Published in November 14th, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Like the occasional house fly, the notion that a $6000/year budget means that I must be living in squalor like a broke student or a pop star or whatever comes up sufficiently often to annoy me just a wee [...]
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Published in November 13th, 2008
GE just set a new intraday low at 14.61 after which the stock went up and closed at 16.86 (I may be off on the last decimal). Apparently, I’m in good company today. Jeff Immelt (the CEO) bought 50,000 shares (apparently he has more money than I do, eh?) at 16.41 and the VP of [...]
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Published in November 13th, 2008
I just spent money on a “want” for the first time in over six months(*). Obviously I had a bit of a streak going there, so what caused me to break it? A new pair of headphones that’s what. I just bought a pair of Grado SR60 headphones and compared to the free airline headphones [...]
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Published in November 12th, 2008
A major problem of economic thought is that economics is not recognized as a complex non-linear system. Non-linearity generally means that the system can not be described as the sum of independent non-interacting components. Of course humans are inherently predisposed to exactly that kind of thinking. Humans are always looking for causes to explain effects. [...]
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Published in November 11th, 2008
I am increasingly appreciating the concept of appropriate technology. The story begins with us being unable to switch the rear furnace (our RV has two 12V/LPG driven furnaces. The front furnace heats front half + bathroom and the rear furnace heats the bedroom.
From my perspective, the furnace is a black box. Once it is triggered [...]
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Published in November 10th, 2008
I just learned the toe drag scoop which is probably my greatest shot at ever pulling off the Michigan move in inline hockey. Of course any 12 year old player can probably do this. Then again it’s been years since I was 12.
Learning is most effectively achieved when three conditions are present
Quality instruction - You [...]
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Published in November 7th, 2008
Game theory is the mathematical description of the structure of strategic decisions when the choices of two agents directly influence the other. Much work has been dedicated towards finding optimal strategies; in fact much military and political strategy is built on mathematical foundations, but it also governs economic decisions.
Consequently some knowledge of game theory can [...]
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Published in November 6th, 2008
I like to collect links to interesting articles and sites that introduce new concepts which may or may not be useful to understand or model other things in life. I figured I’d share some of them with you. Incidentally, this is ERE post number 301 for those of you who are keeping count.
Motivation at your [...]
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Published in November 5th, 2008
In the past I have made random comments about living out of a suitcase. I have done so in the past and it is entirely possible — in fact I arrived in the US with just a suitcase — to fit in the necessary clothes, cookware, and electronics in a large suitcase. At some [...]
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Published in November 3rd, 2008
Before you vote, you may want to watch this 30 minute I.O.U.S.A. clip on youtube. History shows (think Soviet Union for a recent example) that the wrong fiscal policy can be as almost as destructive to the general welfare of the population as conventional war.
Here is an article to the main candidates’ position on the [...]
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