Let me see: The stock market has dropped 10.6 percent in the last 12 calendar days and you wonder why this topic and why now? You are welcome to remain skeptical of our long wave economic views, but unfortunately, the replay of history is continuing as a bad rhyme with little reason. Seen BTC yet … Read More
Right out of the box, I’d have to say that there has been tremendous fluctuation in the fate of hobby shops around the world. Covid, all that. Mark Your Calendar Home handy-bastard festival note coming up: National Retail Hobby Shops Association has a big convention set for from Sept 11-14 in Lost Wages. See here … Read More
Play before Work, I always say. (But never actually do.) Where is the Welder Review??? There’s a “dog ate my welder” story in here… Today was scheduled to be a review of that Chineseum knock-off of the Smith Little Torch. That one retails on the Zon for (take a look). While the Chineseum was under $25-bucks – … Read More
[Exceptionally long (for the free side). But go ahead, take some time and relax with it… Holiday, and all.] Today’s coffee klatch of day-traders and tool sluts is now in order! Our usual dose of news, but then back out to our shop as the weekend enters its final hours. (Gimme a chorus of “Damn!) … Read More
Early futures were still pointing up when I first checked on them about 3:30 AM. Apparently, our “pre-holiday” blow-off is continuing. Although the mania formerly known as crypto mania is missing the boat. BTC was under $29,000 last time I checked. Here’s the latest from the Economics Desk of Rip N. Reed: GDP Important to … Read More
If you have ever tinkered with any kind of serious welding gear, there’s one simple – inescapable fact – that we can’t get around. Stuff’s heavy! You need a cart. Now, not everyone has a poured and polished leveled concrete shop floor in their home. Out here in the woods, my shop is a “redneck … Read More
Not enough on your plate to worry you? Time to become a “Seniorpreneur!” Today we take up some very uncomfortable forward-thinking about what may lie ahead for America’s aging grays. (Two of which we is.) Beyond just lining-out the problem, though, we have some ideas for how to cope with hard times that you can … Read More
4:30 AM and Ure is “back in the chair” for another round of play. “Money for Nothing” cranked. Coffee hot and strong, sunrise a couple of hours ahead. There are differences between my office and other Casinos, of course. For one, time is of the essence here. Clocks all over: German, British, and American market times … Read More
The companion to the mini ebook “A Life of Gods” on time and task management is unveiled this morning. This one deals with workstations and workflows. My thinking is that once something shows up as a task, we need the “power tools” to dispatch it to the “done list.” A good bit of theory is … Read More
Want to know Ure’s System? What did I tell you Monday? You were paying attention, right? “No major economic news (other than opening bummer!). Which, if we get lucky will not turn until tomorrow. It’s the “How Bad Today?” part that’s hard to gauge. Which is why we’re not in the Casino.” But you know … Read More
There you are. One morning, America is going along all normal (like) and then suddenly flick. With nothing more than the eerie sounds of silence (with a nod to S&G) we pass back into the 1800s as a space-based weapon of unknown origins takes down the grid and the internet. Calmly, you survey the panic building … Read More
A synthesis of goal planning and time management styles. Since no one has “enough time” in the world, most “time management approaches” don’t focus enough on how things end up being scheduled in daily life. Apologies in advance – this morning’s report is a 60-page .PDF but after we go through MBO, Pomodoro, and all … Read More
Oh, boy. This morning’s report will be a “two cupper” – and maybe three cups – if you study the ideas, problems and pictures of today a little bit. There is so much going on around here it’s, well, amazing. This writing less and doing more is turning out to be most agreeable. We’ll get to … Read More