Monday, November 28, 2022

Review: Energizer X400 Headlight

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 I was looking for a headlight on my Roadini, and the Energizer X400 was onsale for about $10, which is even cheaper than my usual cheap Bl...
Thursday, November 24, 2022

Review: Spiderlight

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  Spiderlight is Adrian Tchaikovsky's high fantasy novel. It's revolves around the small D&D dungeon party (complete with cleric...
Monday, November 21, 2022

Putting together my Roadini

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 After I broke my Ti frame in January , I decided that I should get a backup road bike. Anyone who's broken 2 titanium frames in around ...
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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Nelson Lakes Backpacking Trip

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 I'd failed to take the kids camping this year. I actually had one organized the weekend before our Tour of the Alps, but I actually got...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

2023 Book Reviews

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Books of the year for 2023 were chosen! Non-Fiction The Betrayal of Anne Frank The Cuckoo's Egg The Story of the Tour de France 2019 Wha...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Review: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt

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 I checked out The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt from the library because lots of people kept referencing her with respect to the current ...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Books of the Year 2022

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 This year I read about 81 books , which is more than a book a week. When you read this many books, it gets actually pretty hard to choose w...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Review: The Perfect Predator

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 The Perfect Predator is a memoir of the author's successful attempt to shepherd her husband through a horrifying encounter with a mult...
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Monday, November 07, 2022

Review: Limited Wish

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 Limited Wish  is the sequel to Mark Lawrence's One Word Kill , which I enjoyed but only remembered to read when it was put on sale. Lik...
Thursday, November 03, 2022

Review: Arbitrary Lines

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 Arbitrary Lines is M Nolan Gray's book about zoning. It begins with the story of Sim City and how it gave the impression that zoning i...
Monday, October 31, 2022

Review: Shimano PD-ES600

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 My Shimano M520 s have been the mainstay of my cycling pedals for years and years. They have wrench flats, last pretty much forever (suvivi...
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Review: An Immense World

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 An Immense World is Ed Yong's book about various senses in the animal kingdom. It's a surprisingly long book, covering how various...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Review: Sci-Phi Science Fiction as Philosophy

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 I saw Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy as one of the great courses offering on Kanopy, and tried one lecture and was blown away. The...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Review: Amusing Ourselves to Death

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 Ezra Klein kept mentioning Amusing Ourselves to Death , so I had to check it out from the library. The book is a criticism of the televisio...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Review: Language Families of the World

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 I've enjoyed most of John McWhorter's work, so when I saw that Niniane's Goodreads mentioned The Great Courses' Language F...
Thursday, October 13, 2022

Review: Shokz OpenMove

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 Shokz OpenMove is a set of open ear bone conducting headphones. These leave your ears open so you can still hear traffic, etc., so you can...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Review: 84 Charing Cross Road

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 84 Charing Cross Road is a collection of letters between Helene Hanff and the staff of Marks and Company, from right after the second worl...
Thursday, October 06, 2022

Review: The Rider

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 I'll admit that I can only watch bicycle racing in tiny youtube clips. The long form videos bore me to tears, but I'll happily read...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Touring Review: Pixel 6

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Throughout this year's tour, we used the Pixel 6 as a backup for photographs (especially when it was raining, since the Pixel 6 was wat...
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Monday, October 03, 2022

Review: Magicians - New Class

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The Magicians: New Class is a comic book series set after the events of the novels. Despite Lev Grossman's name on the Amazon informati...