Piaw's Blog

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.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Day 4: Many Glacier to Waterton Lakes National Park

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We woke up at 6:00am, prepared a quick breakfast, and headed back to the hotel in the hopes of capturing the morning colors. The wind was ve...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Day 3: St. Mary's to Many Glacier

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The gravel parking space turned out not to be as well hidden as I liked. At 3:00am, I heard an explosion and woke up. Fireworks were going o...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Day 2: Apgar Creek Campground to St Mary's

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To my disappointment the day before, I had been told that Logan pass was closed for the season. Going to the Sun was one of the prettiest hi...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Day 1: Kalispell to Apgar Creek Campground

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I flew from San Francisco to Seattle, and then from Seattle to Kalispell on a propeller plane. At Kalispell airport, the rental car company ...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Review: It takes a genome

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Disclosure: this was a free Kindle book a few days ago It Takes a Genome has a very simple thesis: the conventional view of our genes as ...

Review: Mockingjay

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Mockingjay is the last book of the Hunger Games serious. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire were previously reviewed here on this blog . ...
Friday, September 17, 2010

My Strong Frame is Dead

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Dead Strong Frame I was riding over to Google to visit some friends this morning, and when riding over a pedestrain bridge over 101, hear...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

My Second Book

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I meant to write about my kickstarter project failure . In some ways, it shouldn't have been a surprise. $3000 is a lot of money to rais...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Review: Memoirs of a Fellwanderer

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Back in 2006, Lisa and I walked Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk , still by far the best long walk I've done, and certainly t...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Review: Breaking Windows

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Moishe Lettvin told me that  Breaking Windows was a great book about the internal politics inside Microsoft during the time of the interne...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Review: Pan's Labyrinth

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Pan's Labyrinth is a very dark fairy tale. Most fantasy movies are for kids, and this one breaks the mold. My parents have taken me to m...
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Review: ECONned

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ECONned   was written by the founder of Naked Capitalism , Yves Smith, a well-known economics blogger. I read it every day, and those of you...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Trip Report: Lost Coast Hike

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Lost Coast Weekend Other people's Photos Johannes's Photos Tracy's Photos Josh Butler's Photos Steve Langdon's ...
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