
While working with the TerraM trading bot, I conducted a backtest to quantify the frequency of significant daily drawdowns over the past 365 days (May 4, 2025 – May 3, 2026). Specifically, I analyzed how often the daily price change exceeded -5% or more. The results are notable.The dataset is based on historical price data sourced from…