Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Review: This is Your Brain on Parasites

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I listened to This is Your Brain on Parasites  as an audible audio book because it was on sale. The book obviously covers parasites and thei...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Review: It's Better Than It Looks

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I'm a natural pessimist and contrarian at heart. It's Better Than It Looks is a very optimistic book, using the long arch of histor...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Review: Pletscher Double Leg Kickstand

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Our triplet/tandem/quad came from the shop with a Pletscher Double Leg Kickstand . It finally gave up the ghost after 3 and a half years of ...
Friday, October 26, 2018

First Impressions: Garmin RTL-510

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My brother gave me a RTL-510 for my birthday. It's a safety accessory that I've been seeing more and more on bikes around here, and...
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Review: Waterfi Swimcast

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The Waterfi Swimcast is a chromecast audio device stitched together with a battery and then wrapped in a waterproof'd housing and then ...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Review: Vizio Smartcast M70-E3

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The renter wanted a TV in the rental unit, and was willing to pay for it, so we gave them our old TV, and went shopping for a new one. Costc...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Review: Whiskerella

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Bowen is now reading so well that he's able to finish books by himself, including Whiskerella , and the previous book in the hamster pri...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Review: China Rich Girlfriend

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China Rich Girlfriend is the second book in Kevin Kwan's rich people trilogy that started with Crazy Rich Asians. As the title implies,...
Friday, October 19, 2018

Review: Free Food for Millionaires

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After reading Pachinko , I saw that Min Jin Lee had another book called Free Food for Millionaires . I checked out the book and instead of a...
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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Review: Hamster Princess - Ratpunzel

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Ratpunzel is book 3 of the Hamster Princess series. Each book in the series takes a familiar fairy tale and plays with it, though some fairy...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Labor Day Lassen Volcanic National Park Trip

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My complaint about last year's backpacking trip was that I continually heard jet plane noises all day and all night. So this year, ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Review: Granite Gear Crown X60

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Massdrop had a Granite Gear Crown X60 for $120 . The Amazon price appears to be $200, so this is a significant discount. My old Lowe Alpine ...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Review: Klymit Static V2 sleeping pad and pillow

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Costco had the Klymit Static V2 sleeping pad with pillow at an astounding price of $80 for 2, so I picked it up for our annual backpacking ...
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Friday, October 12, 2018

Long Term Review: Rivendell Silver Shifters

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I've had the Rivendell Silver shifters on my custom road bike(s) since 2009, and on the tandem since 2017. The internal ratchet mechan...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Review: Samsara

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Baraka is the only BluRay in my collection I ever wore out from watching it too much. (It also got loaned out quite a bit, so it wasn't...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Review: Words of Radiance

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Words of Radiance is the second book in the Storm Light Archive series. The first book was The Way of Kings , which I reviewed 2 years ago....
Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Review: Blue Planet II

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BBC's Natural History unit has a well deserved reputation for being the best in the business. I'd go so far as to say that their doc...
Monday, October 08, 2018

Review: Of Mice and Magic

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Of Mice and Magic is the second book in the Hamster Princess series. While Harriet the Invincible was based on Sleeping Beauty, this one is...
Friday, October 05, 2018

Review: How Music Works

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I bought the audio book version of How Music Works without knowing who David Byrne was, or even being a fan of the Talking Heads band. a te...
Thursday, October 04, 2018

Review: Giro Jag gloves

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I was packing for this year's tour of the alps and the gloves I'd been using all year were dead and clearly wouldn't survive the...