Friday, December 27, 2013

Review: The Speed of the Dark

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The Speed of the Dark is Elizabeth Moon's science fiction book about autism. The science fiction parts of the book aren't very appa...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Review: Tearaway

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I'll come right out and say it: I dislike mario-style platform games. I don't think I'd ever finished a platform-style game in m...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Review: The Everything Store

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The Everything Store is a history of Amazon from inception to circa 2012. Of all the tech companies that affect our lives, Amazon is the le...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Long Term Care Insurance

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Recently, we've had events that made me really glad that I bought long term care insurance for my parents a decade ago. While it's s...
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Review: Drake's Deception

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After playing Golden Abyss on the Vita , I downloaded Drake's Deception to see how it felt on a big screen. It's a 40GB download (...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Review: PS Vita Travel Pouch (and other accessories)

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The problem with portable electronics is that you actually have to do something to protect them. The PS Vita is particularly problematic, b...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Retrospective: How Nintendo lost me as a customer

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Golden Abyss got me to start playing Drake's Deception on the PS3 , which is pretty remarkable. (I'm certainly enjoying the game a...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Wealthfront Client Meeting with Burton Malkiel

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This year, Wealthfront hosted a fireside chat with Burton Malkiel at the Stanford faculty club. It was my first chance to talk with Malkiel...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Is Sony making a comeback?

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Without noticing it, I somehow ended up being a Sony consumer this year. If you asked me about it a few years ago I would have laughed, sinc...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Review: Unaccountable

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Unaccountable is Dr. Marty Makary's book about the lack of transparency in medicine. For me, it's an eye opener about how to approa...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Reread: The Things They Carried

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I first read The Things They Carried  right after high school. As a soon to be conscript, the book struck a deep chord in me in a way none o...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Review: Uncharted - Golden Abyss

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If I had any doubts that my purchase of a Playstation Vita would be a waste, Golden Abyss has dispelled them. Despite my having owned a Pl...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The Only Reason to Buy Individual Stocks

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I recently wrote about why I no longer buy individual stocks . I will now detail my one exception to this rule. If I was working at Google, ...

How to Interview A Financial Advisor now out in paperback

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My latest book, How to Interview a Financial Advisor is now out in paperback. For this book, I'm enrolling in the Matchbook program, w...
Sunday, December 08, 2013

Review: Fables #17 and #18

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I was so disappointed with Fables #16 that I didn't bother reading the books at all last year. I finally picked up Inherit the Wind  and...
Friday, December 06, 2013

Review: Amazon Playstation Vita Holiday Bundle

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It's not a secret that in recent years, the iPad and other tablets have become the most ubiquitous video game platform. However, the gam...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Review: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Graphics Card

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The best thing about being a PC owner is that you can actually upgrade your hardware. In the old days, this didn't matter much, because ...
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First Impressions: Dell Venue 8 Pro

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I gave my wife a Dell Venue 8 Pro for her birthday. Last year, she got a Nexus 10, but she found that the 10" form factor led to it no...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

PSA: 30% off any printed book at Amazon (Expires Dec 1st)

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Until December 1st, if you enter the coupon code BOOKDEAL while buying any printed book at Amazon.com , you get 30% off the highest price bo...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

College Savings

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If you're an immigrant like I am, the American college financial aid system looks completely bonkers. Those of us from Asia, which has a...
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