Thursday, January 28, 2021

Review: Spider-man: Miles Morales vol 1 & 2

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 I was very impressed by the story in the PS4 game Miles Morales, so when Boen asked me to read a Spider-man book to him, I checked out Spid...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Switching to Bar Soap

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 I'd been using Nivea 3-in-1 shampoo and body wash for myself and the kids through a series of Amazon deals, but then ran out in the mi...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Review: Spider-man Miles Morales (PS4 Pro)

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 I wasn't going to pick up Spider-man: Miles Morales until it had dropped in price, but all the reviews mentioned that it was a short g...
Monday, January 18, 2021

Review: Canon Image Class MF644Cdw

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 The wife and kids have been asking for a color printer for a while, and at the same time my ancient brother scanner started dying, able to ...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Review: D&D Adventure Begins Cooperative Board Game

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 So much of what I could do with Bowen was because he was a precocious reader, never being intimidated by board games that required reading ...
Thursday, January 07, 2021

Review: Clean

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 Clean was on the Smithsonian 20 best science books of the year, and it was written by a doctor who's a staff writer at The Atlantic, s...
Monday, January 04, 2021

Review: The Last of Us Part 2

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 Several years ago, I reviewed The Last of Us and compared it with eating your vegetables. Not having very much experience with video games...
Friday, January 01, 2021

2021 Book Reviews

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Books of the year for 2021 have been selected. Non-Fiction Justice - What's the Right Thing to Do? The End of Everything Post-Truth Cle...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Installation Review: Swytch E-bike Conversion Kit (Tour edition)

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 Last year, I saw the Swytch Ebike conversion kit on Kickstarter $780 + custom fees (around $30). The reasons to get this over say, a tour c...
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Monday, December 28, 2020

Review: Post-Truth

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 Mike Sojka recommended Post-Truth as a quick short read that explains the Trump era. It is indeed a quick read and covers many topics of ...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Review: The End of Everything

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 I picked up The End of Everything because it was on the Smithsonian list of top science books of the year. About 20 pages in I realized it...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Review: Justice - What's the Right Thing to Do?

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 After reading The Tyranny of Merit and discovering that it gave me so much to think about, I decided to see what else Sandel (a Harvard Pro...
Monday, December 14, 2020

Review: The Shadowed Sun

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 The Shadowed Sun is N. K. Jemisin's second book set in the world of The Killing Moon. Narratively,  it's a sequel, as the events t...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Review: Poppy! And the Lost Lagooon

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 Poppy! And the Lost Lagoon  is a comic book that reads a bit like a Tintin pastiche. You encounter Poppy and Colt as they come back to New ...
Monday, December 07, 2020

Review: The Killing Moon

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 After reading How Long 'til Black Future Month , I did some research and discovered that The Killing Moon was set in the same world th...
Friday, December 04, 2020

Review: The Half-Life of Marie Curie

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 The Half-Life of Marie Curie is an Audible audio performance from a play. It revolves around Marie Curie and Hertha Ayron. The play is set...
Monday, November 30, 2020

Review: Matador Beast 28 Technical Backpack

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 I received a Matador Beast 28 backpack over the summer as corporate swag. I've been using it for mountain biking and hiking as a daypa...
Monday, November 23, 2020

2020 Books of the Year

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 This year I read around 82 books or so, including a number of re-reads. In the context of the mess that's 2020, reading has both been ...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Review: How Long 'til Black Future Month?

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 How Long 'til Black Future Month? is the first collection of N.K. Jemisin's short stories. I loved her Inheritance Trilogy but bou...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Review: The Tyranny of Merit

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 In the wake of the 2020 election, there were several events that puzzled me, such as Joe Biden losing Florida despite the $15 minimum wage ...