It’s been 3 years since I kicked off the Hacker Blood Drive. Blood and plasma donations have been something I’ve been passionate about for a few years now. If you’ve never heard of the Hacker Blood Drive, essentially I hope to encourage hackers to consider donating by offering a free subscription to Hack The Box or Pentester Lab. Personal Stats This year was a slower year for me due to getting some tattoos overseas (there’s a 4 month wait period afterwards).

I am not a financial advisor, this is not advice. This post is just for fun, I’m just a weird dude who enjoys talking about finances. For further advice, please seek a professional financial advisor. Don’t sue me. If you haven’t seen my previous blog about micro investing, or my original blog on Raiz vs Spaceship - check them out as it will provide some further background into this blog.

After two years of running the Hacker Blood Drive, here’s a blog talking about the progress it’s made so far. Shortly after launching, I created a Red25 group with the idea that if people joined it we could track the donations. This year at some point, the team developed into two members now. Look out Lifeblood, we’re going to put you out of business. Here are some of the stats of this year in comparison to the last few years.

Note: I realised half way through writing this, I really just wanted to share some of the fun I had beekeeping. There’s some finances in there but mainly I just wanted to write about bees. Beekeeping was a hobby I picked up during the COVID adventures of 2020. It feels like forever ago but I picked up a hive in the spring of 2020 after falling in love with gardening.

I am not a financial advisor, this is not advice. This post is just for fun, I’m just a weird dude who enjoys talking about finances. For further advice, please seek a professional financial advisor. Don’t sue me. Credit cards are awesome if you use them correctly. I think when most people think of credit cards, they think of the horror stories, the people who get a credit card with the maximum limit and spend it all on a holiday or shopping.