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Friday, May 29, 2015
Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the Worldin His Own Image
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I read this on the plane on the way home. It provides just the right amount of background and detail, filling in gaps in my knowledge o...
Consider Phlebas
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The first "Culture" book is good. 4/5 stars
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Petit Quinquin
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We are watching the french mini-series " Le Petit Quinquin ." It is very bizarre and powerful in many ways. The timing and cinem...
Run all night
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Monday night we watched “Run All Night” where Liam Neeson plays an alcoholic mafia torpedo who has Liam-Neeson super powers. When you sho...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Battling Botnets
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The anti-fraud team in Google has very cool digs in London. They are fighting botnets that create billions in click fraud losses to the e...
A Lion Among Men
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I finished Greg McGuire's fourth book in his "Wicked" stories in his own Oz universe. I find the magic system inconsistent an...
Monday, May 18, 2015
Focus
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. . . is slightly better than the terrible reviews; 3/5 stars. Not good; barely worth watching.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Echopraxia
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Just This one is just as good as "Blindsight." It's a fantastic story with amazing metaphysics, hard science, epic (operatic) ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Iron Sky
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based on recommendations from people at work we watched "Iron Sky." It was as bad as the reviews and we are sorry we wasted the ...
Rip Off
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loved this collection of short stories. 3/5 stars.
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