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Re:A Redditor's insightful message for discouraged students by b_emery on Thursday January 05, 2012 @07:07PM (#3431245)
I'm also a huge fan of that blog. This post is a favorite:

http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/11/25/case-study-how-i-got-t...

It redefined for me what it means to understand math.

Re:A Redditor's insightful message for discouraged students by ctchocula on Friday January 06, 2012 @04:17AM (#3432631)
Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed reading how clearly and precisely he showed a way to master a difficult subject.

The white printer paper reminded me of that "end artificial scarcity" article.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396669