Monday, October 28, 2019

Review: Something Deeply Hidden

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Something Deeply Hidden is Sean Carroll's book about the foundations of Quantum Theory. The thesis of the book is that most of the phys...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Review: Ultralearning

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I'm of two minds about Ultralearning . The book as a whole is good. It describes various learning techniques that allow you to learn som...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Review: Victagen Bicycle Light

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In 2017, I settled on the Blitzu Gator as the standard solution for all lights in the house. The light was cheap, had a decent mount, and h...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Review: The Years that Matter Most - How College Makes or Breaks Us

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In recent years it's been fashionable in Silicon Valley to denigrate the value of a college education. The Years that Matter Most isn...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

First Impressions: Ricoh GR III

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My Canon G7m2 died during this year's Tour across Bavaria, but rather than replace it with an identical unit, I considered getting a Ric...
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Monday, October 21, 2019

Review: Means of Ascent

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Despite my misgivings, I checked out Means of Ascent when I saw that my library had it in ebook format with zero wait time. The follow-on t...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Review: Without Saying a Word

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Without Saying a Word is a book about body language. I don't remember why I bought it as an audible book ,since it's kinda hard to ...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Review: Marvel 1602

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I somehow missed Marvel 1602 when it came out in 2004, probably mistaking it for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , which is set 200 y...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Review: Rough Stuff Fellowship Archive

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You've probably already seen many samples of pictures from the Rough Stuff Fellowship Archive , though you might not have known it. For ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Review: The Etymologicon

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The Etymologicon was an Audible sale purchase. This is one of those cases where the book and information itself is good, complete with a hi...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Review: How To - Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real World Problems

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I loved What-If , and wasn't a big fan of Thing Explainer , so I checked out How-To from the library instead of buying it. To my relief...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Review: The Intelligence Trap - Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes

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I checked out The Intelligence Trap from the library half expecting it to be a let-down. I thought it might turn out to be another rehash o...
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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Review: The Path to Power

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I picked out The Path to Power   on Audible because it seemed like the perfect book to use the audiobook treatment on: it was non-fiction, h...
Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Trip Report: Emigrant Wilderness

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This year's backpacking trip was suddenly changed to the Emigrant Wilderness (so named because it adjuncts the old wagon road into C...
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Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Review: Replay

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Replay is Ken Grimwood's novel that was the inspiration for Groundhog day. Well, OK, it's not, but it's what Groundhog day woul...
Monday, October 07, 2019

Review: Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

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I checked Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry out from the library hoping that Bowen would read it, but Bowen turned his nose up at it...
Friday, October 04, 2019

Review: The Witcher Omnibus

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I was browsing Hoopla and found The Witcher, which intrigued me, since it apparently told new and different stories and weren't based o...
Thursday, October 03, 2019

Review: Pamu Slide Wireless Headset

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My biggest issue with the Taotronics headset was that while the sound was fine, the headset didn't work very well for phone calls, with ...
Wednesday, October 02, 2019

Review: Logtech MX Ergo Mouse

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I've been quite happy with my old Logitech M570 trackball for years. It's frequently on sale for $20 or less, and has been reliable...
Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Review: Kochland

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Kochland is Christopher Leonard's history of Koch Industries, and how it became not just a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, but also a...