Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Meet Boen Na (蓝博恩）

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Born 12:49pm, 4/28/2015 Length: 19.5" Weight: 6 lbs 10ozs Both mommy and baby are doing fine. As before , a name that works in ...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Review: Edge of Eternity

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Edge of Eternity is Ken Follett's concluding novel covering the 20th century. After having a novel each covering the two world wars, ha...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Review: Heavy Rain (PS3)

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It's a good thing I picked up and played Heavy Rain after The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead . It makes those two games look sad b...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Review: The Winter of The World

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The Fall of Giants was so compelling that I immediately checked out The Winter of The World from the library to follow along the novel. Wh...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Review: The Fall of Giants

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After reading The Pillars of The Earth , I went back to the library and placed a hold on The Fall of Giants , to see if Follett was consiste...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Music Lessons

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Living in Silicon Valley sometimes feels a lot like living in Singapore for one reason: sometimes, it feels as though people around here (th...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Review: The Altar Girl

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I'll admit that while I religiously pick up my free Kindle First book, I rarely get around to reading them, let alone finish them. They...
Monday, April 06, 2015

Review: Skinny Mini Pen

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If you're like me, you can never find a pen whenever you need one. I'm forever borrowing pens in order to fill out customs forms whi...
Friday, April 03, 2015

Review: Camelbak Podium Bottle

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I'm a notorious cheapskate, and have been using my Google-issued water bottles for at least the last 8-9 years. But they recently sprung...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Montebello Open Space Preserve Backpack Camp

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Last year's S24O with Bowen gave me confidence to propose another camping trip this year to him. He enjoyed the camping, but didn't...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Review: Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)

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Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition is the latest iteration of Blizzard's randomly generated dungeon crawler. I remember getting a demo o...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Review: Counterspy (PS Vita)

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CounterSpy is a side-scrolling stealth/action game available for Android , iOS, and Playstation (PS3, Vita, and PS4). I'm reviewing the...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Review: Chaos Quarter

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Chaos Quarter is David Welch's science fiction novel about a travel through space. It reads like a setup for a bunch of sequels, and is...
Monday, March 09, 2015

Review: On Immunity: An Innoculation

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On Immunity is Eula Bliss' book about vaccination. It's not a science book. Rather, it's written in the style of Susan Sontag, ...
Thursday, March 05, 2015

Fictional Leadership

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I've often maintained that fiction is as good a source of leadership training as non-fiction, since much non-fiction is written in terms...
Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Review: Uncommon Stock, Version 1

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Business novels are rare, and rightly so. They're impossible to get right, and most are simply downright boring. For instance, I love De...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Review: Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Costco package

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I was intrigued by varying reviews of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, but the priced seemed prohibitive. Costco, however, sells a package wh...
Monday, March 02, 2015

Review: Macross

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Years ago, I wrote a review of the Macross TV series . I wanted to hyperlink to it recently while writing another review, but realized that ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Review: Arrow Season 1

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Green Arrow is definitely one of the second tier heroes in the DC universe. This is both a good thing and a bad thing when you build a TV sh...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Review: Console Wars

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Console Wars is Blake Harris' account of the rise and fall of Sega of America during the 1990s. Despite the title, it focuses almost ex...