Archive for March, 2007

Canadians Make A Shopping List Before Going On Vacation To The U.S

Friday, March 30th, 2007

by Das Brain

During my recent vacation with my wife to Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida we went on our usual “search and destroy” mission for outlet malls. Our last excursion to the United States was Grand Canyon and Phoenix, Arizona back in October of last year and we were able to find a lot of deals at Arizona’s various oultet malls.

Swing Trading Option Contracts

Friday, March 30th, 2007

by Das Brain

Swing Trade Stock ChartRight before I went on my short vacation to Miami, Florida I bought and sold some Corning NYSE:GLW call option contracts. This was done in the span of a week and was mainly done as an experiment to see if it was possible for me to take advantage of weekly or bi-weekly swings in share price of a stock. I have in the past made big profit from options trading selling after 5-6 months, but within a week or two is something else.

Back From Miami And Fort Lauderdale Florida – Ultra Music Festival

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

by Das Brain

If you were wondering why there were no post over the last 5 days it’s because I was in Miami, Florida to attend the Ultra Music Festival and to enjoy some nice weather. My wife and I attended the Ultra Music Festival and it was awesome and would recommended it to anyone who enjoys music, especially electronic music the likes of techno, house, trance and drum and bass. Here’s my little review of the Ultra Music Festival Miami, Florida.

Spyware…..A Losing Battle – Ardamax Keylogger

Monday, March 19th, 2007

by Das Brain

This morning when I started up one of my stock / option trading system and ran Spybot Search and Destroy spyware detection software it detected a keylogger program called Ardamax keylogger.

I went to Google and did a search on Ardamax keylogger and got some information about it. Apparently it is a program that hackers / software hackers bundle with warez or websites and when you visit a website or install a warez program it places this Ardamax keylogger software somehow on your Windows based computer.

If You Write About Someone On The Net, They Will Find Out

Friday, March 16th, 2007

This morning I checked my webstats and was completely surprised that someone came to my blog from a Google search on my ex-manager’s name as the keyword. This blog shows up as the 2nd search result when you do a search on his name. After looking at the times that this person did the search, one time at noonish (lunch) time and the other time at 5:54pm I know for sure that this person was my ex-boss himself. He has no life except his work, and usually stays until 6pm or later in his dingy little office.

Intro To Option Trading – Part 6a

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

by Das Brain

Intro To Option Trading – Part 6a

What else can I do with option contracts?

PUTS as insurance on your current stock holdings (protective put strategy)

Epson Stylus CX5000 Color Multifunction Printer Review

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

by Das Brain

I purchased an Epson Stylus CX5000 color multifunction printer a while back, because I didn’t have a printer and I needed one that can print high quality photo pictures, scan and photocopy.  I chose the Epson Stylus because Epson’s are known for their ability to print high quality photo pictures. Apparently a lot of professional photographers use Epson photo printers, I know our wedding photographer did, he had one of those Epson printers that cost around $900 and he highly recommended the brand.

Building A Personal Computer, PC On A Very Tight Budget!

Monday, March 12th, 2007

by Das Brain 

Last week I tested and built / refurbished two computers from scratch using Pentium Chips, motherboard, computer cases and RAM from 3 old computers from the east end Toronto City Recycle / Trash station. That was why I didn’t have much time to blog, it was quite a bit of work but the end result was that I saved quite a bit of money and it kept me busy.

Intro To Option Trading – Part 5

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

It looks like I got to get back on track and finish the “Intro To Option Trading” series of articles.
Let’s continue with part 5

by Das Brain

How do I trade PUT option contracts?

Dealing With A Bad Boss

Monday, March 5th, 2007

I just thought I’d share this interesting article about how to deal with crappy bosses, after all in my previous job my new boss was a robot (personality of a stainless steel fridge) and that was one of the reason why I was laid off.
I hope this article would help you the readers to more or less get along better with your boss so you don’t go through the same head aches that I did.

Making Money From Old Stuff Around The House

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

by Das Brain

It’s March and Spring season is just around the corner. Time to do some Spring cleaning which means gather up all the old stuff accumulated over the years in the basement and in the closet and get rid of them………uhm hold on I mean try to sell them.