Blossoms and Canals Amsterdam is a city of layers. You can find whatever version of it you are looking for, depending on the time of day and the street you choose to turn down. On this particular Tuesday,

An afternoon at Amersfoort I am so far behind on my travel posts, it has been a busy summer so far, but let me try and catch up. I didn’t set out looking for anything extraordinary—just a simple day trip

A Day Trip to Utrecht It's been a more than a week since I am back from my trip to Netherlands, and yet I haven't found enough time to write about it. It has been busy around here. In fact, I had been

Haarlem: A day trip from Amsterdam If you’re looking to escape the bustling streets of Amsterdam for a day, let me let you in on a secret: Haarlem is only a 15-minute train ride away, and it is absolute

Zero Day Vulnerability First, a couple of disclaimers. I am not a developer, before this incident that I am going to talk about, I didn't know about Zero Day Vulnerability I am a major stakeholder both

Looking for a Rental Property So, I continue to look at the single family home market in Northern Houston. These days there is so much data publicly available that it is exciting to do some number crunching

Floods in Houston I reflect a bit on flooding situation in Houston, based on my previous post yesterday. Turns out, I have been through a lot of these in the past 25 years that I have been living here.

I made a mistake of selecting rental properties without checking the Flood Zone Map in Greater Houston

Single Family Home Rental Market As I am aging, I have been slowly moving a portion of my investment portfolio to Real Estate. There are two main reason for this: Houston Real Estate market is stable,

DEC Cycle (Re-cycle?) I have been thinking about writing this post for a long time. Mind you this is going to be a long post, and may sound repetitive, but I feel this is necessary. The Splinterlands in-game

Ceasefire on "Life Support" The war, which began on February 28, 2026, with a series of U.S. and Israeli strikes, is currently under a fragile, conditional ceasefire mediated by Pakistan and

The "Founders' Trap" in Tech Startups And in Governance Driven DPOS chain like Hive, and 2nd layers like Splinterlands In early-stage companies, the first three investors often demand board seats.

Investing during troubled times Or any other times I often like to think about investing not as a one-time decision, but as a habit that quietly runs in the background of an entire working life. Most of

We are still stuck! So, its been more two months since the US-Israel alliance started the war with Iran (started on Feb 28). I have written a few posts about the importance of strait of Hormuz, here, and

South West Coast Path I have been thinking about doing a field trip along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. For those who do know know about the South West Coast Path, it is a continuous coastal path

A Tale of Two Suitcases During my day out over the Prague Castle, it rained a lot, which I didn't mind at all. I think it cut down the tourist population a bit. I will describe a specific experience on

Teaching a Teenager to Drive I am unsure where to post this particular post, so posting it in my community regardless. There is little financial aspect on this other than potential for high car insurance

And Other Walks I’ve always believed that the best travel moments are the ones you didn’t plan for. When I arrived in Prague recently, my mind was on the Gothic spires and the weight of Bohemian history.

Restructuring of Indian IT Dream! I graduated with my Master’s in Geology in the late 90s, before I moved to the US to pursue higher studies and research. It was a time when the world felt like it was

A weekend in Prague I have been travelling a lot in Europe lately, which is great, because, relatively speaking I have seen very little of Europe. I also just recently finished Dan Brown's latest book,