Monday, June 30, 2008

Navigating the incredibly complex Munich public transit system

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The German train system is designed for people who live in Germany, not for people from abroad. As a result, the system is complex in a way ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Review: Gomadic Charging System

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With the plethora of electronic devices that makes up my personal travel kit nowadays (chiefest of which is the Kindle ) comes also a multip...

Review: Battlestar Galactica

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As mentioned before , I'm a big fan of the remade Battlestar Galactica , easily the best science fiction TV series I've ever watche...

Wolfrathausen to Holzkirchen

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Wolfrathau sen to Holzkirche n The morning looked beautiful, so we caught the 9:55 S-Bahn to Wolfrathausen. With the somewhat strenuous hike...
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Walchensee Hike

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Walchensee Hike Stefan told me that he and Irene were going to go hiking near Walchensee, and I jumped at the chance. First of all, Stefan...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Cultural Differences

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We've now moved in to our apartment in Pullach, which is a nice 90 square meter apartment with 2 toilets. Our landlords, even though the...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Review: Duma Key

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Duma Key ( Kindle Edition ) is Stephen King's latest novel. After reading On Writing , I was reminded of how readable King was, and upon...

Nordlingen to Rothenberg

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Rothenburg , Germany - June 2008 We caught the 7:04am train on Saturday and one train changed later were in Nordlingen. After circling aroun...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Sinking Saddles Returns

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On my last post I got a comment that I didn't see in a timely manner, so I'm responding here. From Ket: Thanks, helpful post. I re...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Review: How Doctors Think

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How Doctors Think ( kindle edition ) is a book about misdiagnosis. It starts off introducing a woman who was misdiagnosed as being anorexic...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Review: In the Garden of Iden

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I will admit to not being the world's biggest fan of Kage Baker 's Company stories --- time travel is a pretty worn sub-genre of sc...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Review: On Writing

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I must confess to not having read a lot of Stephen King (despite having seen a number of movies based on his novels or short stories), which...

Review: Nudge

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I've been a fan of Richard Thaler since I read The Winner's Curse , a great book explaining why winners in auctions (for instance, i...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Lufthansa Misplaced my Tandem

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For whatever reason, when we arrived in Munich, the tandem did not show up. Direct flights are definitely the way to go if you're going ...
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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Sinking Saddles

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Just for introduction, I am not Piaw. I am, in fact, female. Given the number of times recently I've been having the same conversation, ...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Follow up Mint.com Review

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Yes, I kept my mint.com account, and still play with it on occasion, especially when I'm in Germany, where I haven't been able to k...
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Riding the Frankenbike

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For my short visit to California, I didn't bother lugging my custom bike over just to lug it back to Germany again, especially since thi...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Review: Look to Windward

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I remember reading Look to Windward a few years ago, and found myself re-reading it on the plane. This was in many ways Iain Bank's po...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

On ipods and cities

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I've had an ipod in one form or another since 2005 , but aside from the occasional non-cycling trip , it never found its way to any kind...
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Monday, June 02, 2008

Raising the Bar Revisited

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My brother bought the kindle edition of Raising the Bar ( dead tree edition ) after I told him about the book, so when it showed up on my Ki...