"* Getting rid of the nagging feeling there is something I'm missing about differential equations (this despite acing the respective uni math courses on solving them)."
Bret talks about this here (scroll down to 'A Possibly Embarassing Personal Anecdote'):
Bret talks about this here (scroll down to 'A Possibly Embarassing Personal Anecdote'):
http://worrydream.com/#!/KillMath