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FIREcalc has been updated with the 2023 data. Hope everyone is doing well!

Hi all -- Firecalc's data has been updated.

Updated around noon on 4/27

Someone pointed out that Firecalc is loading slowly - you may see the "Connecting..." indication in your browser or other indication. It looks like one module is loading slowly - it's the module that hides part of the screen and enables the tabs to display them one by one. So if not fully...

The last of the needed numbers has become available, so Firecalc has been updated to show results through Jan 1 2020. Everyone stay healthy!

Updated to include the final results for 2017

The yearly update has to await PPI, CPI, market performance including dividends, and a few other details. Dividends are always the last to be updated, but these were finally published, so the database for FireCalc has been updated.

FIRECalc now includes the 40+% decline in the equity and interest market from 12/07 through 12/08. :frown: I am using the 12/08 data instead of the as-yet unavailable 1/09 data, but I didn't want to wait another month to get the impact of the 4th quarter 2008 into FIRECalc. So look for a minor...

Server maintenance... check back after around 9pm 4/28...

The new version is published. See Change Notes for notes about differences. Thanks much to the extremely valuable feedback from everyone who tested the new version! We went through probably 100 updates from the time the test version was first made available to those who volunteered to help...

What with new Schiller data and a few annoyances to correct, I'll probably start the next revision to FIRECalc in the next couple of months. Last time I did this, there were a number of extremely useful suggestions from many on this forum. I invite you to again send suggestions -- if they make...

This topic has been moved to FIRE and Money. http://early-retirement.org/forums/index.php?topic=13514.0

I may need to ask in Firecalc whether you nap or not -- here is something that seems really profound: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2C35458820070213 Excerpt: Those who made it a practice of napping at least three times a week for a minimum of 30 minutes had a 37 percent...

It's probably at least 18 months of fixup and projects before there will be any serious full-timing, but here's the replacement for Dory:

You all have probably noticed I have been decreasingly active here over the past year. I haven't been particularly happy about that -- but to be honest, the non-social aspects of a forum like this -- backups, software updates and fine tuning, tweaking things on the server to keep performance...

Here are the top 500 search phrases for 2006 that were used in search engines to find this forum... I am not sure "wife sharing" is a retirement strategy or not, but it was used twice to find the forum, as was "circumcision status" and "dog eats dryer sheets". early retirement 3098 12.9 %...

One of my neighbors (3-4 miles away) is about to turn on his Christmas lights for the new season. Last year his display got worldwide attention with this entry: http://tinyurl.com/ykgxpq (His writeup and other sample work is at http://friscochristmas.com/) (I, on the other hand, have about 6-8...

I have offered everyone ample opportunity to contribute to the upkeep of the forum. For those who have ignored this opportunity, I now have a new inducement, inspired by the tax collectors of Patna, India.

"My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh--anything but work." Abraham Lincoln

From the data center: During a recent facility inspection, Facility Engineers have found it necessary to correct a power issue that affects your server. Our facility engineers will need to take your server down to address this problem, and as such a maintenance window has been scheduled for...

I was reminded of a post from long ago that I'll parahphrase here. Most of us are here because we enjoy interacting with and reading the interactions of the friends we have made on this forum, and making new friends on the forum, even though few have met or ever will meet face to face. It's...

I've moved the forum to a dedicated server, meaning that there are no others competing for the resources of the server. It's shared only by FIRECalc. FYI, most websites are on servers shared by many hundreds or even thousands of other websites, resulting in sluggish performance sometimes. (The...

The new version of the software allows for an optional "calendar" at the bottom, showing upcoming birthdays and ages for those who put such (optional) info in their profile. Should we keep it? It might be viewed as a bit of a privacy issue, even though it doesn't show real names, but then...

We'll be getting back to our old look asap, but the appearance changes are a result of new forum software. Expect a few minor differences as we get it all sorted out... If something seems broken, and not just different, please note it here... MOD EDIT: Linked on calendar. -BMJ

Software update coming soon... it should fix some of the screwy PM counts and so forth that seemed to coincide with the hacker attack when most of us got the asian gay porn PMs.