Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Crippled by Cryptocurrency - Atherton Cooper

 This was a clickbait-y title with the content of the book being a combination of ghost stories about crypto and sound financial security advice about any get-rich-quick scheme not specific to crypto.  The author goes on talking points about how if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.  Only invest what you can afford to loose.  Always double check where you are sending your money.  Research thoroughly before investing in anything.  He mentions Ponzi schemes multiple times, which have obviously been around for far longer than crypto.  The only difference now is that the form of payment used has changed.

While all of this advice is legitimate, the author grabbed the crypto part of this as a way to sell more books, just hopping on the band wagon, and nothing to do with crypto specific problems, but general internet safety.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Heidi - Johanna Spyri

 My grandmother gave me an illustrated abridged version of the book as a child and I never read it.  This Christmas my mother gave that book to my niece.  I realized I never actually read Heidi, so I thought I should finally get around to it.  It's a sweet story with excellent morals and a great young children's book, wholesome and straight-forward.  I would definitely read this to a young child.