2019-06-01 in About
Why we should think carefully about money and engineering
2019-06-03 in Loans
Loans are a first order ordinary differential equation
2019-06-04 in Loans
The bank computes loans with a finite difference model
2019-06-05 in Loans
Loan interest is a function of one parameter but the repayment rate is a function of two
2019-06-06 in Loans
You do not need calculus to use the loan equations
2019-06-07 in FIRE and investing
Saving time until financial independence has a simple closed-form solution
2019-06-11 in Accounting
A rant on the importance of accounting
2019-06-12 in Accounting
The fundamental theory of accounting — money is a conserved quantity
2019-06-18 in Lifestyle analysis
The reason for a quantitative view of lifestyle spending
2019-06-19 in Lifestyle analysis
Home cooking - a job that pays over $40 an hour
2019-06-20 in Lifestyle analysis
How much should we pay for better gas mileage?
2019-06-24 in About
How to read technical, math heavy, material
2019-07-01 in FIRE and investing
How long until I can earn my current income with my savings?
2019-07-08 in FIRE and investing
How long does it take to become a millionaire?
2019-07-15 in Loans
In the limit as \(\Delta t\) approaches 0, the finite difference solution approaches the continuous solution
2019-07-22 in Loans
The error between the finite difference and continuous solutions is less than 1% in all practical cases
2019-07-29 in Loans
Balloon payments change the limits on the integral
2019-08-05 in Loans
Deferred payments create a piecewise integration problem
2019-08-12 in FIRE and investing
Is it better to have a windfall or save steadily?
2019-08-19 in FIRE and investing
"I would gladly pay a dollar tomorrow for a hamburger today" can be formalized by an ODE
2019-08-26 in Loans
A graphical loan calculator
2019-09-02 in FIRE and investing
The rule of 72, and may I introduce the rule of 108?
2019-09-09 in FIRE and investing
All the equations about saving money in one place
2019-09-16 in FIRE and investing
How to think about stocks, part 1
2019-09-23 in FIRE and investing
A brief history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P500)
2019-09-30 in FIRE and investing
How the Dow Jones Average performed during the Great Depression
2019-10-07 in Accounting
Applying the fundamental account theory - simple example
2019-10-21 in Accounting
Applying the fundamental account theory - complications
2019-11-11 in Accounting
Applying the fundamental account theory - more complications
2019-11-24 in Accounting
Design of an accounting system - how I designed mine
2019-12-09 in Accounting
The difference between budgeting and accounting
2020-01-06 in Lifestyle analysis
How can we cut utility costs?
2020-01-06 in Lifestyle analysis
What tracking electricity can illuminate about energy usage
2020-01-20 in Lifestyle analysis
A lot of thoughts about refrigerators
2020-01-27 in About
Thanks to the creators of the tools I used to build this blog
2020-02-10 in Lifestyle analysis
How efficient could a refrigerator possibly be?
2020-02-24 in Lifestyle analysis
A $20 hair trimmer worth $1000
2020-03-09 in Lifestyle analysis
Wall units or central air?
2020-03-23 in Lifestyle analysis
Risk management in sexual practices — a technical and rigorous introduction to sex education
2020-04-01 in Lifestyle analysis
Tests that lie — uncertainties in STD testing
2020-04-06 in Lifestyle analysis
Visualizing problems in binary classification
2020-05-04 in Lifestyle analysis
Drugs — how to define them, evaluate them, and consume them
2020-05-11 in Projects
Home-built stall bars
2020-05-12 in Projects
Tools I built to build this blog
2020-05-12 in Projects
Identifying spinal cord regeneration
2020-05-12 in Projects
Texas A&M Medical School student exam reports
2020-05-12 in Projects
Custom cell-tracking software
2020-05-18 in Projects
Creating things
2020-05-18 in Projects
Complicated wooden endtable
2020-05-18 in Projects
Color-correcting blood smears for malaria diagnostics
2020-05-18 in Projects
Detecting a baseball/baseball bat collision in between frames of a virtual reality simulation
2020-06-01 in Accounting
What to plot and how to plot it
2020-06-07 in Projects
A demonstration of D3 with powerlifting records
2020-06-21 in Projects
Accounting software
2020-06-22 in Lifestyle analysis
Personal case study — Ford Focus
2020-06-22 in Projects
Bomb-proof pressure-fit pull-up bar
2020-06-22 in Projects
Bed/desk combo unit
2020-06-26 in Projects
A demonstration of D3 with track records
2020-07-04 in Projects
Portfolio of D3 projects
2020-07-06 in About
My rebellion against ignorance
2020-07-21 in Projects
Image analysis of fluorescent probe colocalization
2020-08-10 in Lifestyle analysis
Alcohol — a drug for those with poor decision-making capacity which lowers decision-making capacity
2020-09-08 in Projects
Home gym equipment inspired by COVID-19
2020-09-21 in Lifestyle analysis
Cannabis — the facts that were lost in the haze
2020-10-26 in Accounting
The Domestic-Engineering accounting app
2020-10-26 in Accounting
[Tutorial] The Domestic-Engineering accounting app
2020-11-02 in Projects
Farmhouse exterior renovations
2021-05-03 in Lifestyle analysis
Is my gas oven poisonous?
2021-11-05 in Projects
Mattress recycling and giant lazy Susans
2022-02-25 in Loans
APY is a dishonest representation of APR
2022-06-30 in Projects
My first successful neural network project
2023-07-15 in Projects
Backyard shed
2023-11-24 in Lifestyle analysis
Housing prices are relatively stable — we just buy more
2024-02-12 in Projects
How I built a leg extension attachment for my squat rack and learned 3D CAD
2024-04-27 in Lifestyle analysis
Why are newer cars more expensive?
2024-08-12 in Projects
Engineering as a tool of procrastination to avoid training