Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Iceland 2016: Golden Circle

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The famous tour in Iceland for short term visitors is the Golden Circle loop. From where we stayed, we drove towards Gullfoss. The waterfa...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Iceland 2016: Blue Lagoon

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On June 20th, we flew from San Francisco to Iceland for a 2-week  family trip. We'd prebooked the lodging using AirBnB, and pre-booked...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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I don't remember how The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ended up on my Kindle, but my guess is that The Eagle Tree prob...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Review: Exposure Diablo Mk 6

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After all these years, I've decided that bicycle lights, like bike computers, shouldn't be bought based on features, battery run-tim...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Review: God of War Chain of Olympus

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Sony's Playstation Plus gave God of War: Chain of Olympus as one of their free games prior to this summer's trip, so I loaded it on...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Trip Solicitation: BVI 2016

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Now that I've gotten Bowen to learn how to swim and snorkel, he's asking for a return to the British Virgin Islands for a sailing/sn...
Tuesday, August 09, 2016

Review: Moon Travel Guide Iceland

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It's tempting to get complacent with travel guides in the days of having internet access nearly everywhere. But there are still places (...
Monday, August 08, 2016

Review: The Temporary Agent

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I was determined to shrink my weight budget down as much as possible for this year's Tour of the Alps, which meant that rather than prel...
Friday, August 05, 2016

Review: MoKo Universal Travel Charger

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For years, I traveled with the Kensington travel plug adapter , and in general, I've been pretty happy with it. But it's heavy, at w...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Review: Pearl Izumi Elite Shorts

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I have a tradition of buying the same bike clothing if I like the item, and then wearing them to death. On one of my first tours, one of my ...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Robinson: The Original and Three Covers

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This is one of those posts that I write to myself for future reference. I'd been listening to Robinson (by Spitz ) in the car when dri...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

S24O with a Pre-Schooler: Sunset State Beach Edition

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For a variety of reasons, we never managed to schedule a camping trip this year until now. Fortunately, the kids all loved their last trip a...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Bowen learns to snorkel

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A year and a half ago, for the BVI trip , I bought a mask , snorkel , and fins for Bowen. To my disappointment, while he was enthusiastic...
Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Review: My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book

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After returning from Japan , Bowen asked for the My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book . Since I hadn't gotten to do long form reading for him...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Excellent Customer Service: 2 Great Examples

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Most of the time whenever I interact with customer service, I have my expectations set relatively low. From the "high call volume"...
Monday, June 06, 2016

Review: Origins of the Human Mind

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Origins of the Human Mind is a Great Courses lecture series about the evolution and development of the human mind. The topic is complex and...
Friday, June 03, 2016

Review: The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting

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Parenting books are a dime a dozen, most of them written badly and verbosely. Compared to the usual dreck, The Game Theorist's Guide To ...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

Review: Velo Orange Saddlebag Loops

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I've used Brooks B-17 saddles for years, and they come with saddlebag loops. But my last B-17 died quite a while back, and my current B...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Cycling is ridiculously fashion driven

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For the last 10 years or so, my preferred rim is the Velocity Aerohead rim. It's a very light rim for its strength, at 425g. It builds ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Review: Patagonia Half Mass Messenger Bag

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It might surprise you, but until Quora gave me a Patagonia Half Mass , I'd never owned or used a bicycle messenger bag. Yes, despite al...