Sunday, January 28, 2007

Review: Jersey Boys

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Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. If you've never heard of either one of those, I assure you that you...

Michael Pollan on Nutritionism

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I frequently like to write off the New York Times (especially since their science articles are overly simplistic, and in many cases simply w...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Review: Pan's Labyrinth

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Run, don't walk to see this movie. There is nothing that I am going to say here that will give you a better understanding or any higher...
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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Scott Burns: Americans not that badly off

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There's a lot of doom and gloom usually about how little Americans save, so it's nice to see a bit of good news (especially from Sco...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

China's Capitalistic Healthcare System

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(Link good for 7 days only) Ironically, it's China that's first to suffer from the ravages of a capitalistic healthcare system. This...
Monday, January 15, 2007

Review: Ship of Fools

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Richard Paul Russo came to my attention several years ago for his delightful twin thrillers set in San Francisco, Destroying Angel, Carliucc...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

Review: The Perfect Thing

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Steve Levy's latest book is yet another example supporting my thesis the English majors/journalists are no longer capable of explaining ...
Saturday, January 13, 2007

Review: Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series and Season One

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As a note to people who buy DVDs, do not buy the original mini-series DVD. Buy the Season One DVDs because that includes the mini-series ...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Nike+ Resolution

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Not sure how this will turn out, but I figure I'll give it a shot. =) So Nike+ is letting you do resolutions, and here I am, deciding t...

Review: Battlestar Galactica Season Two

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If I had to vote for a show that I think is the modern successor to Buffy , it would be Battlestar Galactica. The show is incredibly well-wr...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Little Asia on the Hill - New York Times

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The New York Times has an article lamenting the number of Asian students in school, especially top Universities like Berkeley, which is appa...

2007 Book Reviews

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A new year, another book review Index. Update: The books of the year for 2007 have been announced ! Fiction Magic for Beginners Ship of Fool...

Review: Magic for Beginners

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When Kelly Link and Karen Joy Fowler visited Google, I asked them questions about the demise of short fiction magazines (their circulation i...

Ramen Inventor Dies!

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I usually won't do a news post, but I thought this was...rather significant. Inventor of the Ramen, Momofuku Ando, has passed away. As...
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The Queen's Classroom or JuuOu no Kyoushitsu Review

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So over the Holidays a friend recommended that I take a look at this not-so-new TV series that came out in Japan. The link in the title lin...
Sunday, December 31, 2006

Books of the Year

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There were a few articles recently in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times about the new face of Philantropy: in an age of global ...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Review: Veronica Mars Season 2

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Last year's viewing of Veronica Mars Season 1 left Lisa & I blown away by how smart, how intelligently written, and well constructe...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Gapminder's Video on Global Poverty

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While debating with Scarlet over on her blog about poverty and what to do about it , I remembered the Gapminder presentation at Google, wh...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Review: MacTech magazine

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I got this magazine because MacTech was running a special offer on their magazine. Since I'd just acquired a MacMini, I thought that thi...

Review: The Way to Win

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While I'm an economics and public policy junkie, I am not a political junkie, and don't enjoy politics, especially not modern politi...