Friday, May 29, 2015

Review: The Hero of Ages

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The Hero of Ages is the last book in Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. The first book was great, the second book was mediocre, and the thir...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Review: RAVPower 3200mAh external powerbank

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I'd come to realize that my RAVPower 10400mAh was really overpowered for daily use. It's great on boats where I need enough power f...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Review: OXO Tot Tub Drain Stopper

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My old tub drain stopper started leaking, so I went to look for a replacement. The OXO one came highly recommended on Amazon, and I ordered...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Review: Excelsteel 18/10 Stainless 4 Non Stick Egg Poacher

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I love onsen eggs coming out of the sous vide machine, but unfortunately, I'm the only one in the family who does, and it does take a lo...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Review: Garmin Vivoactive

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Last year, I bought, tested, and returned the Garmin Vivofit .  While it was a reasonable device for the people who are looking to start exe...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Review: Fables 21: Happily Ever After

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After 13 years of story, Fables is finally drawing to an end. Unfortunately, the series jumped the shark a while back, with Fables #13 . The...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Review: Monument Valley (Android)

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It is rare that I play games on smartphones, let alone get to the point where I review them. That's mostly because most games on smartph...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Review: Vivere Double Hammock with Steel Stand

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I've long enjoyed the idea of having a hammock around in the home, but never had any place around to hang it, either in the form of tree...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Review: Up the Down Staircase

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Up the Down Staircase is a novel about a teacher stuck in what I'm convinced must be the ninth level of hell: teaching English to the ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

PSA: How to Resolve Your Lollipop Slowness

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A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded my Xperia Z1 to Lollipop. Other than it being good policy in general to stay on the latest release for se...

Review: Murasaki Baby (PS Vita)

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I will say that the Playstation Vita and its library of unique games has continued to be a delight in the year and a half since I bought it...
Friday, May 08, 2015

Review: The Well of Ascension

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The Well of Ascension is the sequel to Mistborn, and is the middle book of the Mistborn trilogy . Middle books are typically the weakest vo...
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

RIP Jobst Brandt (1935/1/14 - 2015/5/5)

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My first encounter with Jobst Brandt was on USENET in 1992, right after buying  a bike. He was one of the designers of the Avocet tires, an...
Monday, May 04, 2015

Review: Mistborn

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Mistborn is Brandon Sanderson's novel about a rebellion in a fantasy world against an empire ruled by a god. It's part of a trilogy...
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...