A Chess Game
About a couple of chess games, and about why somebody’s loss can be as satisfying as your win.
Life and Death, Philosophy
Dualism
Dualism is a misunderstood concept. At least, I didn’t understand it too well. This post is a more refined view on it, which may not still be complete or accurate. Since everything in philosophy (and life) is interconnected, this short post brings together a lot of what I think of life, the universe and everything.
The Wilmott Magazine, Quantitative Finance, Columns
Physics vs. Finance
The last post in this series of Love of Math looks at how math gets used in physics and finance. Or, more precisely, how one has to be careful about the assumptions in modeling stuff, and the pitfalls of (the lack of) error propagation.
Your Virtual Thumbdrive
How to use online storage as your virtual thumbdrive and more.
The Wilmott Magazine, Topical, Quantitative Finance, Columns
Math and Patterns
Most kids love patterns. Math is just patterns. So is life. Math, therefore, is merely a formal way of describing life, or at least the patterns we encounter in life. So, where is the difficulty in loving maths? Here is the second post in this series.
Hosting Services
Practical advice for budding bloggers and webmasters — what kind of web-hosting is appropriate for you?
Love of Math
This is another short series of posts on love of math — that questionable gift. Recently, I was asked to think about how to make kids love math. Here are my thoughts, as the first of three posts. This article will be published in Wilmott Magazine.
Top Philosophy Blog
Unreal Blog has been chosen as one of the top 50 philosophy blogs in the world!
Topical, WordPress, Computers
We Are Moving…
Unreal Blog has moved to a new powerful server (and sent out thousands of annoying emails during the process). Here is how it happened.
Topical, Computers
Cloud Computing
About Dropbox, a cloud computing service that you will find extremely useful — if you work with multiple computers.
My First Car and My First Ticket
Of my first car and my first encounter with the American legal system
How to be a Good Parent
Practical advice to my younger readers.