Monday, April 30, 2018

Review: Neurotribes

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Neurotribes is a book about the history of autism. The author points out that autism has been around probably for as long as humanity has b...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Review: LG E42.5" UHD 4K monitor

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I normally like to wait for a bit before reviewing electronics, but there's a limited time deal on the 43UD79-B monitor  ($530), so I...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Review: Ottolock

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I'm afraid that I'm the kind of person who doesn't really believe in locks. For instance, even on my expensive bikes, I usually ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Review: Turo Car Rental

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Unfortunately, our Honda Fit got totaled in a crash earlier this year. (I won't say how, who or why, but nobody got hurt) It's by f...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Wealthfront's Customer Service

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Recently, someone pointed me to the wired article about the risk parity fund that Wealthfront introduced and asked me why I wasn't even...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Review: The Sun is Also a Star

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The Sun is Also a Star is a romance detailing the meeting and one day encounter between Natasha and Daniel. Reminiscent of Before Sunrise ,...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Review: Captain Marvel: Caro Danvers - The Ms Marvel Years

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One of my goals of buying a Kindle Fire HD8 was to read more comics, and to some extent, that's been fulfilled. Marvel regularly has sa...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Review: The Year of Living Danishly

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The Year of Living Danishly is a memoir by Helen Russell about her move to Denmark with her husband. Russell is a freelance journalist, and...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Review: Capresso Infinity Burr Grinder

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After 3 years, our Cusinart CBM-18 finally bit the dust and stopped working. It was way past the warranty, so time to buy a new one. Firs...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

First Impressions: LG V20

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To be honest, I didn't purchase the LG V20 to use as a cell phone at all! What happened was that I was shopping for a high res music pl...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Review: Columbia Featherweight Hiking Shirt

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I was very skeptical that Columbia's " featherweight" hiking shirt was actually light. How can anything with long sleeves, bu...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Review: D&D Starter Edition (5e)

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I seem to be in the habit of playing only every odd numbered edition of D&D. I skipped 2nd Edition, played 3rd Edition to death, and got...
Monday, April 09, 2018

Review: The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

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Larry Hosken highly recommended The Lost Art of Finding Our Way on his book review . I love navigating and navigation problems. When I walk...
Monday, April 02, 2018

Review: Peter Parker - The Spectacular Spider-Man - Into the Twilight

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I thought that Spiderman: Homecoming was the best Spiderman movie in years, and decided for $1, I could pick up a recent Spiderman comic. I...
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...