Thursday, October 28, 2021

Review: A Philosophy of Software Design

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 Over time, I've learned to be very suspicious of thick programming books. The thicker they are, the more likely it is that they be cram...
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Monday, October 25, 2021

Review: Measure What Matters

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 Measure What Matters is John Doerr's slides about OKRs turned into a book. OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are given credit in the b...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Review: The Joy of Sweat

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 The Joy of Sweat is an appropriate book to read during the summer, with high temperatures, and especially on a camping trip where you forg...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Haypress Campground

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 Bowen seemed to really like Point Reyes and the various trips we'd made there. Every so often I'd check recration.gov and everythin...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Review: Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0

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 A recent work event had prep work that included reading Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 , a book I read way back in 1995 because Reed Hastings ...
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Monday, October 11, 2021

Review: Numbers Don't Lie

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   Numbers Don't Lie  was something recommended by a Bill Gates newsletter. The praise was effusive, and I like numbers so I checked it ...
Thursday, October 07, 2021

Review: Horizon Zero Dawn

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 Horizon Zero Dawn came with really good reviews. It is, however, one of those cases where the gaming press preferences run pretty counter ...
Monday, October 04, 2021

Review: Red Comet - The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

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 I've actually never read anything by Sylvia Plath, but her name kept coming up over and over again in various contexts, mostly non-fict...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Review: Press Reset

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 The subtitle of Press Reset is "Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry." I picked it up expecting light reading in the fac...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Review: Continental GP5000 700x32

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 Just before the 2 019 Tour across Bavaria , I'd worn out all my Michelins and my Fairweather by Traveler tires. I replaced them with C...
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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Review: Anthro VIsion

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 I don't know how AnthroVision got onto my reading list, but I didn't realize until about a third into the book where I'd seen ...
Monday, September 20, 2021

Review: The Wisdom of No Escape

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 I came across The Wisdom of No Escape when someone read from it during a talk. The opening chapter was written with such wisdom and courag...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Review: Noise - A Flaw in Human Judgement

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 Noise is a book about human judgement. The book's unique perspective about judgement is that judgement is an attempt to use the human ...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Review: Keen Aimea H2 Flip-Flops

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 I've been a long time user of the Keen sandals. The toe protection is great, and they're the ideal shoe for casual summer outings l...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Review: Messy - The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives

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  Messy is Tim Harford's book about messiness. It's a surprisingly wide-ranging book covering many topics. For instance, when evalua...
Thursday, September 09, 2021

Review: The Data Detective

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 The Data Detective is Tim Harford's response to " How to Lie with Statistics ". What surprised me the most about the book wa...
Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Review: 5 in 1 Can/Jar Opener Kit

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 During the pandemic, we've become addicted to those huge jars of artichoke hearts from Costco, both to add to salad and to use on a pi...
Tuesday, September 07, 2021

Review: Dreams/Art's Dream (PS5)

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Dreams (PS5) is a game construction kit. I don't actually have time to construct games, no matter how easy to use the construction kit i...