Friday, March 30, 2018

Review: Vision - The Complete Series - Director's Cut

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I never really paid much attention to Vision as a character until I saw the Age of Ultron . Paul Bettany's performance as Vision was g...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

A case of too much privacy

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The current brouhaha about the Cambridge Analytica use of Facebook data has gotten lots of people to talk about privacy and the use of Face...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Review: The Tangled Lands

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The Tangled Lands belongs to Paolo Bacigullpi's peculiar brand of ecological fiction: the environmental allegory. This time, he teams u...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Review: Columbia Outdry Ex Gold Pants

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My old pair of rain pants are so old that I've forgotten when I bought it. I want to say I bought it in Switzerland during one of the mo...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Why I'm not a Strava Premium Customer

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Those who know me probably know that I'm a big Garmin and Strava user . Since the day Strava became free for all users to upload their...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Long Term Review: Cressi Galileo

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It's been about 18 months since I last reviewed the Cressi Galileo , ( original review ) so now it's time to revisit the product and...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Review: Accubattery

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I will admit to not usually reviewing apps, but I'll make an exception for Accubatter y, which was good enough that I paid to remove ads...
Friday, March 09, 2018

Review: Eufy Genie Smart Speaker

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The Eufy was on sale for $20, which made it even cheaper than the cheapest Echo Dot. For some reason I thought it was made my Anker, and bo...
Thursday, March 08, 2018

Not A Review: Rivendell Cheviot

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About a year ago, we ordered and picked up a Rivendell Cheviot  for Xiaoqin from Rivendell Bicycle Works. The process by which we ended up w...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Review: Batman Arkham VR

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I was really hesitating the pay the $12 sale price for Arkham VR , but then I read people complaining that the game was too short, so I paid...
Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Review: The Hobbit (Audible Book)

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After reading Watership Down to Bowen, I needed a break from reading long narratives to Bowen. I decided to cheat. Instead of reading to hi...
Monday, March 05, 2018

Review: Life is Strange (PS4)

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Life is Strange is an episodic adventure game that falls into the faux-choice genre. In other words, while you're given choices and app...
Sunday, March 04, 2018

Review: Kissral Bluetooth Earbud Headphone

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My refurbished Moto Hint+ has started to have battery deterioration, to the point where a fresh charge wouldn't last 20 minutes of tal...
Friday, March 02, 2018

Review: Timbuk2 Command TSA Messenger Bag

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I really like my Quora-Top-Writer issued Half-Mass messenger bag . It's light, roomy (I can carry Bowen's blanket, lunch box, and ac...
Thursday, March 01, 2018

Review: Batman - City of Owls

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City of Owls follows on the lackluster successful Court of Owls . The story is still a bit incoherent: the Court of Owls comes after Bruce ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Review: Aukey QC 3.0 Dual Wall Charger

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I'm forever trying to keep the weight of my touring kit down. Since QC phones have become the norm, it's nice to have a QC compatibl...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Review: Oh My Goddess! Vols 1-3

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There was a Comixology sale on Oh My Goddess!, so I bought Vol 1 , Vol 2 , and Vol 3 all at a fairly low price just to see what it was abou...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Review: Caesar's Last Breath

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Caesar's Last Breath is a non-fiction collection of science essays about gases and our atmosphere. It's got a lot of great stuff ab...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Review: Nashbar Headband

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The Nashbar Headband looked just like the old lycra headband I had, except that rather than being tie on, had an elastic band at one end th...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Review: Keen Arroyo II Sandal

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This is one of those times when my cheapness got me. The Arroyo II Sandal was on sale on Amazon at  $55, and I picked up the exact same siz...