Thursday, December 24, 2015

A Return to Mountain Biking

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I gave up mountain biking for several years. Part of it was my move to Munich  (and subsequent move back) drove me to simplify the bike load...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

6 Months Report: Learning the Flute

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I had a couple of goals when learning to play the flute . The first was to see how hard it really was to learn an instrument. The convention...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Review: T-mobile Cell Spot

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I've discovered that my favorite way of making and receiving phone calls is with the SBH-52 . This lets me be completely hands-free, ena...
Monday, December 21, 2015

Review: The One That Got Away

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The One That Got Away is a novel along the lines of The Silence of The Lambs . The story revolves around Zoe, who'd escaped from a seri...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

2016 Video Game Reviews

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This is my collection of video game reviews for 2016 Her Story (PC) Little Big Planet 3 (PS4) Until Dawn (PS4) Soldner-X (PS Vita) T...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Review: Her Story (PC)

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I try not to play games on the PC: it's difficult to play because I get distracted by e-mail and other work. The high resolution and clo...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Review:Terms of Use

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Terms of Use is a thriller about social networks. It's written by a Silicon Valley journalist, which means that it makes use of several...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Review: Sandman Overture

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Sandman Overture is the prequel to Sandman, and takes place just before Preludes & Nocturnes . The story involves a potentially univers...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Review: The Addictive Brain

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The Addictive Brain is an audio course about how addiction works, how it affects the brain chemistry (and why addiction occurs) and (to a l...
Monday, December 14, 2015

Review: Zero World

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I picked up Zero World from the library because of some good reviews from a magazine I read. It's a purported science fiction thriller,...
Friday, December 11, 2015

Review: The Game

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If you're a frequent reader of Dilbert's Blog , you're familiar with Scott Adams' moist robot hypothesis . Basically, the th...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Review: Immune

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I reviewed The Second Ship as an example of a Saturday morning cartoon. Immune is no different. While the characters do develop a little, ...
Wednesday, December 09, 2015

First Impressions, Motorola Moto E LTE (2015)

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I have to say that over the last year or so, Android has finally redeemed itself in my eyes, and the reason for that mostly has to do with M...
Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Review: Brain Maker

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Brain Maker is purportedly a book about your gut microbes, and how your intestinal flora can contribute to the health of your brain. I use ...
Monday, December 07, 2015

First Impressions: EOS M3

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A few years ago, Peng-Toh and I were talking about mirrorless cameras. At that time, I'd spent some time with the EPL-1 . The EPL-1 did ...
Saturday, December 05, 2015

2016 Book Review Index

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Books of the year for 2016 have been selected! Non-Fiction Phishing for Phools Brain Maker The Game My Beloved World Elon Musk The...
Friday, December 04, 2015

Review: The Rosie Project

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The Rosie Project may be described as "Sheldon Cooper decides to get a wife." Written from the perspective of geneticist Don Till...
Thursday, December 03, 2015

Review: Phishing for Phools

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I'm a big fan of Robert J. Shiller, even before he won his Nobel. Phishing for Phools is his book (in collaboration with George Akerlof...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Review: Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: What We Think We Know May Be Hurting Us

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If you've had a good Western style education, you've probably had a great inoculation to the usual insane myths that go around. For ...
Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Review: Saga Volume 1

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My call for comic book recommendations came up with but one response: Saga. So I picked up Saga Volume 1 at the library after a brief sampl...