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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Study Aid Review: The Circuit Analysis Tutor: Volume 3

 


Volume 3 of Jason's circuit analysis tutor set includes the material that comes just about at the halfway point of a Circuits I class. Specifically, source transformations, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits (both with dependent and independent sources), maximum power transfer, and superposition. These concepts are built from and/or use the various techniques of simplifying circuits like Kirchhoff’s laws, node voltage, and mesh current, which is covered in the first two volumes. This covers about two weeks, give or take, worth of material that will be presented in class (depending on what your professor decides to focus on). In my class, this material was covered just after our second exam which was basically a mid-term exam. Like volumes 1 and 2, this set just covers DC circuits and does not include circuits with AC sources.

The set follows much the same format as Jason's other math and engineering lessons. He introduces a topic and then goes through several example problems, working them out step-by-step. I personally find his explanations very easy to follow and was able to comprehend them a lot better than I did reading the textbook. In fact, many times I found that the textbook made more sense after I had watched Jason's videos. So, if you learn best by watching example problems done, and do not mind watching what is essentially a simulated lecture, then this is a good study aid to use.


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