Monday, July 31, 2017

Zadig ou la destinee

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Another great story by Voltaire, 4/5 stars.

Candide ou l'optimisme

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This play or the story summary version I read on the plane today is fantastic! I was laughing frequently all during the flight. 5/5 stars. -...

Kaffir Boy

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My daughter must read this book for her class at school so I wanted to see if the pornography law suit against school districts had merit.  ...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

max the demon vs entropy of doom

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It's a graphic novel (comic book) to make thermodynamics approachable by non-physics majors. I sponsored the kickstarter project because...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

7/24 - 7/26/17 Photo updates

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Gabriella's camera "saw Internet" when it came home to our house and uploaded the rest of the photos I had not secured previou...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Hunkelers Geheimnis

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The flight from Zurich to LAX had a good selection of audio programming​ and I listened to this excellent radio play.  The story, characters...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Microcosmos: Le people de cosmos

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Fantastic documentary about bugs in the meadow.  Great close-up footage. 4/5 stars. -- mfw@wyle.org | 1.425.249.3936

Fwd: The rise and fall of D.O.D.O

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I really like Neal Stephenson's books and also enjoyed his collaboration _Cobweb_.  This collaboration is not as good but is still ok. T...
Monday, July 24, 2017

7/19/17 - 7/24/17: Switzerland wrap-up

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Individual Daily Photo Albums Wednesday 7/19/2017: Speed boating Lake Zurich Thursday 7/20/2017: Walk around Lake Zurich and downtown ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

7/18/2017: Lichtenstein, Chaeserrugg

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Photos We drove (for a few hours) to Chaeserrugg today, where we took the incline and a cable car to the top of the mountain and then hike...