Thursday, January 30, 2014

Review: Batman Arkham City

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Arkham Asylum was the first game I ever finished on the PS3, and Arkham City came with extremely high reviews, with many critics saying tha...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Review: The Emperor of All Maladies

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If cancer doesn't strike fear in you, it should. I've had a friend die of cancer, and it was scary to watch and difficult to forget...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Review: Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

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It's hard for me to review Brothers as a video game. It certainly has all the credentials of a video game, being available on the PS3, ...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Review: Tomb Raider Reboot

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I've never actually played Tomb Raider, so when I saw that it got a 2013 reboot , I decided that the stellar reviews it got and critical...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Review: Soy Sauce for Beginners

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I picked up Soy Sauce for Beginners as part of the Kindle First program . For one, it's a book about food. Secondly, the author's f...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Review: Among Thieves

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I approached Among Thieves with trepidation. First, the reviews for it have been nothing short of amazing , but I'd been a little bit d...
Monday, January 06, 2014

Review: Do You Believe in Magic?

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Do You Believe in Magic? is a book about alternative medicine. It is a very well balanced book, considering the topic. I don't think I ...
Thursday, January 02, 2014

Review: Drake's Fortune

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It's my contention that now is the best time to buy a PS 3 . Not only is the system cheap and easily available, it's also mature, wi...
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Make Your Own Baby Monitor

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The baby monitor my brothers gave me a couple of years ago died, the battery on the screen no longer charging. The cost of a replacement is...
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...