A blog about things I find useful
frugalprofessor First, a 40,000 ft overview of 2023: Life flew by, as always. Increasingly so as the years go on. I played many rounds of disc golf and climbed a bunch. I love the competitive, outdoor, social, and physical aspects of disc golf. I like the physical, mental, and social aspects of climbing (mostly indoors, unfortunately). … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Lex Fridman interviews Jeff Bezos (link). Smartless dudes interview Arnold Schwarzenegger (link). I discovered the YT channel of Peter Santenello, who makes ~45min documentaries of people from all walks of life (link). It’s like a long-form version of Humans of New York. Pretty fascinating content. … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Jason Zweig reflects on the life of Charlie Munger on a WSJ podcast (link). Relatedly, Poor Charlie’s Almanac is a good read (old edition, new edition). Beau Miles embarks on a 3-day pumpkin-fueled journey (link). Two cyclists have been biking from the very top of … Read more
The 2023 version of FreeTaxUSA is now live: https://www.freetaxusa.com/ Usual disclaimer: the website’s name makes it sounds like a horrible scam. But it is my favorite tax filing site, found through my favorite resource on the planet for all things personal finance: the Bogleheads forum. How do I use FreeTaxUSA? In November, I take 30 … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Musk’s biography (link). I’m about 1/3 of the way through it. It’s pretty entertaining. A few things I’ve found interesting to far: Musk’s reluctance to “take chips off the table,” but rather doubling down on downstream bets. This repeated “doubling down” seemed destined to make … Read more
*** Edit 10/6/2023 **** Since publishing this post, Tesla has dropped the MSRP most trims of their Model 3 and Y by $2k. They also reduced the referral bonus from $500 to $250. *** Original Post *** I discovered my favorite musician, Ben Rector, a few years ago. My wife recently shared with … Read more