Thursday, December 29, 2011

Review: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment

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I love books that apply science to daily affairs, and Attached promised to take scientific research and apply it to romantic relationships....
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Review: Chariot Cougar 1 Stroller/Bike Trailer/Jogger

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My brothers insisted on buying a bike trailer for Bowen . When I responded that they should get me the Chariot Cougar , one of them wrote in...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

6 reasons to make cycling your New Year's Resolution

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Yes, I'm talking to you there, sitting behind the screen. Here's why you should take up cycling: It's fun. Cycling on a lightwe...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

First Impressions: Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver

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My two year old Roku Soundbridge 's wifi card failed, and it's impractical to run an ethernet cable out to where the entertainment c...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Review: The Alchemist

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The Alchemist is a magical realism fable. While not as irritating as One Hundred Years of Solitude , it has its own rhythm and sound, and p...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

First Impressions: GoPro Helmet Hero HD

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One of the daily deals site offered the GoPro Helmet Hero HD for $135, and at that price I jumped on it in the hopes that I might be able t...
Friday, December 23, 2011

A Publishing Milestone

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Most people are comfortable with buying physical gifts for friends, such as books, DVDs, or phones. Most people, however, would not be comfo...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Review: The Magic of Reality

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I do most of my reading from the library, but The Magic of Reality is one of those few books that makes me want to buy a copy. And not an e...

Review: Fables #16 SuperTeam

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Fables is one of the comic books I have on automatic pre-order on Amazon. Rose Red in particular gave me very high hopes for quality story...

Review: GoGroove Bluetooth Stereo Headphones

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My beloved Samsung SBH 500 died earlier this year (from mechanical breakage --- the band connecting the two ear pieces split in half from f...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Review: Harmony 600 Universal Remote

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My previous remote was a Sony VL-610, now unavailable but most similar to the VLZ-620 . It worked fine, integrating with every component in ...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Review: The Broken Kingdoms

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I named The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms the Book of the Year for 2011 . So I picked up The Broken Kingdoms with no little nervousness. First...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

First Impressions: Canon S100

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As long time readers of this blog know, I'm an unabashed fan of the Canon S90 . It is all around the best pocketable camera for the seri...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

E-Books Sticker Shock

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The Wall Street Journal today had an article about ebook sticker shock and how ebooks have now risen to the point where they're as expe...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

First Impressions: HP Promo ZR 2740w Monitor

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XiaoQin recently decided that she wanted to try a faster machine, so I set her up with my old Dell 2407 monitor along with my X201 , which...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Followup: T-mobile Pay As You Go

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Earlier this year, I wrote about the T-mobile prepaid plans and how you could buy a Web Daypass for $1.50 a day unlimited data. Unfortunate...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Referrals: Google Plus versus Facebook versus Quora

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I ran into this article where Google plus supporters claimed that all the estimates of Google plus usage are low. In other words, Google pl...
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Friday, December 09, 2011

Starting Up While Employed

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Someone recently asked me for advice on working on a startup while he was still employed at a large tech company. My first response was to p...

Review: The Magician King

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Despite a wonderful concept, I reviewed The Magicians last year with faint praise. I was surprised when it won the John W. Campbell award.....
Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Review: Republic, Lost

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I came across Republic Lost by watching the video: To tell the truth, the video wasn't very good. Lessig presents a complex argumen...