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I'm a husband, father, author, cyclist, sailor, travel addict, and Silicon Valley software engineer. I've written 4 books and actively review books on this blog. Comments on this blog are aggressively moderated against link-spam and rude or meaningless comments.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Another Kindle Mystery Solved

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My brother complained that while he was in Greece, his Kindle suddenly stopped being able to sort by "Most recent". Then the same ...
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Review: The Buried Pyramid

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The Buried Pyramid ( Free Kindle download ) was Jane Lindskold's first publshed novel. It's not very good. The story, which could h...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Review: Adiamante

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I'm wondering why it took me this long to discover L. E. Modesitt . I find myself enjoying his under-stated writing style, the situation...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

My signed Krugman book

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Way back in December last year, before he won the Nobel prize, Paul Krugman dropped by Google to give a talk: After the talk, there was a pr...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Review: Talent is Over-Rated

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Talent is Overrated ( Kindle Edition ) is a short, quick read with but one thesis: there is no such thing as talent. While there are certai...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Review: Valiant

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Valiant ( Kindle Edition ) is the fourth book in the Lost Fleet series featuring Captain John "Blackjack" Geary, who was rescued f...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Miyuki Nakajima

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People who hang out with my brothers and I know that we are musically omnivorous --- one example of that is that I enjoy Japanese music, des...

Snow in Munich

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Munich Snow It was cold, but I had to go to town for supplies and do some other random activities anyway. When I came out of the S-Bahn in t...

Snow!

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That's right. The night brought snow to my part of Munich. Flurries are still falling. I guess that's it, no more hanging up cloth...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Review: The Audacity of Hope

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I will admit that I voted for Hilary Clinton during the Democratic primary in California, largely on the basis of her policy on Healthcare M...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Pulp Fiction in trouble

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I was reading this article about the state of Pulp Fiction magazine sales , and it does not look good. They've been bleeding subscribers...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Review: Brain Rules

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I bought Brain Rules ( kindle edition ) after watching John Medina give a talk at Google: Not only is he a great speaker, he also does a...
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Hofer Hike

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  Lofer Hike The forecast was supposed to be clear today, with a chance of showers at night, so I decided to join the Wayfarers group from T...

K.D. Lang is Amazing Live!

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Although she's never been my favourite singer or performer, I've always appreciated K.D. Lang because of a few hits she had. Consta...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

My last weekend ride in Germany

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Another Stanberg Loop I had to take care of things in the morning, including shopping for groceries, cleaning the house, and lifting weight...

Review: Buyology

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Buyology ( kindle edition ) is about the merging of Neuroscience and Marketing. If that sentence doesn't scare you, it should. Basicall...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Review: Wild Cards

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Wild Cards was one of the first shared-universe story-lines set in a science fiction universe (as opposed to the fantasy Thieves' World...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Beautiful Moonlight Commute

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I just had one of those beautiful moonlight commutes. Full moon, clear skies, and an uncrowded bike path along the Isar river. In fact, it w...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

Review: The Farthest Shore

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The Farthest Shore is the last book in the original trilogy of Earthsea (I remember the fourth book, Tehanu, being disappointing, so I migh...

Radstadt/Salzburg Tour

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  Radstadt The weather forecast looked good for Saturday and Sunday, so I found myself in the Euraide office on Friday morning talking to A...
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