It's true bitcoins have continuously been going up, but who knows what could happen? That drop to ~$800 earlier was amazingly quick, even if it did quickly recover.

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1612/can-i-damage-my-computer-by-mining-bitcoin

You may want to read this before considering mining. Without a significant hash rate, mining may simple do more harm than good.

What does the 'birthday' represent in this analogy?

For anyone else that might stumble upon this thread and want an actual link to go to:

https://blockchain.info/wallet/paper-tutorial

I'm personally a pretty forgetful person and would rather not to carry it around on a paper in fear of losing it; I've just kept mine at home on a USB.

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Drop-down menus are always a blessing in disguise, adding the compactness that allows for simplicity. Or you could check for keywords in certain fields that configure the output.

A site filled with content is not necessarily the best site.
Perhaps allow people to access a copy of a spreadsheet on a site which automatically updates the rate values?