Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Review: On the Steel Breeze

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On the Steel Breeze is Alastair Reynolds' follow-up to Blue Remembered Earth . I call it a follow-up rather than a sequel, because it d...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Review: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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Being Mortal is Atul Gawande's book about end-of-life care. It discusses the history of end-of-life care, and how the current nursing h...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Review: Anova Precision Immersion Circulator

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When Amazon offered the older version of the Anova Immersion Circulator for $100, I jumped on it. The latest version (which is not the one...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Review: Amazon Echo

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The Amazon Echo was just announced for general availability today, so it's appropriate for me to write a review for our device, which w...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Review: Blue Remembered Earth

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After the lackluster Terminal World and Slow Bullets , I picked up Blue Remembered Earth with trepidation. Fortunately, this novel is mile...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Review: Slow Bullets

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In recent years, there's been a proliferation of small press imprints. What these small press imprints try to do is to take short storie...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Review: Terminal World

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Terminal World is Alastair Reynolds' science fantasy novel set in an Edgar Rice Burroughs Pastiche World. Now, you might argue that it...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

300 Mile Retrospective: Co-Motion Periscope Triplet

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Our ride to the library on Sunday brought the odometer on the Co-Motion Triplet over 300 miles. While I rode a fair number of miles solo (m...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Review: Deep Navigation

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Deep Navigation is a collection of Alastair Reynolds' short stories. His most recent novels have gotten very mixed reviews (plus are pa...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Review: Robot Turtles

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I was a kickstarter backer of the Robot Turtles board game way back when. I did it mostly to support a Googler, but also partly because the...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Review: Your Body in the World: Adapting to Your next Big Adventure

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I'm not much of a classroom learner, preferring workshops and independent reading rather than the traditional classroom lecture + exam f...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Review: Smart As (Vita)

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Recently, my father's doctor told him to start doing some brain games as part of his recovery from stroke. I remember playing Smart As ...
Monday, June 01, 2015

Garmin Live Tracking

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The Vivoactive has a cool feature that I didn't realize about in my initial review.  It turns out that you can enable Live Tracking on...
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...