I have (like I need it) another new hobby. OMG, what now? Turns out on eBay, there are all kinds of now-defunct magazines available on CD and DVDs for a reasonable price. I think in the last month I’ve picked up $150 worth of such collections. Great sources of ideas and in-depth knowledge lost on the … Read More
I do not know when I have been more excited about something: In our decade-plus search to find new ways to analyze stock market data we have come up with a regular heartbeat to the market. In today’s report, we not only tell you how to calculate this heartbeat yourself, with detailed Microsoft Excel instructions, … Read More
Pardon the overdose of “down-home-ness” but sometimes you have to unplug from the messy data flow – which lately has been running like Class 5 whitewater rapids – and just “be one with the charts.” Fortunately, lacking any other kind of self-introspection capability, I stare at them day-in and day-out. This is a chart of … Read More
Reader Note: We turned the ad flow down so there should be fewer of those full page splash ads on phones. Also, we got rid of some other problems so the site should be back to fast and stable now and loading fairly fast. Let me know if you find anything broken! I’ll skip the … Read More
We are always a bit suspicious of the market when we close down like we did Wednesday and then in the pre-open, the futures were pointing to a nearly 200-point rise before the CPI Report came out. Here’s what it looked like when released in the past few minutes: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban … Read More
A couple of readers Wednesday noticed that a few things on UrbanSurvival stopped working for a while. For example, our “header image” went missing for a couple of hours. And when it came back, the next issue was when people wanted to make a reply to a comment, that button was missing. As of this … Read More
Is World War III underway already except no one knows it because it’s hidden in plain sight? Are you immune to it yourself because you fail to view your phone or computer as a “battle space viewer?” Strong case to be made for that… one that who;s we’re locked in an unwitting World War Web. … Read More
Our view of economics data is just settling now. Been up since 1:30 this morning, in fact, working on several items for the in-depth on Peoplenomics tomorrow. The super-short version (free, lol) is that there is a case for a “soft summer rise” into about the middle of August, after which a slide into the … Read More
This may seem like a strange topic, but when we get into the hot part of summer its often the best time of the year to go shopping for cold-weather goods. A few idea on how to get the most for your money are implied in this approach which distills down to “Buying when other … Read More
Here we go again, kiddies: Order in the Court! We are expecting the social media revolutionaries (e.g. the Webolutionaries) to do everything they can to stop president Trump’s Supreme Court pick when it’s announced later today. You see, it looks like there’s NO ONE Trump could name who would keep the radicalized social-media uprising happy. Let’s … Read More
I told you week, or so, back that Elaine and I were getting a gaming table because we had one room in the house that didn’t have a defined purpose. In our (admittedly odd) way of approaching home design, each room ought to have a specific mission. Workstations for all activities one enjoys. There are “sleep rooms” … Read More
Say, here’s an ugly thing to be thinking about – like you need a few more, right? How will you react and cope if the Web were to go down? As we know, thanks to social media, we are in what can only be described as a digital uprising – that which we label The … Read More
Boy, is there ever a load of crap to wrap your head around. But, as luck would have it, this morning the thinking cap has been on as I’ve been working on part of my next book. Specifically, writing the chapter Toward a Computational Psychology really helps sorting through a complex world. The reason is … Read More