Frugal Professor

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Zooming into iPhone chip kind of blew my mind (link). Beau Miles completes his Seinfeld recycling arbitrage (part 1, part 2). Another month, another massive data breach in which our personal info is permanently exposed to the world. If you aren’t already operating under the … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Neurosurgeon becomes disillusioned with job, quits, and now spends his time hiking in the mountains with his dog (link). The video has gone quite viral, hitting 10M views in a month. A lot of it resonated with me, including how broken the medical system is … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches I didn’t read/listen/watch too much this month, but on vacation we binged the first season of Welcome to Wrexham with the kids, which is basically a real-life Ted Lasso. It is a fantastic show if you aren’t offended by language. Such a beautiful and well-done … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Podcast interview with Die With Zero author, Bill Perkins (link). Perkins’ book, along with the above podcast, has certainly given me a lot of food for thought. The podcast made me reflect once again on whether I’m irrationally hoarding/counting/collecting/obsessing about “Chuck E Cheese” tokens. I … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches An interesting Bogleheads thread about life lessons (link). The collective wisdom of this particular group of internet strangers never ceases to amaze me. Rick Ferri interviews Larry Swedroe (link). Larry came to visit my campus seven years ago. About five of us finance faculty met … Read more