Monday, March 31, 2025

Review: Rethinking Diabetes

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 Rethinking Diabetes is about the history of diabetic treatment, and the various back-and-forths about diet for diabetic patients over the ...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Reread: Outlive

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  Outlive was onsale for $2 on the Kindle so I bought it and read it again. I keep being surprised at how detailed this book is, with a dee...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Review: Silca SuperPista Digital Floor Pump

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 There was a sale on the SuperPista Digital Floor Pump. While I had a perfectly operational pump, the idea of a pump with a gauge that was ...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Review: Soldier Son Trilogy

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Soldier Son Trilogy  was on sale for a low price, so I bought it since Robin Hobb had a good reputation Narrated from a first person point o...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Review: Zatanna

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  Zatana was billed as being written by Paul Dini, and she was one of the surviving members of DC universe's magic community after Alan...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Review: Worlds

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 I remember being at a Worldcon where a group of writers talked about fiction vs non-fiction. They asserted that since they wrote fiction, t...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Review: Batman/Catwoman

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 Batman/Catwoman was on sale at a reasonable price, and I bought it hoping that it would be a great graphic novel. (Tom King's gotten m...
Friday, March 07, 2025

Review: Navaris Long Handle Ti Spork

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 My go-to freeze-dried backpacking meals are the Mountain House pouches . The flavors are usually decent, and the cooking easy. The pouches ...
Thursday, March 06, 2025

Review: GTYOPR Collapsible Cups and Bowls

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 I've long been a fan of the snapfold cups, bowls, and dishes that Arturo was using on camping trips. They were really light, easy to c...
Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Review: Justice (DC Graphic Novel)

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 DC put a bunch of graphic novels on sale, and I noted that I'd never read Justice before, and the artist was Alex Ross, which made it ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Re-read: Kingdom Come

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  Kingdom Come is Alex Ross's beautifully painted story set in the future of the DC Universe that's non-canon. In this world, publi...
Monday, March 03, 2025

Review: Jellyfish Age Backwards

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 Jellyfish Age Backwards is a survey about the various state of our understanding about longevity and methods about preventing aging. It pr...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Review: Twitter and Tear Gas - The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

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 All through the COVID19 pandemic, Zeynep Tufekci was one of the smartest voices in the various places she was published in. Her article in ...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Review: EOS EF-M 55-200 4.5-6.3 IS STM

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 The thing with the Pixel Pro 8 and 9 is that the phone cameras are now so good that pulling out a bigger mirrorless camera is more cumberso...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 5th - Epilogue & Conclusions

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 It was raining by the time we put everything in the car and drove up to refuel it. Arriving at the airport, we found the New Zealand checki...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 4th: Hokitki to Christchurch

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 The sun came out again as we left Hokitika in the morning after breakfast, which was bought by walking to the supermarket in the morning. ...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Review: Platypus Quickdraw Filter

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 Our Katadyn BeFree water filter was getting old, to the point where on a recent hiking trip it was an intense amount of work to get water ...
Friday, February 21, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 3rd - Alpine Junction to Hokitiki

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  We woke up to cloudy skies and a hint of rain. As we put the luggage into the car it started drizzling on us but the roads were still dry....
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Review: Hydrapak Flux Collapsible Water Bottles

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 Having given up on Hydration Packs, I'd been carrying reusable water bottles for hiking, usually insulated ones. However, those are hea...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 2nd - Diamond Lake and Rocky Point

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The wear and tear of doing so much hiking was showing on everyone. When I planned our trip to Wanaka the thought to myself was that to do th...