Sunday, July 30, 2006

Movie Review: Big Fish

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This is a movie about two men. One, the father, loves stories, the more elaborate the better. The taller the better. No truth should go unva...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Review: The Two Income Trap

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Note: The first chapter of The Two Income Trap is available online. The thesis of this book is that the increasing number of bankruptcy i...
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Review: A Long Way Down

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Nick Hornby's last book, How to Be Good was absolutely hilarious, as was his earlier work, High Fidelity. A long way down starts at t...
Friday, July 28, 2006

The Landis Case: Waiting for the B sample; Pereiro reluctantly poised to take jersey; Landis takes pass on Leno

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The Landis Case: Waiting for the B sample; Pereiro reluctantly poised to take jersey; Landis takes pass on Leno It's quite possible that...
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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Another lameness about the Mac Mini

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My brother and I tried to setup skype on my Mac Mini. The software installs fine, but the stupid mike wouldn't work. After swapping micr...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Morning Ride up Montebello Road and Black Mountain

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Mark Logan and John Walker joined Matt Stanton and I at the base of Montebello Road. The climb was in the sun and quite warm, so by the time...

Review: The Hallowed Hunt

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If The Paladin of Souls was a disappointment, the Hallowed Hunt make up for it. In contrast to the nervous nellie that Ista was, the lead c...
Monday, July 24, 2006

Mike Samuel tries the recumbent

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But it was clearly too small for him. 

Matt tries a recumbent.

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Lisa tries a recumbent

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Cyclists descend Hwy 84 to La Honda

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In the picture: Matt Stanton, Laura Granka, Sy Na, Matt Blain, Mike Samuel, Katelyn Mann on 84 
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Luck plays a major role in success

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As I've stated often before, too many people confuse luck with skill or being smart. Hal Varian (link above) and Brad Delong both provi...

Review: Trinity: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman

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Matt Wagner was known to me mostly through his autobiographical work, The Hero Discovered . While Wagner is a decent artist and a decent wri...
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Monday, July 17, 2006

"Why Conservatives Can't Govern" by Alan Wolfe

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"Why Conservatives Can't Govern" by Alan Wolfe : "not much evidence exists in America today that conservatives are prepar...
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Sunday, July 16, 2006

Movie Review: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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This movie succeeds as propaganda. It explores the rise of the zero-emissions mandate in California, followed by its successful dismantling ...
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Movie Review: Aeon Flux

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Beautiful woman kicks ass sums up this forgettable "science fiction" movie. The premise is weak, the characters never developed, n...

Larry Summers Visits Google

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Interesting titbit: Sheryl Sandberg, Google's VP of International Sales and Operations, used to be Larry Summer's Chief of Staff, wh...

Movie Review: American Splendor

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I'm not a big fan of Robert Crump, or the underground comic book scene in general, so I came to this movie as a complete outsider. As I ...

Book Review: The Paladin of Souls

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The sequel to The Curse of Chalion , this book deals with the Dowager Ista, a minor character in that book who was deemed insane by her fami...
Saturday, July 15, 2006

Book Review: The Undercover Economist

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This is a great book, and it actually lives up to its subtitle:Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never ...