Internet links

Here is a list of internet links which I find helpful.

For information on investing in Australian shares I use http://www.hotcopper.com.au . One needs to realise that this is a chat site and some of the recommendation may be from individuals who are using it for their own benfit but overall it is very readable and informative. Both http://www.kitcometals.com/ and http://www.kitco.com/ are informative when it comes to the price of precious (latter) and base metals (former). Also useful is http://www.liveindices.com/ which gives live prices of the major share indices.

When I have computer question or glitches I refer to http://www.whirlpool.net.au/ They seem to be a great bunch of people with a vast knowledge base. Of course for the latest in the computerworld one cannot go past http://www.tomshardware.com

Travel is nicely covered by the two booking sites http://www.wotif.com/ and http://www.lastminute.com even though lately I have found that one can get just as good a deal by ringing the actual place itself. www.virtualtourist.com/ and www.TripAdvisor.com are great sites to check out information about places to stay and visit. I actually find you can have a virtual holiday by using google earth and those two sites.

My green smoothie

I came across an interesting website yesterday - www.greensmoothiechallenge.com - As I have put on a couple a kilos in the last month I gave it a go and had my first smoothie. 3 bananas, a good handful of young spinach leaves all blended with apple juice. It tasted amazingly good. Today I'll have one with berries in it.

An article in todays paper related to Istanbul's plans on building their metro. Having been to Istanbul it got my attention. I just loved that city; their history is amazing and of course I crossed the Bosporus a couple of times just to say that "I've been to Asia 3 times in the last week."

What I saw of their public transport was the train from the airport and the tram which goes through the historic parts of Istanbul .It was very convenient as my hotel was right next to a tramstop. I never needed to concerned that I couldn't find my way back to the hotel.

According to the article Istanbul was the first European city to actually have a metro. I came across it by accident as a lot of my time spent there was just wandering around by foot. And I always referred to it as a "funicular" - one of two which I discovered.

Introduction

This is my own personal blog. At this stage I have not decided what to use this blog for. However I expect it to follow my thoughts over the next few years. As this is a fast moving world it would be nice to have a blog which show how the world evolves and how it effects me. My interests are wide and varying. In the future I hope to again create some bonsai trees, get my Noritake collection out and set expand on the display my wife set up many years ago.

The stockmarket has always fascinated me and I expect that I eventually become a day trader.