This wonderful illustration from July 2019 National Geographic explains one of Elon Musk’s greatest space innovations – rocket reuse.
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Video– First year of life for six Swainson’s Hawks
This mapped graphical visualization of six Swainson’s Hawks from Data is Beautiful caught my attention. Via reddit
In-depth– Spend analysis of 6 years 686 rides and $12,041 spent on Uber
What I learned from my Uber data I save $703/month using Uber versus owning 2 cars (🚙🏎). I’ve spent $12,041 on 686 Ubers over 6 years. By comparison, car ownership cost $11,783 per year, most of it depreciation. What could $703/month buy you? Well, four years of $703/month and you’ll save enough to climb Mount …
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Today I taught kindergarten
Today I taught 22 kindergartners about the thawing arctic. These children are mostly 6-years-old. Symbolically, the route that ArcticRow rowed was frozen until 6 years ago. A clear example of global warming. These kindergartners just completed a lesson on the Arctic. My companies’ non-profit arm, the VMware Foundation, provided lunch bags to demonstrate the lesson of reuse+recycle. When …
What a nice donation experience
In August I donated to my local humane society (San Francisco Aid for Animals). I received two hand written thank you letters in response. A very nice gesture. Makes me want to donate again.
10 Favorite PC Programs
Everything – desktop search f.lux – dims screen hues at night Faststone – screen capture Webex – teleconferencing Dropbox – file sharing synced across your computers Ultramon – adds task bar to extended monitor Microsoft security essentials – free virus protection Evernote – note taking software for pc, web, and phone Chrome – browser that syncs passwords and bookmarks across your computers Picasa …
Summer
Happy Holidays from the Mueller’s
Great family pictures from Thanksgiving this year.
Tips For Applying To Wharton MBA
Here’s the advice I give when folks ask me for tips on applying to Wharton MBA. GMAT prep courses are expensive and worth the money (I did Princeton, it cost a boatload) Take lots of practice courses (I took over 20 practice exams and pretended like they were the real thing each time) Try to …
Interview Of Me By “Water Falling Upwards”
The blog Water Falling Upwards interviewed me. The interview is called Neal Mueller: On Tangible Goals & Personal Vision. Check it out.