Friday, August 30, 2019

Review: The Salt Path

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The Salt Path is Raynor Winn's memoir of her backpacking trip on the South West Coast Path in England. It differs from "incompeten...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Post Tour Review: Taotronics BH052

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I carried along the Taotronics BH052 during the tour. It served not only as a bluetooth headset for answering phone calls, but also as an a...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Review: An Elegant Defense

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An Elegant Defense is a book about our understanding of the human immune system, and how that has affected the life of patients. I ton of t...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Review: Tesla - Inventor of the Modern

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Tesla is a biography of the well known scientist and inventor. My knowledge of the inventor prior to reading the book was limited to that o...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Review: The Art of Conflict Management

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The Art of Conflict Management is a 24-lecture series about conflict management. It's probably something alien to most engineers, since...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Post Tour Review: Arkel Drylite Panniers

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Cycling bags are a compromise. For my trips on my single bike, I avoid panniers as much as possible, preferring saddlebags or bike-packing b...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Review: The Hidden Life of Trees

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After reading The Weather Detective, I had to read The Hidden Life of Trees , which many have praised as being a better book. It's defin...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Review: Salt - A World History

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I read Salt while touring across Bavaria, and it was a surprisingly appropriate read! The book covers the history of Salt's importance, ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Review: Exhalation

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Exhalation is the latest collection of Ted Chiang stories. If you're a fan of Ted Chiang, you probably didn't need to know more, and...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Review: The Uninhabitable Earth

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I'm an environmental pessimist. That doesn't mean I don't do everything I can to avoid increasing my carbon footprint --- I ride...
Friday, August 16, 2019

A Man for All Markets

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A Man for All Markets is Ed Thorp's autobiography. It's a great book about how Thorp went from being a mathematician to being the f...
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Review: Stiff

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Stiff is Mary Roach's book about what happens to Human Cadavers. If you've read her other books, you'll discover that this one i...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Post Tour Review: Google Pay

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At home, NFC payments are at most a minor convenience. The local safeway takes it, but Costco doesn't, and the gas stations and USPS def...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Post Tour Review: Continental GP 5000 700x32 tires

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Just as I was packing the bike for the Mt Shasta trip, I noticed that the Fairweather by Traveler tire on the rear had wear indicators th...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Post Tour Review: Polar OH1+

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I  brought the Polar OH1+ on this tour half expecting not to use it. But boy I was wrong. In fact, the worst thing I can say about the Pola...
Friday, August 09, 2019

Post Tour Review: Pixel 3A XL

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For mother's day this year, I got Xiaoqin the Pixel 3A XL to upgrade her from the (still wonderful) Moto Z Play. Several items drove the...
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Thursday, August 08, 2019

Tour Across Bavaria: Thoughts

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One big thought that crossed my mind in April and before the trip was "How young is too young to go touring?" Now I've heard o...
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Wednesday, August 07, 2019

July 3rd: Epilogue - Zurich to Rumlang

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 It was only a 6 mile ride back to Holiday Express Zurich airport, but it was a nerve-wracking ride, as the kids were back to wriggling on ...
Tuesday, August 06, 2019

July 2nd: Zurich

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We woke up before the alarm rang, and packed up and got the kids ready. It was just as well that we were early, as I had a snafu getting the...
Monday, August 05, 2019

July 1st: Various Salzburg Attractions

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I woke up early so I could scout out the platform where our train would arrive early the next day. To my relief, it was relatively accessi...