Showing posts with label reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reviews. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Review: Salt - A World History

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I read Salt while touring across Bavaria, and it was a surprisingly appropriate read! The book covers the history of Salt's importance, ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Review: Exhalation

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Exhalation is the latest collection of Ted Chiang stories. If you're a fan of Ted Chiang, you probably didn't need to know more, and...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Review: The Uninhabitable Earth

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I'm an environmental pessimist. That doesn't mean I don't do everything I can to avoid increasing my carbon footprint --- I ride...
Friday, August 16, 2019

A Man for All Markets

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A Man for All Markets is Ed Thorp's autobiography. It's a great book about how Thorp went from being a mathematician to being the f...
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Review: Stiff

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Stiff is Mary Roach's book about what happens to Human Cadavers. If you've read her other books, you'll discover that this one i...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Post Tour Review: Google Pay

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At home, NFC payments are at most a minor convenience. The local safeway takes it, but Costco doesn't, and the gas stations and USPS def...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Post Tour Review: Continental GP 5000 700x32 tires

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Just as I was packing the bike for the Mt Shasta trip, I noticed that the Fairweather by Traveler tire on the rear had wear indicators th...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Post Tour Review: Polar OH1+

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I  brought the Polar OH1+ on this tour half expecting not to use it. But boy I was wrong. In fact, the worst thing I can say about the Pola...
Friday, August 09, 2019

Post Tour Review: Pixel 3A XL

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For mother's day this year, I got Xiaoqin the Pixel 3A XL to upgrade her from the (still wonderful) Moto Z Play. Several items drove the...
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Monday, July 08, 2019

First Impressions: Dell XPS 13 9380

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My lifestyle doesn't actually demand a laptop, so I was happy to hang on to my ancient X201 and even replace the keyboards 2 or 3 times ...
Monday, July 01, 2019

Review: Stuff Matters

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Stuff Matters is a book about materials science. It's written by a materials scientist, yet strives to be eminently readable and non-te...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Review: The Weather Detective

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The Weather Detective is a bit of a bait and switch. I checked it out hoping that it would actually tell me more about weather prediction f...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Review: Six Easy Pieces

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Six Easy Pieces is a selection of lectures from the Feynman Lectures on Physics . The "easy" part is basically a reference to the ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Review: BONMIXC Bike Bell

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I don't have any bicycle bells on any of my single bikes, but of course, bells are an important accessory for kids, and Boen started ask...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Review: Gulp

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Gulp is Mary Roach's book about your eating and digestive system. It's informative,  humorous, and more than a little gross. It taug...
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Monday, June 24, 2019

Review: Polar OH1+ Optical HRM

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This year's Spanish tour highlighted that I really liked using the Garmin Fenix 5X as a head unit, but when it gets mounted on the bars,...
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Friday, June 21, 2019

Review: Liquid Rules

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Liquid Rules is that rare book: written by a material scientist, it uses a transatlantic flight to motivate the discussion of various liqui...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Review: Demon

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Demon is the last book in Varley's Gaea trilogy. It's a grand finale, with lots of action, set pieces, and a long intro that shows ...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Review: Columbia Montrail Outdry Running Shoes

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Last year, Arturo got us a big discount visit to the Columbia Outlet store. I found a pair of Montrail Outdry shoes for a substantial disco...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Review: TaoTronics True Wireless Ear Buds

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My beloved LG Tone headset died recently after 3 years of hard use. It appears that the follow on units aren't of similar high quality,...