Thursday, December 29, 2022

Review: What if? 2

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 I queued up for What if? 2 as soon as the library's digital queue opened. In many ways, it's a great book for fans of What if?   I...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Esperanza to Bahia de Isla Chiva

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 I looked through the guidebook and realized that there was an anchorage we had bypassed on the way to Esperanza, which was Bahia de Isla Ch...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Culebrita to Esperanza, Vieques

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 We woke up early on thanksgiving sail determined to sail. The sail from Culebrita to Esperanza was mostly a beam reach followed by a run, ...
Monday, December 26, 2022

Review: Mythos

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  Mythos is Stephen Fry's retelling of Greek Mythology. If you've read anything by Stephen Fry, you can hear the voice coming throu...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Punta Del Soldado to Ensenada Honda

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 In the morning, we complained about the mooring ball knocking against the hull all  night. We'd barely gotten the boys into the water w...
Friday, December 23, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Ensenada Honda to Culebrita

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 We got up early, wanting to sail at first light. Well, sail was the wrong word. There was still sufficient weather from the East that prolo...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Review: The Story of the Tour de France 2019

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 I was a big fan of McGann's previous Story of the Tour de France , and when I saw they had a report of the 2019 tour for about $2, I t...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Punta Grand Tamarindo to Punta Del Soldado

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 The morning found everyone refreshed and free from sea-sickness. Niniane had a work related call from 9 in the morning, so I moved the boat...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Review: Gran Turismo 7

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 I didn't set out to play Gran Turismo 7 . What happened was that I found a good deal on a Thrustmaster T150 for $100. Since I had a co...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands Index Page

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 From Nov 20th to Nov 27th, my family, Arturo, Mark, Niniane, and Dan chartered a 420 Lagoon Catamaran out of Puerto Del Rey Marina and moto...
Friday, December 16, 2022

What I learned from 32 years of cycling

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 I first started cycling seriously in 1990, when I was an intern at Bellcore and had totaled a car that I had bought for $200. The bike was ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2022

Thinking about Frame Geometry

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 I spend too much time thinking about bike geometry. Not just that, specifically, the geometry of a single "road" bike. I put ...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Puerto Del Rey Marina to Punta Tamarindo

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 After a bad night of sleeping, we woke up and ate the rest of the food we'd bought, packed up, and headed down to the lobby to checkout...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands Prologue: San Jose to San Juan Puerto Rico

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 We rose at 5:00am, caught a ride to the San Jose Airport, and sailed through the TSA Pre check line. The flight from San Jose to Atlanta wa...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Review: Specialized RBX Knickers and Grail Gloves

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 Specialized Men's RBX Knicker s were on sale during the holidays so I bought a pair for $40. Wearing these keep your knees covered whil...
Thursday, December 08, 2022

Review: The Cuckoo's Egg

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 I first read The Cuckoo's Egg way back in the 1990s, and recently someone referred to it and I figured why not read it again --- it...
Monday, December 05, 2022

Review: The Betrayal of Anne Frank

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 I read somewhere that the mystery of who betrayed Anne Frank had been solved, and The Betrayal of Anne Frank is the book that explores the...
Thursday, December 01, 2022

Review: King Arthur - History and Legend

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 I started watching King Arthur - History and Legend out of curiosity and got sucked in and ended up watching all 24 episodes on Kanopy. Th...
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...