Friday, March 31, 2006

Review: The Cosmic Landscape

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Leonard Suskind is one of the co-inventors of string theory, but this book is not, strictly speaking, an explanation of string theory. Rathe...
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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Review: Superman: Secret Identity

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I seem to be on a Kurt Busiek binge lately. This little piece was a four part mini series focusing on the life of a Clark Kent who was tease...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

2006 Book Reviews

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If you're just looking for reading materials, I've recently posted the 2006 books of the year . Fiction The Algebraist Einstein'...

Review: The Algebraist, Iain M. Banks

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Banks is not exactly a hard science fiction writer, even though his novels have a veneer of it. Typically, he leaves the hard science expos...
Friday, March 24, 2006

Rebalancing a Portfolio is hard...

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So I finally sat down and systematically rebalanced my portfolio. From when I started to when I finished was about one and a half hours. My ...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Trouble comes in threes

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On Sunday, my network hard drive (a Ximeta NetDisk ) died a horrible death, taking all the data on it with it. And of course, I did not have...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Review: Hiding in the Mirror

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Laurence Krauss wrote The Physics of Star Trek , which despite its lightweight nature, was good reading and accurate. This book, a non-techn...
Saturday, March 18, 2006

More views from the road up Fremont Peak

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Views from the road to Fremont Peak

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Harvey Wong at the top of Fremont Peak

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More beautiful green hills

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Riding in the beautiful green hills of Hollister

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Monday, March 13, 2006

Snow on Serra Azul

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It was supposed to be snow at 500' on the night of the 12th, so Lisa & I hiked up to see it! It was pretty warm as we hiked, with r...
Sunday, March 05, 2006

Saturday's Ride

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It had snowed the day before, so Roberto Peon, Mike Samuel and I decided to go see if we could see some up close on Diablo. Roberto, in part...
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Piaw on Morgan Territory road

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Here I am, a few seconds later. I'd noticed the photographer, so I tried to look more comfortable. Photo Credit: Brian Daniels

Roberto Climbing Morgan Territory Road

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Here's Roberto climbing Morgan Territory Road on March 4th. He looks a little tired here, but he was kicking my ass! Photo Credit: Brian...
Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Ok, now I need a gtags intern

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I previously mentioned that I already had a summer intern for 2006. Well, my intern accepted a full-time offer at Google, so now she's ...
Sunday, February 26, 2006

Review: Local Heroes, Kurt Busiek

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Kurt Busiek's Astro City is a post-modernist take on super-heroes, the quintessential American mythos. He relies very much on your late...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Review: What's the Matter with Kansas

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This book was all over the political press last year, and frequently cited as a good explanation of why the Democrats keep losing election d...
Monday, February 20, 2006

Figure skating: Sport or Art?

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Dan Engber complains that figure skating has become a video game: Here's how the new scoring system works: A technical specialist identi...