Sunday, May 31, 2009

Tour of the Alps 2003 Updated

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I've been scanning old photos, and the most recent project was slides from my 2003 Alps Trip . Most of the pictures were taken by Lisa, ...
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Mountain Charlie Loop

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  Lea Kissner, Richard Gooch, and Eddie Kessler showed up at Lexington Dam around 9:30am, and we headed off for a ride up Old Santa Cruz Hig...

Review: Samsung SBH 500 Stereo Bluetooth Headphones

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I recently switched from using a Blackberry Curve as my primary cell phone to my Android G1 . The main reason: Bluetooth A2DP Stereo suppor...

Review: The Steel Remains

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I would have written a review of The Steel Remains in January if Del Rey had chosen to price the Kindle edition of the book at $9.99 instea...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Review: The Lost Fleet, Relentless

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The Lost Fleet: Relentless is the fifth book in the Lost Fleet series starting with Dauntless . They are meant to be read in order, so don...
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Working with your hands

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The New York Times Magazine ran an interesting excerpt from a book called The Case for Working with Your Hands this past weekend. In it, th...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Review: The Prefect

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With Absolution Gap being such a big disappointment, I could not bring myself to dive into The Prefect right away, even though the library...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Review: Soon I Will be Invincible

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Soon I Will be Invincible is Austin Grossman's superhero novel. It is told from two perspectives: Fatale, who is the Next Generation of...
Monday, May 18, 2009

Short Mt. Tam Ride

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  This ride really took it out of me. Despite being short, the day was well over 90 degrees by the time we started riding over towards Fairf...

A Quick Tutorial on ND grad. filters

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Now that I have sample photos up, I can discuss ND graduated filters , which are my favorite tool for serious landscape photography, so much...
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Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Trip, September 2002

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Grand Tetons and Yellowstone For the longest time I promised myself that when I had time, a fast computer, and a place to host photos, I wou...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Review: The Steerswoman

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The Steerswoman is such an old book that it is now out of print. You can, however, buy the Steerwoman's Road , which contains the first ...

Review: Absolution Gap

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Absolution Gap is the last book in the Revelation Space trilogy of connected novels. The first two volumes were Revelation Space and Redem...
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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Review: The Science of Fear

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The Science of Fear is a great book! It covers why fear seems rampant in this modern age, when life expectancies are longer than ever befor...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

The Relay, 2009

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So two weekends ago, I participated in The Relay .  As part of the third Google Team, we ran 199 miles. This blog chronicles everything that...

Review: Black Diamond Orbit Lantern

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I bought the Black Diamond Orbit Lantern during the REI 20% off period. I actually spent some time debating between that and the Apollo , b...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cazedero LDT

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From Piaw's Blog From Piaw's Blog What a gorgeous weekend it was! Not wanting it to go to waste, I joined the Western Wheelers for ...
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Kindle DX a massive boon to travelers

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I did not bother upgrading to the Kindle 2 because I thought it was an inferior product compared to the Kindle v1. Today's announcement ...
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Sunday, May 03, 2009

Review: My Life as a Quant

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My Life as a Quant ( kindle edition ) is Emanuel Derman 's memoir of his journey from being an ambitious Physicist to being a much laud...

Review: Escaflowne

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I found this in my archives on my hard drive, and still have fond memories of the TV series, which is now available in all sorts of special ...
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