Tuesday, November 29, 2022

What if? 2 by Randall Munroe

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I love XKCD and this second volume of the series is just as good as the first one. The cartoons are fantastic.  Some of the questions and an...

Die Leiden des Jungen Werther von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Dieses fantastische Buch ist mindestens so gut, wenn nicht sogar besser als Romeo und Julia. Die Schönheit der Schrift ist atemberaubend. 5/...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Gateway by Frederik Pohl

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This book won the 1978 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1978 Locus Award for Best Novel, the 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1978 Jo...

Forget Nothing by Jason Anspach & Michelle G Meyers (audio)

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This well-acted audiobook is a good back story to an interesting character in the series. There were some fun, tantalizing clues to the ...

The Sandman Act III by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs (audio)

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I listened to the most popular audiobook on audible and was disappointed.  The graphic novel is not well-adapted to audio; the power of the ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Remains by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole

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Fun story, great characters, 5/5 Stars.
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Tschick von Wolfgang Herrndorf

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Die Geschichte ist spannend und anschaulich.  Die verschiedenen Charaktere sind lebendig beschrieben und eine Entwicklung durchlaufen. Das B...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Tips for business writing

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A  wise friend of mine recently posted these simple tips for business writing .  I personally violate all of these rules frequently and ne...

minimize dependences

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One of the rare objective principles we try to apply to reorgs and org design is to minimize the required communication and lock-step depend...
Monday, November 14, 2022

The Signal 2 by Joshua and Philipp Calvert

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The series is getting much worse as the magic system devolves and the prepper lifestyle is glorified. 2/5 Stars.  I shall likely not read th...