Tales from the Trail

A few highlights from the cabin guestbooks of the ACT

Bitcoin Network Status

₿ Bitcoin Network Monitor Live On-Chain Metrics Current Price Loading... -- Current Block Height Loading... Immutable Ledger Depth Blocks to Halving Loading... Estimating ETA... Current Block Subsidy 3.125 BTC -- Daily Global Issuance ~450 BTC -- per day Issued Supply Mined Loading... -- remaining Progress to 21 Million Max Supply I've

Wind, Water and a Win - 2026 Sailing is Here!!!

After hibernation and a few weeks of frenzied boat work, the SeaRenity was launched back to her home in the water under blue skies. Sailing evenings find us in the harbor eyeing up the wind conditions, pull starting the outboard and hoisting the sails.   While I grew up racing sailboats,

Sailing Season is Back

What a glorious time of year! The boat has been launched, the mast raised and we are back on the water! Of course before that goes a couple weeks of random boat improvements that continue through the rest of the season. Today I give you a salute to winches. I

A Little Spring Hiking

Enjoying our local provincial park.

Back To Charleston Lake

A brief foray into Charleston Lake

Wealth Projection

Compound Interest is an incredible thing when you have time on your side. I'm about to have a 16 year old at home. Do you think if I show him this and pledge to get his money invested in a lost cost ETF he would put 65 per

Bitcoin Mining - Update

6 Months Update I've been running the BitAxe for 6 months now. It's still ticking along It's averaging 1.2 Th and you can see the natural fluctuation of the basement temperature in this graph. And difficulty which is an indicator of how '

Time Capsule - Sort Of

I found a note written to myself nearly 20 years ago.

Ski Getaway

A March ski getaway in a quaint Quebec Ski hill. Definitely worth a visit.

Bitcoin Supply

This month the Bitcoin circulating supply hit 20 Million. That's 20 million of a total supply of 21 million. As Bitcoin continues to catch on the number of new coins being generated will be steadily declining....forever. The coin generation can be defined with a Sigma notation. Mathematically

Hiking Fare

A couple of simple and cheap dehydrated options for the trail. Simple Couscous Ingredients: 1 cup couscous 1 tsp curry powder 1 cube vegetable bouillon 1/4 cup dehydrated red and green peppers 4-5 diced sundried tomatoes 1/4 cup pistachios 1 ½ cups water Directions: I get the sundried