Friday, October 30, 2015

Review: Lightroom 6

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I actually upgraded to Lightroom 6 a while back, but waited until I did a couple of trips with large amounts of photography before writing ...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Review: A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

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Truth is stranger and more interesting than fiction. Nowhere else is it more (and better) illustrated than in this book, A Spy Among Friends...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Review: The Curve of Time

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Scarlet told me to read The Curve of Time after finding out about our trip to Desolation Sound . My local library didn't have a copy, s...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Review: Why Nations Fail

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Why Nations Fail tries to ask and answer several questions: Why are certain nations rich or poor? Is it a matter of history? Why do som...
Monday, October 26, 2015

Review: Carbide Tipped Pens

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I'll admit that when it comes to science fiction, I like the really hard stuff. Alastair Reynolds, David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke, etc. So...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Review: Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

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I try my best not to re-read books. But somehow Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman made it into my kindle library (probably in an attemp...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

How parents become boring people

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I noticed that families would tend to just do the same trips over and over again. For instance, when I spoke to Horizon Yacht Charters , the...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Review: Writing Great Fiction

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Every so often I get one of those Great Courses catalogs in the mail. The prices are usually tempting, but audiobooks aren't a great me...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Review: Finders Keepers

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Finders Keepers is Stephen King's literary thriller about crimes that come back to haunt us. The novel opens with a murder of a writer ...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Review: The Rhesus Chart

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My brother sent me a copy of The Rhesus Chart , because he saw my review of The Annihliation Score and thought that The Rhesus Chart was a ...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Review: Woom 2 Child Bike

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It's no secret that I'm a cycling enthusiast. A cycling enthusiast cares not just about his own cycling, but also whether his kids a...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Review: Arkham Knight

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It's no secret that I'm a fan of the Arkham Batman games. They're fun, and do a great job of simulating Batman. I was put off fr...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Review: The Martian

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The Martian , as everybody knows, is the science fiction novel about an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, and what he does to survive. It...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

British Columbia by boat: Tips, Conclusions, and Brief Equipment Reviews

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It is indicative of how superlative my experiences are in the Alps and Caribbean that whenever I do comparable trips, the inevitable questio...
Monday, October 12, 2015

British Columbia by boat Day 14: Seattle

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The bus ride back to Seattle was uneventful. Being a veteran of the area, I showed my family the Pike Place Market, then signed up for Benea...
Friday, October 09, 2015

British Columbia by boat Day 13: Vancouver

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We took our time getting going today. Along the way back to Earl's Cove, we stopped at several harbors that we might have wanted to vi...
Thursday, October 08, 2015

British Columbia by boat Day 12: Egmont

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Everything went well as planned for a change, and we all piled into Arturo's van for a drive to Horseshoe Bay. The traffic was pretty ...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

British Columbia by boat Day 11: Vancouver

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I woke up late around 8:00am, and as was my wont after long boat journeys, still feeling as though I was swaying and shaking in bed. A cup...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

British Columbia by boat Day 10: Vancouver

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I woke up multiple times in the night, because the wind was blowing so hard that the Stray Cat, though tied to a marina, was listing and y...
Monday, October 05, 2015

British Columbia by boat Day 9: Beach Garden Marina

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The predicted calm window showed up and we promptly left, alongside several other motor-boats. We got out of the harbor and deployed the m...