[
  {
    "url": "/blog/79/",
    "title": "I had a strange school schedule this semester",
    "description": "Only MWF classes allows for Parkinson's Law, unfortunately.",
    "date": "2026-04-16",
    "tags": [
      "College",
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/78/",
    "title": "I've lived in Austin for 9 years and haven't seen most of it",
    "description": "I should go outside more often.",
    "date": "2026-02-26",
    "tags": [
      "Other"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/77/",
    "title": "5 todo list systems in 5 years",
    "description": "The evolution of my todo list system over time.",
    "date": "2026-01-27",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/76/",
    "title": "Why do students leave exams early?",
    "description": "It's simply just irrational.",
    "date": "2025-12-11",
    "tags": [
      "College",
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/75/",
    "title": "I hosted Season 2 of 10-day tag",
    "description": "We are so back.",
    "date": "2025-11-14",
    "tags": [
      "College",
      "Games",
      "Shenanigans"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/74/",
    "title": "How I aim for college class schedules",
    "description": "What do I look for when crafting a class schedule?",
    "date": "2025-11-12",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/73/",
    "title": "The workflow behind my 637-day journaling streak",
    "description": "I'm addicted to text files and Vim.",
    "date": "2025-09-28",
    "tags": [
      "Coding",
      "Journaling"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/72/",
    "title": "I won the Reserve section at the 2025 Austin Summer Open!",
    "description": "The best tournament I've ever had.",
    "date": "2025-08-18",
    "tags": [
      "Chess"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/71/",
    "title": "First year of UT is in the books!",
    "description": "It's time for a recap...",
    "date": "2025-05-08",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/70/",
    "title": "I organized a 10-day game of tag with 10 of my friends",
    "description": "Probably the most fun shenanigan I've done in college... so far!",
    "date": "2025-03-22",
    "tags": [
      "College",
      "Games",
      "Shenanigans",
      "Featured"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/69/",
    "title": "My advice: how I make the most of college",
    "description": "Unsolicited advice from an occasionally wise college student.",
    "date": "2025-03-01",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/68/",
    "title": "I never want to write another proof again",
    "description": "I will have to write more, though. Thank you linear algebra.",
    "date": "2025-02-01",
    "tags": [
      "Math",
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/67/",
    "title": "I wrote a journal entry for every single day in 2024",
    "description": "Writing 74,484 words sure does take a long time.",
    "date": "2025-01-01",
    "tags": [
      "Journaling",
      "Featured"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/66/",
    "title": "UT changelog",
    "description": "What's new with Nathan Brown?",
    "date": "2024-10-08",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/65/",
    "title": "First impressions of UT",
    "description": "College is pretty awesome so far!",
    "date": "2024-08-31",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/64/",
    "title": "My favorite games this summer",
    "description": "From boardgames to videogames.",
    "date": "2024-07-20",
    "tags": [
      "Games"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/63/",
    "title": "3 things on my mind before I start at UT",
    "description": "I only have 3 braincells, so I can only think of 3 things at once.",
    "date": "2024-06-19",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/62/",
    "title": "I taught an elementary school chess club for two months",
    "description": "It was a very rewarding experience in many respects.",
    "date": "2024-06-03",
    "tags": [
      "Chess"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/61/",
    "title": "I organized a spectacular 20-acre game of Capture the Flag",
    "description": "Many players said afterward that it was the best game of CTF that they'd ever played.",
    "date": "2024-05-17",
    "tags": [
      "Games",
      "Shenanigans",
      "Featured"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/60/",
    "title": "College updates!!",
    "description": "I finally made a decision.",
    "date": "2024-04-23",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/59/",
    "title": "How to schedule a rickroll on your friend's computer",
    "description": "Never gonna give you up...",
    "date": "2024-04-07",
    "tags": [
      "Tech"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/58/",
    "title": "Mao: a wonderfully infuriating card game",
    "description": "The twist? Newcomers don't get to know any rules of the game.",
    "date": "2024-03-30",
    "tags": [
      "Games"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/57/",
    "title": "The ultimate guide to Wikipedia racing",
    "description": "How to play & best strategies",
    "date": "2024-03-16",
    "tags": [
      "Games"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/56/",
    "title": "The highlight of my Istanbul trip was... the carpet shop?",
    "description": "I know! I'm as surprised as you are.",
    "date": "2024-02-24",
    "tags": [
      "Humor"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/55/",
    "title": "Why do I write online?",
    "description": "Writing online is probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.",
    "date": "2024-02-10",
    "tags": [
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/54/",
    "title": "Determining the best sport of all time",
    "description": "According to very unbiased ranking criteria.",
    "date": "2024-02-03",
    "tags": [
      "Humor"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/53/",
    "title": "What do I do with my life?",
    "description": "Musings on college and life in general.",
    "date": "2024-01-20",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/52/",
    "title": "What I actually find ChatGPT useful for",
    "description": "Don't use it for math, please.",
    "date": "2024-01-13",
    "tags": [
      "Tech"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/51/",
    "title": "Habits to start in 2024",
    "description": "Plus motivational models to help keep those habits!",
    "date": "2023-12-30",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/50/",
    "title": "3 scattered thoughts about college admissions",
    "description": "Got my first college results back.",
    "date": "2023-12-16",
    "tags": [
      "College"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/49/",
    "title": "Ranking the 11 APs of my high school career",
    "description": "Based on course difficulty and my enjoyment, and vibes of course.",
    "date": "2023-12-02",
    "tags": [
      "Other"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/48/",
    "title": "How I journal with Terminal and plaintext files",
    "description": "Terminal is way better than Apple Notes.",
    "date": "2023-11-18",
    "tags": [
      "Coding",
      "Journaling"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/47/",
    "title": "I don't like newsletters that are recycling centers",
    "description": "Even James Clear's 3-2-1 newsletter recycles.",
    "date": "2023-11-11",
    "tags": [
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/46/",
    "title": "Anki is possibly the best app ever",
    "description": "It allows me to forget about forgetting.",
    "date": "2023-11-04",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/45/",
    "title": "The SAT should not be going digital",
    "description": "CollegeBoard has made an unfathomably weird decision.",
    "date": "2023-10-28",
    "tags": [
      "Other"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/44/",
    "title": "5 guidelines for writing college admissions essays",
    "description": "I've written 71 drafts: I have some of my own tips.",
    "date": "2023-10-21",
    "tags": [
      "College",
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/43/",
    "title": "How I get As with just Notion and Google Calendar",
    "description": "It doesn't need to be complicated.",
    "date": "2023-10-07",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/42/",
    "title": "A fascinating psychology game for 4+ players",
    "description": "A social experiment with a simple premise.",
    "date": "2023-09-30",
    "tags": [
      "Games",
      "Math"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/41/",
    "title": "I'm 17, so here's 17 pieces of life advice",
    "description": "A little life advice never hurt anybody",
    "date": "2023-09-23",
    "tags": [
      "Other"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/40/",
    "title": "3 pieces of advice for those planning to start a blog",
    "description": "TLDR: Just start writing!",
    "date": "2023-09-16",
    "tags": [
      "Meta",
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/39/",
    "title": "Be more of a documentarian",
    "description": "It's important to record & store your memories so you don't forget them.",
    "date": "2023-09-09",
    "tags": [
      "Other"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/38/",
    "title": "MIT now has a -4% acceptance rate",
    "description": "Every 100 applications submitted causes the expulsion of 4 current MIT undergraduates.",
    "date": "2023-09-02",
    "tags": [
      "Humor",
      "Featured"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/37/",
    "title": "My experience with the MacOS Terminal",
    "description": "How I started getting into coding",
    "date": "2023-08-26",
    "tags": [
      "Coding"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/36/",
    "title": "How to use music to time travel",
    "description": "Train your brain to associate music with experiences.",
    "date": "2023-08-19",
    "tags": [
      "Other"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/35/",
    "title": "I scored 4/5 points at the ACC Summer Chess Championship!",
    "description": "I placed 5/67 in my section!",
    "date": "2023-08-12",
    "tags": [
      "Chess"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/34/",
    "title": "8 things I learned from my internship at Cetec-ERP",
    "description": "I learned to use SQL, how to use Vim, how to play banger office music, and 5 other things!",
    "date": "2023-08-05",
    "tags": [
      "Coding"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/33/",
    "title": "Blokus Duo theory and strategies",
    "description": "Strategies you can use to become a better Blokus Duo player.",
    "date": "2023-07-29",
    "tags": [
      "Games"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/32/",
    "title": "How writing is like building a LEGO set",
    "description": "A 5-step process I use to help write my own articles.",
    "date": "2023-07-22",
    "tags": [
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/31/",
    "title": "One rule: don't draw the Ace of Spades",
    "description": "My first (and perhaps last) fiction piece",
    "date": "2023-07-15",
    "tags": [
      "Math",
      "Fiction"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/30/",
    "title": "What I learned by solving 30 Project Euler problems in 50 days",
    "description": "Learning to code by solving computational math problems.",
    "date": "2023-07-08",
    "tags": [
      "Coding",
      "Math"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/29/",
    "title": "Can Santa compete with FedEx and USPS?",
    "description": "Why you should consider Santa's Sleigh Deliveries for your next package.",
    "date": "2023-07-01",
    "tags": [
      "Math",
      "Humor"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/28/",
    "title": "The tools I use at school",
    "description": "My personal recommendations.",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/27/",
    "title": "Study techniques ranked best to worst",
    "description": "From a reasonably successful student.",
    "date": "2023-06-18",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/26/",
    "title": "Things that annoy me about Go",
    "description": "Maybe this just happens with all programming languages?",
    "date": "2023-06-12",
    "tags": [
      "Coding"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/25/",
    "title": "What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time?",
    "description": "Make your time count.",
    "date": "2023-06-04",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/24/",
    "title": "Introducing an AP Micro Resource Pack",
    "description": "A useful resource if you're taking AP Micro.",
    "date": "2023-05-20",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/23/",
    "title": "CollegeBoard releases a brand-new AP course: AP Puzzles",
    "description": "The first AP Puzzles exam is taking place on Jun 31, 2024.",
    "date": "2023-05-13",
    "tags": [
      "Humor"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/22/",
    "title": "Why I number my posts",
    "description": "Plus: links of the week!",
    "date": "2023-05-06",
    "tags": [
      "Meta"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/21/",
    "title": "ChatGPT is funny, especially when you ask it about bananas",
    "description": "ChatGPT invents a questionable sandwich (and pastry), writes a Taylor Swift song, and revolutionizes the construction industry.",
    "date": "2023-04-29",
    "tags": [
      "Humor",
      "Tech"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/20/",
    "title": "Happiness & the four quadrants of life activities",
    "description": "Very rough thoughts on how to be happier.",
    "date": "2023-04-22",
    "tags": [
      "Math"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/19/",
    "title": "2 things I hate about Twitter",
    "description": "Quasi-giveaways and low-effort newsletters.",
    "date": "2023-04-14",
    "tags": [
      "Tech",
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/18/",
    "title": "Why is chess so trendy right now?",
    "description": "Also: three reasons why you should continue playing chess even after the trend dies out.",
    "date": "2023-03-27",
    "tags": [
      "Chess"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/17/",
    "title": "4 reasons to use military time",
    "description": "If you can add and subtract 12, you can use military time.",
    "date": "2023-03-11",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/16/",
    "title": "How bullet chess and TikTok can both ruin your attention span",
    "description": "Please please please do not use TikTok or similar platforms.",
    "date": "2023-03-03",
    "tags": [
      "Chess",
      "Productivity",
      "TikTok"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/15/",
    "title": "How to write well without the common curse of \"Taki writing\"",
    "description": "Paragraphs are so last millennium, right? Actually, that couldn't be more wrong.",
    "date": "2023-02-20",
    "tags": [
      "Writing"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/14/",
    "title": "How to prevent the pull of perfectionism with time pressure",
    "description": "Stop trying to achieve absolute perfection.",
    "date": "2023-02-10",
    "tags": [
      "Chess",
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/13/",
    "title": "The law of diminishing marginal utility: make every bite count",
    "description": "Illustrated with a story about banana bread.",
    "date": "2023-02-07",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/12/",
    "title": "What chess can teach you about decision-making",
    "description": "Chess, while occasionally brutal, imparts valuable life lessons.",
    "date": "2023-01-31",
    "tags": [
      "Chess",
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/11/",
    "title": "Take the quiz to see if you're an original Twitter user",
    "description": "I swear, far too many people's Twitter profiles look exactly the same.",
    "date": "2023-01-30",
    "tags": [
      "Humor"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/10/",
    "title": "A superior alternative to the Pomodoro technique",
    "description": "Why I dislike the Pomodoro technique, and the benefits of a method I call '70-20'.",
    "date": "2023-01-23",
    "tags": [
      "Chess",
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/9/",
    "title": "Teeko: a quick & fun party game",
    "description": "Takes 2 minutes to learn, 1 minute to play, and a long time to master.",
    "date": "2023-01-16",
    "tags": [
      "Games"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/8/",
    "title": "7 tips to improve your grades",
    "description": "Some different productivity tips.",
    "date": "2023-01-12",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/7/",
    "title": "How to choose a good Christmas gift",
    "description": "An equation to estimate the cost-effectiveness of any gift.",
    "date": "2023-01-03",
    "tags": [
      "Math"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/6/",
    "title": "1 lb of solid gold or 40m individual Cheez-Its?",
    "description": "Fascinating mathematical calculations and the value of asking seemingly stupid questions.",
    "date": "2022-12-28",
    "tags": [
      "Math",
      "Featured"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/5/",
    "title": "Journaling doesn't have to be aesthetic to be effective",
    "description": "Why you don't need coffee, expensive journals, or fancy pens to see real benefits from journaling.",
    "date": "2022-12-22",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity",
      "Journaling"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/4/",
    "title": "The Fed introduces the Goldfish standard to combat inflation",
    "description": "Why the US economy is now backed by Goldfish Cheddar Cheese Crackers.",
    "date": "2022-12-20",
    "tags": [
      "Humor"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/3/",
    "title": "Typing quickly saves a ton of time",
    "description": "And a step-by-step process demonstrating how you can dramatically improve your own typing speed.",
    "date": "2022-12-13",
    "tags": [
      "Productivity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/2/",
    "title": "10 reasons why you should (definitely) use TikTok",
    "description": "My new exercise plan: perform TikTok dances in front of my phone until I collapse from exhaustion.",
    "date": "2022-12-10",
    "tags": [
      "Humor",
      "TikTok"
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "/blog/1/",
    "title": "\"Why are you always so into chess?\"",
    "description": "Stories about intense chess games, chicken quesadillas, and my chess obsession.",
    "date": "2022-12-08",
    "tags": [
      "Chess"
    ]
  }
]