Friday, May 30, 2014

Introducing Jemstep

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After I met with the founder of Jemstep , I realized that his product was not for me, but a large group (probably even the majority) of Amer...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Review: The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City

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On my Facebook comment thread about the new rent vs buy equation, folks mentioned The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Review: Michael Jackson: The Experience (PS Vita)

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Michael Jackson: The Experience is a touch screen game for the PS Vita and the evil empire's Apple's mobile products . The pricing ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Review: Killzone Mercenary

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I was once dispatched by Jeff Rothschild to help out Id Software on Quake's networking code on DOS. After I was done with the work, I w...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Review: RAVPower 10400mAh Power Bank

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It is one of my biggest complaints that Apple-Envy in the gadget world has made products with replaceable batteries almost a thing of the pa...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Review: New York Times Web + Tablet Subscription

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After not having a great time on the Kindle subscription to the New York Times , I tried the web + tablet subscription on the $1 trial plan....
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Review: NOS4A2

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NOS4A2 is Joe Hill's Stephen King pastiche novel. That's not how it's sold as, but that's how it struck me. It could be bec...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Review: A Troublesome Inheritance

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A Troublesome Inheritance is a book about evolution and race. It's a thought provoking book and well-worth reading, though I found it d...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Notes for New Cyclists

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Arturo will be joining me this year on the Tour of the Alps. Since he wasn't a serious cyclist prior to this Saturday, I had an opportun...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Field Test: Dell Venue 8 Pro 32GB

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On my recent Pigeon Point qualifier, I got a chance to field test the Venue 8 Pro in an environment where I had no other choice of computin...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Review: Brother ADS-2000

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I decided to try for a paperless office a couple of years back. The idea is to scan everything that comes in the mail, OCR it making it sear...
Monday, May 05, 2014

Review: Nokia Lumia 521

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As previously mentioned , I've settled on the Nokia 521 as my European phone for the year. I ended up using it earlier than expected, ho...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

Review: If You Can: How Millenials Can Get Rich Slowly

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If You Can is William Bernstein's financial planning booklet for people starting out in their careers. It is normally $0.99 at the Kind...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

Review: How to Win Friends and Influence People

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How to Win Friends and Influence People is currently $2.99 on the Kindle store. I'd gotten this far in life without reading the book, b...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Review: Android Studio

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Since helping my wife with her Nutrition Tracker App, I'd had a chance to try both Eclipse and Android Studio for android app developm...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Why it now makes sense to build your own PC

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I've always been tempted to build my own PC. I'm no stranger to the tools, since my internship at Geoworks effectively required me ...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Review: Nuun Active Hydration

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I've long been a user of Cytomax as a supplement for my water bottles. It's cheap, easy to use, and keeps the cramps away adequatel...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Why I can't help PMs, Sales People, or Marketing folks negotiate

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Occasionally, I'll get a sales person, product manager or program manager, or even a marketing person ask me to help negotiate their com...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

First Impressions: Microsoft Surface Pro

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Our trusty X201 had been getting long in the tooth, and Xiaoqin decided to try some Android development. If you've ever tried Android S...
Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Review: Flower

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I picked up Flower as part of the Journey Collector's Edition , but if you pick up the digital PS4 edition, you'll get it for the ...