Sunday, January 30, 2011

Trip Report: Cozumel/Carmen de Playa

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Cozumel Matt Vera's Photos I just got back from a mostly diving trip in Cozumel/Carmen de Playa. I'm not as avid a diver as I am...
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Pengtoh Has Started Blogging

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Pengtoh has started blogging, and on a very consistent basis. This is great to see. For those of you who don't know, Pengtoh was the sm...
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Review: Dollhouse Season 2

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My complaints about the first season of dollhouse was due to how slow the plot was, and how nobody had ever seemed to have heard of off-sit...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Review: Writing Fiction for Dummies

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Disclaimer: I got my copy of Writing Fiction For Dummies for free as a Kindle e-book giveaway. I was very pleasantly surprised by this bo...

Review: The Party - The Secret World of China

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Westerners tend to have a very un-nuanced view of China. For instance, when Burton Malkiel came back from China, he was over-flowing with en...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Review: The Engineer Reconditioned

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Neal Asher's Gridlinked was a lot of fun, so I checked out The Engineer ReConditioned from the library to see if his short stories wer...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Review: Cutting For Stone

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I was told to read Cutting for Stone for a good novel about Ethiopia and Surgery. Literary novels are always hard for me to read: many time...
Sunday, January 09, 2011

The "Tiger Mom" Parenting Controversy

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The blogosphere and quora controversy over Amy Chua's "Tiger Mom" parenting article has reached a fever pitched in the part ...
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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Google Docs Fail

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I've been selling digital editions of An Engineer's to Silicon Valley Startups by simply e-mailing the files to customers. The comp...
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Monday, January 03, 2011

Independent Cycle Touring has Shipped!

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Today, I got 2 big boxes from my postman containing the print edition of Independent Cycle Touring . If you've pre-ordered your copies, ...
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Sunday, January 02, 2011

Review: Gridlinked

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If you've read many of my book reviews, you'll note that I complain quite a bit of the characters found in many science fiction nove...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Movie Review: 非诚勿扰

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非诚勿扰 2 so caught my attention that I checked the prequel from the library. Sequels are rarely better than the original, so if I liked the s...
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Review: Cryoburn

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Cryoburn (The Vorkosigan Saga) is Lois Bujold's latest foray into the Vorkosigan saga, her hyper-kinetic space opera hero. Unfortunatel...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Movie Review: 非诚勿扰 2

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I'm really skeptical of romantic comedies. They tend towards cliches, and when I see the "2" which means it's a sequel I...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Lenovo Customer Service Rocks

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My X201 developed a sticky key. By itself, it wasn't too bad, but it was annoying. Since it was under warranty, I decided to give Lenov...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Review: Motorola Power Adapter Micro USB Rapid Charger

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My Motorola Droid is a power hungry beast. Despite plugging it into my car with a micro-USB charger, the battery would not stop draining, l...
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Review: The Facebook Effect

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Despite the huge amount of hype surrounding Facebook, I still get occasional questions from engineers asking me if I think Facebook would be...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Review: Fables #14 - Witches

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Fables #13 was a disappointment. Fables Vol. 14: Witches , however, has started a brand new story arc, with a new villain, some very funny ...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Review: The Golden Gate

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The Golden Gate   is a novel in verse. That means each paragraph is written in the form of a sonnet, including the author's bio and the ...
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Independent Cycle Touring, Final Proof approved!

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After the fiasco last week with the pages being completely off and the interior being completely screwed up, my heart was in my mouth when ...