Hardcopy backup: do you trust your Dropbox?

As the buzzword „cloud“ nowadays is in everybody’s mouth, and google shutting down its Reeder (take that „cloud services closed, sold, shut down whysoever, unexpectedly“) I was thinking of all my digital stuff, and how to backup it. Currently I have a nice server setup in my cellar, and all MacBooks and computers send time…

Wealthfront: Managing your assets as a service

I just came along wealthfront, which is a US asset management company – with the twist that they seem to cut out any middlemen and just take a very low mgmt. fee (0.25% of assets above 10k$). What I find intriguing about the service is the easy of use: there are standard investment-plans you can…

Holidays in Austria: and some things might change

At the beginning of the year, my wife and I went to Austria, in the region of Kaernten, and had wonderful days in a small chalet. These are the days one might start to think about things, and especially of those, which might have to change. And as it was the beginning of the year…

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