Monday, August 24, 2020

Review: Uncanny Valley

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I came across Uncanny Valley from various reviews --- as a book about Silicon Valley, you can't avoid the reviews. Anna Wiener is a dec...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Review: Takeya Cold Brew Ice Coffee Maker

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I tried StarBucks cold brew once and wasn't impressed. It felt like an excuse to serve you watered down coffee by dumping lots of ice in...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Review: Achtung Baby

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Ever since Pam Druckerman wrote Bringing up Bebe, there's been an increasing number of books discussing how parenting happens in other ...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Review: Sex and Vanity

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By now, you know what to expect from a Kevin Kwan novel: lots of footnotes, attention to the details of the lives of the ultra-wealthy, and ...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Review: Topeak Smart Guage D2

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I've been making do with the gauge on various pumps in the house for ages, and relying on feel to decide how high to pump up the tires. ...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

Review: How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm

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How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm is a parenting book about different cultures approach certain areas of parenting. It's an intriguing...
Monday, August 03, 2020

Review: Snow, Glass Apples

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Snow, Glass, Apples is a Neil Gaiman's re-interpretation of the snow white fairy tale. Gorgeously illustrated by Colleen Doran, it'...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Review: The Road

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I finally tried reading The Road again, this time keeping in mind that it was one of the inspirations for The Last of Us . It's a surpr...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Review: Lock Laces

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I'm not one of those people who believes in shoe laces. I gave up on them several years ago when I switched to shoes that didn't nee...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Review: Swearing is Good For You

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Swearing is Good For You is Emma Byrne's debut book about the research and science behind swearing. It turns out that Byrne is actually...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Review: The Algebra of Happiness

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I read The Four and found it enjoyable enough to consider other Scott Galloway books. He's irreverent and fun, so I tried The Algebra o...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Review: Hikenture Sleeping Bag Stuff Sack

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I'd somehow lost my stuff sack for the North Face Blue Kazoo, so I looked for a stuff sack to replace it. The Hikenture came up on ...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Review: Knizia's Lord of the Rings Board Game

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With shelter in place, I had the kids at home nearly all the time. I started working through some of the board games I'd bought to play ...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Review: The Masked Rider

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I started listening to The Masked Rider before the COVID19 shelter in place orders, and after that got so distracted by various items that ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Review: Katadyn BeFree water filter

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My last filter was a Katadyn Virustat, but the product is out of stock and replacement filters are also similarly impossible to find. The re...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Review: Amazon Commercial Vinyl Tape

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When you have a triplet with 2 kids, what tends to happen is that any weakness in the bar tape will get picked apart until the tape unravels...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Review: MSR Freelite 3 person tent

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I bought the MSR Freelite 3 person tent from REI during a sale for about half the MSRP. At 3 pounds 7 ounces it was on a per person basis e...
Thursday, July 09, 2020

Review: Born Standing Up

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Born Standing Up is Steve Martin's memoir of his time as a comedian and why he gave up stand up comedy. Contrary to my expectation, it ...
Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Yosemite/Hetch Hetchy Ranchiera Falls

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Yosemite just re-opened with massive numbers of restrictions, including reservations required for day-entry, which meant that for the first ...
Monday, July 06, 2020

Review: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is a history of the eponymous character. It's pretty comprehensive, and doesn't jus...