matt harbowyDoing experiments on my power usageSo, I’ve been doing some experiments to help uncover the sources of my power usage and to better understand areas where I can conserve more…4 min read·Aug 18, 2022----
matt harbowyChina ADRsI’m just taking a second to write a quick note: I think, personally, that the market nervousness for the Chinese ADRs is overblown. While…3 min read·Jul 7, 2021----
matt harbowyIs now the time to be buying shipping companies?I’m a big follower of shipping companies. My grandfather worked on Liberty Ships during World War 2 for Bethlehem Steel, and so you might…6 min read·Nov 6, 2019----
matt harbowyTSLA gets interestingIt’s been a while since Tesla stock has gone on sale. The worry about these “sales” is, of course, that the stock is going to keep…2 min read·May 17, 2019----
matt harbowyDo creams with “plant stem cells” help to fade scars?This question really has two parts.6 min read·Jan 12, 2018----
matt harbowyCan you propel a rocket by combining an electron and positron in a controlled chamber?Take a small battery, and put a switch between the positive and negative terminals. Now press the switch. What happens?4 min read·Nov 16, 2017----
matt harbowyHow much energy is released when hydrogen is fused to produce one kilo of helium?One kilo of helium what? Which hydrogen? :)8 min read·Nov 11, 2017--2--2
matt harbowyWhy don’t physicists write human-readable formulas, like developers do?For example, energy = mass * speed_of_light ** 2 instead of E = mc²9 min read·Nov 5, 2017----
matt harbowyHow/where does one invest in natural resources, like gold, wood, and so on?Strictly speaking, you don’t.6 min read·Oct 15, 2017----
matt harbowyThe tragedy of the question: “what if we could go faster than light?”There’s nothing tragic about approaching the speed of light. There is, on the other hand, something tragic about the human mind, which is…7 min read·Oct 9, 2017----