Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Prologue

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Lisa and I flew from San Francisco to Miami, then to St. Lucia for a sailing trip in the Carribean islands. We originally had wanted to run ...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

2009 Books of the Year

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I'm 2 days away from going on vacation, and don't expect to get much reading done, if only because the PS3 is turning out to be qui...

Review: Better

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Better had a promising start: it starts of by discussing the causes of infection in hospitals, and the history of attempts to control it. A...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Review: Connected

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When Google rolled out the Orkut social network , a bunch of us scratched our heads and wondered what the heck we would ever use it for. Now...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Review: PlayStation 3 + Accessories

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So I succumbed to Amazon's Black Friday sale and bought a Sony Playstation 3 with 2 games for $290. The way things work out, this meant...
Sunday, December 06, 2009

Review: How The Mighty Fall

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Recently, someone asked the question of a general mailing list, "How do you know when a company is failing, or on the verge of failing?...
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End of Year Financial Advice

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I'm reminded that it's the end of the year by the number of financial planning questions I get. Despite having written on the topic ...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Review: The Six Directions of Space

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The Six Directions of Space is a novella, just over 80 pages long. I don't normally review short stories, but since Amazon has this sel...

Review: Your Money and Your Brain

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Bernstein's latest book spends a bit of time talking about how the emotional aspect of investing is an important one, one that many smar...
Friday, November 27, 2009

My Book Project

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I heard about kickstarter yesterday, and immediately decided that this is a good way to collect beta-testers, people who want advanced read...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Review: Mercury Falls

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When Robert Kroese, who also works at Google, offered his comic novel Mercury Falls on the Kindle for $1.99, I bought it, to support anoth...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Honda Fit first impressions

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Now that we've had a few weeks with the Honda, I can write up my first impressions. I've already mentioned that the main reason we ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Programming Tools

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Every time I think about programming tools, I get really annoyed. If you've been programming for a while, you probably started off with ...
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Some conversations are too funny not to post

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Back when she was at Google, X used to work out with me every so often. Not being a motivated health nut, as soon as she left, she lapsed, b...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Review: Dark City, Director's Cut

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I was first introduced to the movie, Dark City by Steve Grimm , who told me that it was one of the best movies ever made, only marred by th...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Review: Stop Acting Rich

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At this point, has there anyone who hasn't read about The Millionaire Next Door ? When one of my brothers read that book he told me that...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Review: The Investor's Manifesto

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The Investor's Manifesto is Bill Bernstein's latest book on investing. I was worried that since I had read most of his previous bo...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Kindle App for your PC

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The Kindle App for your PC just launched. What's really cool is that it doesn't seem to take up a slot as far as devices are concer...
Monday, November 09, 2009

Review: Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide

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Every landlord's tax deduction guide is a guide to tax deductions oriented towards a landlord. Of course, some people I know run their ...
Sunday, November 08, 2009

Review: LG WM2016 Washing Machine

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One of the benefits of owning a house is that I now get to have a washer and dryer. Prior to moving into my house, I had been doing laundry ...
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