Friday, September 28, 2018

Review: Beauty - A Novel

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Beauty reminds me of a "made-for-tv" movie. The plot is straightforward, as is the narrative, and the characters live right up to...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Review: Needful Things

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Needful Things is Stephen King's novel about a curio shop with a soul-collecting owner. You've probably visited one, but King manag...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Review: Limar Ultralight Helmet

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I've been disappointed by helmet technology over the last decade or so, as helmet improvement appears to have stalled. Helmets haven...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Review: Misbehaving - The Making of Behavioral Economics

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Misbehaving is Richard Thaler's memoir of how Behavioral Economics went from being a backwater of economics to becoming mainstream enou...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Review: A couple of fountain pens

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Bowen's teacher was complaining about his writing. My solution was to get a handwriting practice book and then pens and make him practic...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Long Term Review: Sony WH1000XM2

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When I first reviewed the Sony WH1000XM2 , I hadn't used them on an airplane. On the flight to and from Europe this time, I used them on...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Review: Deep - Freediving, Renegade Science, and What Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves

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I listened to  Deep  as an audio book. I expected a short, fairly easy listening book, and what I got was a long book full of scientific res...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Review: Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible

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Hamster Princess - Harriet the Invincible is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, but with a modernist take that's quite charming. It's ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Review: Netflix's Altered Carbon

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To say that I'm a fan of Richard K Morgan is an understatement. I've bought and read everything in the Takeshi Kovacs series, includ...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Review: 3M Safety Glasses

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One of the kids in Bowen's school showed up with these cool wrap-around safety glasses that appeared to fit him really well, so I asked...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Review: Google WiFi

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I usually try to stay away from Google's hardware consumer products: it's quite clear to me that Google's product managers suffe...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Review: Dark Matter

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Dark Matter is Blake Crouch's novel about a man who's kidnapped by a mirror world substitute. Rather than a serious or speculative ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Review: Nomatic Minimalist Wallet

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If you're like any regular cyclist, jersey pocket space is at a premium. This leads to certain routine behaviors like getting a zip-lock...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Review: Leonardo Da Vinci

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Leonardo Da Vinci is Walter Issacson's biography of Leonardo Da Vinci. It covers his life in great detail, covering his entire life. ...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Things I would have done differently

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I'm always thinking of ways to improve the next tour, and if there was anything I could have done differently to improve the experience....
Friday, September 07, 2018

Review: Moto X4

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Amazon Prime Day had the Moto X4 (Amazon Edition) for $199. At that price, I'd jumped on it, given that I had cracked the screen on the...
Thursday, September 06, 2018

Review: Columbia Men's Trail Splash Shorts

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Columbia recently had a sale on their Trail Splash Shorts . It being the summer, I bought one. When it arrived, I weighed them at 145g. By c...
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Review: Crazy Rich Asians

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I didn't realize that Crazy Rich Asians was set in Singapore, so when my wife started asking about Singaporean 富二代, I found myself sayi...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Packing List for Tour of the Alps 2018

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This year, I didn't bother with spare tires or spare derailleur and brake cables. The Park Pin tool is for adjusting the eccentric in pl...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

Travel Credit Cards Overview

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This time, we traveled with the Capital One Quicksilver and Amazon Prime credit cards for travel use. Both offer no-fee international tran...