My Corner

Computer Programming related

• Team NGP. Delivers IT staffing and consulting services.
• UltraFire TH-T60 HA-II XM-LT6 5-Mode 975-Lumen White LED Flashlight. As of 7/3/2012 priced at $27.30. YouTube comparison here: UltraFire NH-T60 HA-II XM-LT60 5-Mode. Also take a look at FandyFire UV-S5 CREE XM-L T6 3-Mode 3000LM 3-LED White Flashlight. This one gets hot, though.
• Web Ware Index. Free Visual Basic source code.

Market <<Current Outlook>>. Updated 1/30/2013.

Precious metals

Australia: Perth Mint

• Perth Mint - Bullion Mintages. See also: Perth Mint Mintage Policy.
• 2013 2 oz Silver Australian Lunar Year of the Snake (SII). APMEX coin in capsule. Unlimited mintage. 31,500 sold as of 8/16/2013.
• 2013 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra - Snake Privy. APMEX coin in capsule. Declared mintage of 50,000. SOLD OUT.
• 2012 1/2 oz Silver Australian Koala. APMEX coin in capsule. Declared mintage of 118,577.
• 2011 1 oz Silver Australian Koala with Berlin Privy. APMEX coin in capsule. Declared mintage of 48,922. SOLD OUT.
• 2012 1 oz Silver Australian Kookaburra - Dragon Privy (Roll of 20). APMEX coin in capsule. Declared mintage of 64,989. You can also get (Box of 100) or Single Coins. SOLD OUT. Currently (as of 5/1/2013) re-selling at over $50 per coin.
• 2012 1/2 oz Gold Australian Lunar Year of the Dragon. APMEX coin in capsule. Declared mintage of 19.370.
• 2013 1/2 oz Silver Australian Lunar Year of the Snake. APMEX coin in capsule.
• 2012 1/2 oz Silver Australian Lunar Year of the Dragon (Jan 3rd). The one ounce version has a limited mintage of 300,000 coins and has been SOLD OUT at the Perth Mint. However, the (unlimited) 1/2 oz version has a "Declared Mintage" of 389,161 which is the final production figure for this coin.

  United States

• ATB (America The Beautiful) Silver Bullion 5oz. Coin Sales Figures (number of coins).
• 2012 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - Chaco Culture National Park, NM. Mintage 24,400.
• 2012 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - El Yunque National Park, Puerto Rico. Mintage 24,000.
• 2011 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - Olympic National Park, WA. Mintage 104,900.
• 2011 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - Chickasaw National Recreation Area Park, OK. Mintage 48,700.
• 2011 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - Glacier National Park, MT. Mintage 126,700.
• 2011 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - Gettysburg National Military Park, PA. Mintage 126,700.
• 2011 5oz Silver ATB (America The Beautiful) - Vicksburg National Military Park, MS. Mintage 58,100. SOLD OUT.

Miscellaneous

• 2013 $50 Gold Buffalo (14 mgs). Sells for $10.00 plus S&H
• 2013 Canadian Silver Wood Bison, 1 oz .9999 Fine Wildlife Series.
• 2013 Canadian Silver Pronghorn Antelope, 1 oz .9999 Fine Wildlife Series. The Canadian Antelope coin is the 5th coin released in the Royal Canadian Mint's "Canadian Wildlife Coin Series" program.
• 2013 1 oz Silver Britannia. Unlimited mintage. From Provident Metals. Comes in plastic shrink wrap.
• 1 oz Silver Round - Buffalo Design. From Provident Metals.
• 10 oz APMEX Silver Bar (IRA Approved). These bars are stackable and easy to store! They are also ISO-certified and able to be placed into your Precious Metals Individual Retirement Account.
• 2011 1oz Silver Somalian African Elephant. Semi-numismatic, currently at $5.49 above spot.

Watch list

• Casey Research Gold/Silver Stock Picks. Posted 1/25/2013. Four stocks: AG (First Majestic Silver), AUY (Yamana Gold), EGO (Eldorado Gold0, FNV (Franco Nevada). Also: SLW (Silver Wheaton).
• THLD.

Market indexes

• NASDAQ daily
• NASDAQ 30-minutes
• The future of the USA stock market (prediction date: April 18, 2003)

Programming InteractiveBrokers Workstation

• InteractiveBrokers Discussion Forum
• TWS API Yahoo Groups
• Application Program Interface (API)
• User's Guide
• Freelance tools currently available

Streaming quotes software

• LiveCharts Basic. Free streaming quotes, delayed 20 minutes.
• QCollector for QCharts. Software to download and save historical data using Quote.com servers.
• Quote Developer Program. Includes a functional XCharts application written in Visual Basic (includes source code).
  

Screen capture software

• CamStudio 2.6. Free streaming video software useful in creating software tutorials. The default settings, however, won't allow more than about one minute of recording, due to the maximum limit for AVI files. Thus, you need to change both the Audio and Video settings once installed in order to create smaller AVI files. To change the Audio, go to the Options menuitem, select "Audio Options --> Audio Options for Microphone" and enable "Use MCI Recording". To change the Video settings, go to the Options menuitem, select "Video Options" and change the Compressor to "Microsoft Video 1", change the Quality to 100, disable "Auto Adjust" then change the "Set Key Frames Every" to 100, change the "Capture Frames Every" to 40, and change the "Playback Rate" to 25. To better find the files CamStudio creates, go to the Options menuitem, select "Program Options --> Directory for recording" and point to a folder of your choosing. Also, under the Options menuitem make sure the "Record audio from microphone" is checked. Finally, under the Region menuitem, select "Window" to record a smaller, targeted region.
• Best Settings for CamStudio to Sync Audio and Video. Good video describing the changes listed above and the reasons behind them.

Miscellaneous notes

• Canada's Oil Sands - Shrinking Window of Opportunity. Posted May, 2010. Cost of producing oil from oilsands is roughly around $40/bbl in 2010.