Friday, October 13, 2017

Review: The Body Builders

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The Body Builders is an optimistic book about the possibility of improving the human body and brain through engineering. It explores the cu...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Review: The Secret Race

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I remember once being on a bike ride with a colleague and discussing the doping scandals in professional bicycle racing. "It's a go...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Review: Your Name

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I rarely review movies, but Your Name is an exception. It was Japan's highest grossing movie in 2016 and was apparently a hit in China ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Review: English Grammar Boot Camp

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It took me several tries to finish English Grammar Boot Camp . This isn't because Professor Curzan's a boring lecturer, or because t...
Monday, October 09, 2017

Review: The Jungle Book

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I started reading The Jungle Book to Bowen, interspersed with viewing the recent movie , which once he had read the book, made him realize ...
Friday, October 06, 2017

Review: Kingsman The Secret Service

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I saw an ad for the Kingsman movie , and since it was based on a comic boo k, I went for the comic book at the library to see if it was actu...
Thursday, October 05, 2017

Review: The Genius Dialogs

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The Genius Dialogues is a series of interviews by Bob Garfield of various MacArthur Fellows, the winners of the so-called genius prize. I p...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Reread: The Player of Games

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I started reading The Player of Games to Bowen at some point during our bike trip, because I thought he might find it interesting, since he...
Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Review: The Health of Nations

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The Health of Nations is a book about the history (and present) of disease eradication programs. I’d heard of the eradication of smallpox...
Monday, October 02, 2017

Review: My Favorite Universe

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My Favorite Universe is Neil deGrasee Tyson's collection of essays (turned into lectures by The Teaching Company) that were originally ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Review: The Scientist in the Crib

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I had heard about The Scientist in the Crib years ago on NPR, but upon checking it out from the library was surprised to find that it's...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Review: Uncertainty

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Uncertainty is a book about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle . The opening of the book is great, setting the stage for the people inv...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Review: Code Your Own Games!

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Bowen's been playing a number of computer games during the summer, and would frequently ask questions like: "How come this boss mon...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Long Term Review: Co-Motion Triplet

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We've had our Co-Motion Convertible Periscope for more than two and a half years now. With multiple conversions back and forth between t...
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Monday, September 25, 2017

Re-read: Stories of Your Life and Others

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After watching the movie, Arrival, I had to go back and re-read Story of Your Life . It's a cliche to say that the book is better than t...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Review: The Invincible Iron Man Epic Collection

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When growing up, I remember reading the initial Spiderman and Fantastic Four stories in black and white shrunk-down paperbacks. I'd neve...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Review: The Miracle of Dunkirk

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The Miracle of Dunkirk  is about Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk by the British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War 2 ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Long Term Review: CamelBak Kid's 2016 Mini MULE Hydration Pack

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Since acquiring the Kid's Camelbak in April, Bowen's traveled to England with the pack, did a walking vacation , then a 10 day bike...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Bowen's first Sierra backcountry camping trip

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I don't know where the tradition of "summer camp" for kids come from. As far as I can tell, none of the summer camps I see fro...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Review: Merrell Men's All Out Blaze Mid Waterproof Hiking Boot

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I couldn't find my custom hiking boots for the England trip , so was forced to buy a new pair of hiking boots. The Merrell Men's Bl...