Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Spreadsheet Asset Allocation Tool

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Every so often, someone asks me to help with their finances. Usually, it has to do with asset allocation. I'm not an expert, but one of ...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Review: Guardians of the Flame - Legacy

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Legacy ( DRM-free Kindle-compatible edition ) covers 2 more novels in the series, about the next generation of "other-siders", mo...

Chronicles of The Black Company (Books 1 - 3) Kindle Edition

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This is going to be a different sort of review. It'll talk very little about the book itself, and a lot more about the Kindle edition o...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Salzkammergut Bike Route

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Salburg Lakes Radina's Photos Ever since my last Salzburg Trip , I've wanted to explore more of the Salzburg Lakes area. There's...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Cultural Differences II: Appliances

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Another interesting difference between Germans (and I'm guessing this applies to most of Europe) and Americans are the household applian...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Perils of Ordering from Amazon.de (when you own a Kindle)

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As many folks know, all it takes for you to be able to order Kindle books on-line even if you're overseas is a U.S. credit card with a ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Hotel Recommendation: Hotel De La Paix Montparnasse

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I first visited Paris 10 years ago. Together with a friend, we explored many many hotels --- all of them were expensive, most of them were t...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Review: The Guardians of the Flame

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I first read about The Guardians of the Flame series in Dragon Magazine . That's because the premise of the series is that of a bunch o...

The Paris Bicycle Transport System

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 I first read about the Velib bike transport system on the New York Times website . Since we were there this past weekend on vacation anywa...
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Review: Hungry for Paris

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It was two days before my trip to Paris for a food-oriented visit. I had my hotel booked, I had my train tickets, but no restaurant reservat...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Misunderstandings of the Efficient Market Hypothesis can be a serious threat to your financial health

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Recently, someone on a financial planning mailing list I was on tried to sell active investing again, citing this post . He essentially brag...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Is the Kindle starting to tip the Publishing industry?

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Ever since I bought my Kindle in March, every time I saw a book I wanted that wasn't on the Kindle but was on the dead trees, I'd s...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Review: The Best of the Year: Science Fiction 2007 Edition

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I got sent a 10% off coupon for the electronic edition of Rich Horton's 2008 Anthology ( dead tree edition ), and with the discount cou...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Kindle Battery life

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I was wondering why my Kindle didn't have the kind of battery life that others reported. Well, it turns out that others have similar is...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Thoughts on Financial Planning

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I recently had occasion to discuss financial planning with several folks with a variety of backgrounds and interests. And it's really in...
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Review: Value Averaging

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Value Averaging ( Kindle Edition ) comes highly recommended by none other than William Bernstein , the master of asset allocation himself. ...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Lauterbrunnen Trip

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Lauterbrun nen Trip I think I'm in danger of becoming a Euro-phile. We took a short 5 day trip to Lauterbrunnen Valley, for some hiking ...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Review: Fantasy - The Best of the Year 2006

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I bought this fantasy collection ( kindle compatible edition )after thoroughly enjoying Rich Horton's 2006 Science Fiction collection ....
Sunday, July 06, 2008

Review: Book of Lost Things

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This short book ( kindle edition ) runs on a familiar theme: a young boy loses his mother to a deadly disease, and then misses her horribly...

Review: Saturn's Children

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This is Charlie Stross' first novel to come out both in the kindle format simultaneous with the hardcover , so I immediately bought it ...