Monday, December 17, 2018

Prologue

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American Airlines was a nightmare. First of all, they'd called several times prior to the trip to change our flight. We had gone from fl...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

2019 Book Reviews

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2019 Books of the Year have been picked! Non-fiction 21 Lessons for the 21st Century How to Become a Straight-A Student So Good They...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Index Page: BVI 2018

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From November 16th to November 27th, Arturo Crespo, Mark Brody, and my family did a sailing cruise in the British Virgin Islands. This marke...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Review: So Good They Can't Ignore You

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So Good They Can't Ignore You is Cal Newport's counterpart to John T Reed's Succeeding . The difference is that Cal Newport...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Review: Outdoor Research Helium Rain Pants

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I'm a sucker for deals. I thought I was happy with my Columbia Titanium Rain pant s, but Massdrop had a good deal on the Outdoor Researc...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Review: The Learning Brain

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The Learning Brain is  The Great Courses series on how your brain learns material. By coincidence, I audited this course while also reading...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Review: How to Become a Straight-A Student

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Despite not liking his previous book, I checked out How to Become a Straight-A Student . Obviously, it's too late for me to become a Str...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Review: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century is Yuval Noah Harari's book about the future of human civilization. It's not actually got 21 lesson...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

2018 Books of the Year

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This year, I read 53 books worth reviewing, audited 8 audio books, and read 12 graphic novels. That's well over a book a week, though s...
Friday, December 07, 2018

Review: American Sniper

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American Sniper is Chris Kyle's autobiographical memoir of how he came to be the SEAL sniper with the most number of confirmed kills in...
Thursday, December 06, 2018

Review: Blood, Sweat and Pixels - The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

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Blood, Sweat and Pixels is Jason Schrieier's behind the scenes looks at various games that have made it in the news over the last 5 yea...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Review: No Apparent Distress

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No Apparent Distress is Rachel Pearson's autobiographical account about how she became a doctor and the process of medical training. ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Review: Deep Work

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Deep Work is Professor Cal Newport's book about how to achieve more maker tim e. Likes most of his other books (and perhaps a character...
Monday, December 03, 2018

Review: How to Be A High School Superstar

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I've been following with interest the recent lawsuit against Harvard about Asian discrimination. It's quite obvious that that being ...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Review: The Water Will Come - Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

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The Water Will Come has a nice long bombastic title. The subject of course, is ocean levels rising and the impact it will have on coastal c...
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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Alternate Mounts for the RTL-510

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Shapeways has various different mount s for the RTL-510 . I had 2 different applications for the 3-D printer technology, neither of which we...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Review: The Diabetes Code

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The Diabetes Code is Jason Fung's book about the root cause of diabetes and his cure, which he claims to be incredibly effective, in so...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Review: Rich People Problems

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Rich People Problems is Kevin Kwan's most recent book starring the characters from Crazy Rich Asians . As with the previous novels, it ...
Monday, November 26, 2018

Event Report: Levi Gran Fondo 2018

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In recent years, I've given up on doing centuries and other organized rides. Not only have prices gone up from a manageable $20-$30/entr...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Review: Why You Are Who You Are

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Why You Are Who You Are is the great courses introduction to personality. It takes the academic approach to personality and explains it (th...