Piaw's Blog

I'm a husband, father, author, cyclist, sailor, travel addict, and Silicon Valley software engineer. I've written 4 books and actively review books on this blog. Comments on this blog are aggressively moderated against link-spam and rude or meaningless comments.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Review: A Fighting Chance

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A Fighting Chance is Elizabeth Warren's account of her life, from her humble beginnings to becoming a Harvard Professor and then United...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Review: Frozen Planet

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I picked up Frozen Planet because there was a deal, and someone told me that his kid couldn't stop watching it. As a parent, you never ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Review: God of War 3

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If you're an old fogie like me and grew up with D&D in the mid-80s, you'll remember the publication (or your discovery) of Deiti...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Vitamin D, Sunscreen, and Race

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On my first bike tour , I went to Washington State, intending to cycle down to California. All through the tour through the rainy state, I ...
Monday, June 09, 2014

Review: Sailing a Serious Ocean

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Sailing a Serious Ocean is John Kretschmer's memoir about 30 years of sailing as a delivery boat captain and off-shore passage instruct...
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Friday, June 06, 2014

Review: Michelin Pro Race 3 Tire

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The problem with reviewing bicycle tires is that they take a long time to wear out. For instance, after my review of the terrible Continent...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Review: Solbar SPF 30 Sunscreen

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If you're a cyclist and out in the sun all day, you have to use sunscreen, especially in the summer. If you frequently ride on dirt road...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Review: All Joy and No Fun

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One of the most useful tools in your problem-solving tool-set is "inversion." You take a problem an invert it, and sometimes that ...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Video Games Review Index 2014

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I've been playing enough games that it's worth while to have an index for my video game reviews. In general, you'll find that ...
Monday, June 02, 2014

Review: Circle of Sorcerers

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It's tough to find good fiction. It's even tougher to find good fiction in Amazon's list of free books. Add the fantasy genre to...
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....
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