UC Davis MBA course review: MGB203A Statistics with Bill Ellis

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Will

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MGB 203A: Statistics with Bill Ellis

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UC Davis MBA course review: MGB202A Microeconomics with Victor Stango

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Will

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MGB 202A: Microeconomics with Victor Stango

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700 miles on a Triumph Speed Triple: first thoughts

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Will

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I have now ridden ~700 miles on Speedy, some notes:

  • Fuel warning light comes on after ~3.2 gallons burned, with a 4.76 gallon tank; that’s only at 67%!
  • 3.2 gallons gets me between 100-130 miles, or 31-40mpg; Prius is winning at 47-50mpg
  • Stock seat means a stretch is required after about 3 hours, just in time to get more gas
  • Passenger seat is small, pegs are high, but if pillion is 5′3″ and very cute, she will fit
  • Front wheel pops up easy in first, but not enough in second; sprocket change?
  • Stock suspension sucks, progressive fork springs need to be replaced
  • Throttle response is abrupt, am going to adjust cable tension and see
  • TORS exhaust sounds just incredible!!

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The perfect birthday present: Riding our new Triumph Speed Triple home from Long Beach

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Will
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Sara outdid herself this year. This ranks up there with “best present ever”.

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Christmas 2008 in San Francisco and Tahoe with brothers Ben (+ Allison) and Joe

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Will
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Joe flew in first for some extended bonding time. We had a nice Christmas in Napa with Sara’s extended family.

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1/12th done! My first term at UC Davis’ Bay Area Working Professional MBA program

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Will

The first quarter of b-school was kinda awesome. I met a bunch of cool kids, learned a lot more about finance than I thought I was going to, and the material in class was incredibly relevant to the crashing economy and failing banks. We talked about mark-to-market financial accounting the weekend before Lehman Bros tanked! Very cool.

The first two classes I took are both core classes (meaning they’re obligatory): Financial Accounting and Organizational Behaviour.

Next quarter, Winter 2009, I’m going to take Microeconomics with Victor Stango (and a textbook co-authored by Ben Bernanke!), and Statistics with Bill Ellis.

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UC Davis MBA course review: MGB201A Organizational Behavior with Greta Hsu

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Will

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MGB 201A: Organizational Behavior with Greta Hsu

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UC Davis MBA course review: MGB200A Financial Accounting with Michelle Yetman

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Will

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MGB 200A: Financial Accounting with Michelle Yetman

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Racing the Jr. Waterhouse on Paul’s Olson 34

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Will
Bleak and foreboding day

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Fleet Week 2008 (and Jason’s birthday)

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Will
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Fleet Week comes to San Francisco! From aircraft carriers on the bay to Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds in the air, it was yet another incredible show.

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