Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Reivew: Batman - The Court of Owls

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The Court of Owls is part of the DC Comics reboot of Batman. In this universe, you've got Nightwing, Red Robin, and regular Robin, as w...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Review: Children of Time

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Children of Time won the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke award for best novel.  Yet somehow I'd never heard of it. So when it went on sale on Ama...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Review: Wonder Woman Vol 2: Year One

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A few years ago, DC rebooted its universe. The first year of Wonder Woman told her origin stories in alternate issues, and Vol 2 collects t...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Review: Sea of Rust

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Sea of Rust is a post-apocalyptic robot novel. The initial setup is very similar to Charlie Stross' Saturn's Children , except wher...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Review: Sony WH1000XM2

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During the holidays there was a sale on the Sony WH1000XM2 . I picked it up with the intention of returning it if it sucked or didn't pr...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Review: SKS Raceblade Pro XL

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Winter riding in California is mostly dry, except for the occasional rain. As a result, there's no need to run full fenders that are per...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Review: Wonder Woman (Greg Rucka - 1987-2006)

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After watching Wonder Woman , I thought I'd see whether the comics were any good, and so checked out Greg Ruck's Vol 1 from Hoopla....
Monday, January 22, 2018

Review: Bigger Leaner Stronger

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Bigger Leaner Stronger was available for $1, so I bought it because most of the reviews said that it was actually scientifically correct. A...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Bowen Winter Tour 2018 Index Page

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During the Martin Luther King long weekend, Bowen and I did a 3-day self-supported tour, starting from Los Altos and traveling to Capitola, ...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Bowen Winter Tour Day 3

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Bowen woke me up at 5:00am! This bothered me a bit until I realized that he did the same thing to me on the Manchester to London trip. The...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Bowen Winter Tour Day 2

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The advantage of doing a tour near home is that you can take full advantage of all your local knowledge. For instance, when I saw the fore...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Bowen Winter Tour Day 1

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When your firstborn son comes to you during winter break and asks for a 3 day bicycle tour instead of fancy toys or trips to Disneyland, y...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Review: Batman, the Telltale series

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Ever since I realized that the Telltale Games series are basically movies with fake choices (as opposed to the real choices provided by Heav...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Review: Joola Compact Ping Pong Table

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My wife got it into her head the Ping-Pong would be a good thing to do indoors during the rainy season. I haven't played since I was in ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Here's how I integrate my library into Amazon

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Sometimes, people assume that with the volume of reading I get done (my annual lists are the tip of the icebergs: for instance, I never revi...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

Review: Summer Wars

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I came to Summer Wars with low expectations, thinking that it was part of Hosada's pre- Girl Who Leapt Through Time work. Turns out th...
Monday, January 08, 2018

Review: Runaways Vol 7-8

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I picked up Runaways Vol 7, 8, and 9 from the library. Live Fast is the last collection written by Brian Vaughan, and unfortunately, it...
Friday, January 05, 2018

Three Mamoru Hosada Films

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This holiday period, I was hoping to take Bowen on a bike tour. (Yes, rather than ask for a Christmas present, he asked for a bike tour!) Bu...
Thursday, January 04, 2018

Independent Cycle Touring 2nd Edition Now Available

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The best bicycle touring book just got better. Mostly, this is an update of the things I've learned since I started cycle touring wit...
Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Review: Nex Machina (PS4)

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Through a combination of discounts and Amazon credits I got a copy of Nex Machina for $4.50. Resogun was one of the first games I finished...