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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 28, 2010

Independent Cycle Touring is now Launched!

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From Drop Box As of right now, Independent Cycle Touring is now available for sale in both digital and paperback formats. The paperback boo...
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Alls Well That Ends Badly

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It was a gorgeous, beautiful day when Eva and I headed up Tunnel road to do th Berkeley Hills ride. It was a clear day, and the view at th...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

One More Cover

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My friend Scarlet came up with what I think is the best front cover yet. Thanks Scarlet! From Drop Box
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Review: Look Me in the Eye

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Look Me in the Eye is the second of two memoirs from Asperger's victims that Cynthia got me to read. Reading two books rather than just...

Even more covers

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I'm on a cover roll here. My brother asked for more examples. From Drop Box From Drop Box From Drop Box From Drop Box

More Covers

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Wow, I should have put up my candidate covers before. Here are 3 more covers. Comment away! People asked for brighter colors. So here's ...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Book Cover

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My second book just came back from the proof! Above is the cover. Comment away. I'm trying to get the electronic version up by next Mon...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Review: Born On A Blue Day

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On last Sunday's hike, somebody asked me what the beauty mark in Silicon Valley was. I said that it's invisible, it's Asperger...
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Review: Canadian Icewine Tea

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On my Canadian Rockies trip I got a chance to experience Canadian Icewine Tea . It was exquisite. When I got home, I resolved to buy some a...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Counter-offer Conundrum

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People asked me yesterday if the Techcrunch $3.5M story was true. I said it was believable, because while I wasn't involved in negotiat...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Review: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

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Someone told me that 36 Views of Mount Fuji inspired her to want to visit Japan. I did tour Hokkaido last year, but that was a short trip,...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Unusually Clear Weather

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From Screen Captures Reilly Capps, Eva Silverstein and I met at the Bicycle Outfitter at 8:45 this morning ostensibly for a ride up to Big ...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Review: Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography

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I've recently had to answer a few questions about photography. In all cases, when the prospective photographer was new to the art, I alw...
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Sunday, November 07, 2010

Michael Wolf story

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It was Mike Wolf 's birthday yesterday. Mike, Steven Grimm, Marc Kwiatkowski, and Larry Hastings and I all worked at Mpath Interactive w...

Review: Zendegi

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Zendegi is Greg Egan's latest novel about Iran, its society, the possibility of uploading humans into cyberspace, and virtual reality. I...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Facebook and Google

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A few months ago, I wrote Tips for Nooglers . That post became far more widely read than I expected, and one of my friends at Facebook, Stev...
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A Perfect Pigeon Point Edition

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From Screen Captures From Screen Captures Pigeon Point Halloween 2010 In the past few years, I've been using Pigeon Point hostel ...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Review: The Fuller Memorandum

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The Fuller Memorandum is the latest in Charles Stross' Laundry Novels, the first two being The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morg...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Review: The God Engines

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The God Engines is John Scalzi 's novella set in a fantasy world where gods are captured and used to drive starships. Sounds whacky? ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Review: Astro City: The Dark Age

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The Astro City series is a series about the reconstruction of superheroes. In other words, we get to see them as they would be created toda...
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