Why do we value gold?

I’ve been toying with the idea of investing in gold directly or having some exposure to it (and silver) in my investment portfolio. I have hesitated, so far, because I don’t really understand why we value gold so much? It just seems so arbitrary. By itself, it really doesn’t do anything. If the world economies …

Cool neodymium magnet cable keepers on Amazon Launchpad

I just discovered Amazon Launchpad. I must have missed last year’s announcement about this. It’s a special Amazon “store” that showcases start-up products. There are a bunch of pretty cool things you didn’t know you needed HAHA. Seems to be a lot of shipping Kickstarter products. It’s definitely worth a browse. I ended up ordering some Cloops …