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Everyone has a plan until they get hit

“Everyone has a plan until they get hit.” ~Mike Tyson. Studying French for 1.5 months and then arriving in France thinking I’m a badass knowing how to sling a few sentences together was a notion rudely trussed, cooked, carved up and served back to me on a giant silver platter called humility by a certain […]

January 13, 2012 | Startups | 2 comments

France Notes Day #1

I’ve moved to South Western France for a year (The Bordeaux region) and will be keeping a few concise notes on my experience getting here and living here. Mostly bullet form and you’re welcome to ask me anything in the comments. French embassy in San Francisco is great for visas but make sure you have […]

January 12, 2012 | Startups | No comments

To borrow or not to borrow: Thoughts on US government debt

A reputable investment bank approaches you and says they’ll lend you as much money as you want for a very low interest rate. The rate depends on how long you want to hang onto the cash: 1 Month will cost you 0.01% APR interest 6 months: 0.07% 1 years: 0.11% 5 years: 0.88% 10 years: […]

January 5, 2012 | Economics, Finance, Investing | 1 comment

Bull On.

I am long the stock market. I’ve been accumulating stock in businesses I understand for the last month or two. Why? I’m predicting a bull market starting in the next 12 months. My reason for writing this is purely selfish. I want to be able to say I told you so. I’ve also been predicting […]

January 5, 2012 | Finance | No comments

Guns, lots of guns

So for my xmass present I got a gun handling course from my wife for the two of us. I wouldn’t normally write about this, but the course was so impressive that I thought I”d say something. It was at BlueCore in Denver which is run by a handful of ex special forces folks including […]

January 5, 2012 | Crazy, Fun | No comments

My name is Mark Maunder. I've been blogging since around 2003 when I started on Movable Type and ended up on WordPress which is what I use to publish today. With my wife Kerry, I'm the co-founder of Wordfence which protects over 5 million WordPress sites from hackers and is run by a talented team of 36 people. I'm an instrument rated pilot and I fly a Cessna 206 along with a 1964 Cessna 172 in the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. I'm originally from Cape Town, South Africa but live in the US these days. I code in a bunch of languages and am quite excited about our emerging AI overlords and how they're going to be putting us to work for them.