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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:30 AM

King County Library Rocks

We live in a high tech county. Facebook, Amazon, Google and Microsoft all have offices here and those are just a few of the names you’d recognize. It apparently trickles down into our library system. The more I look at the library, the more amazed I am...
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Friday, May 17, 2013 12:30 AM

Kingkiller Chronicles

Looking for a book to read? I just finished the first book of the Kingkiller Chronicles and immediately started on the second one. It’s something like a cross between Harry Potter for adults, but that isn’t really fair to either series. Patrick Rothfuss...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:30 AM

Trap Shooting

I picked up a copy of Breaking Clays: Target, Tactics, Tips and Techniques by Chris Batha in hopes that it would help with my trap shooting. The first half of the book is an introduction to shotgun sports while the second half covers the various sports...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:30 AM

Book Quotes

One of the best features of the Kindle is the ability to highlight passages and then retrieve them on your computer later. Here are some of the passages I’ve highlighted in the last few months: ATLANTIS by Bob Mayer More missions meant they were better...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 12:30 AM

Why We Get Fat

I recently read a book called Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes. It’s the first dieting book I’ve ever read, but this one sparked my interest because it’s a very techy book. Roughly the first half of the book is devoted to a very detailed...
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Monday, October 08, 2012 12:30 AM

Daemon and Freedom

What would happen if you turned a computer game artificial intelligence loose in the real world? Think about how much of our planet is controlled by computers and then imagine what that AI could accomplish! That’s the basic premise of Daemon and...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:30 AM

Trail Safety

There’s a lot of crazy stuff that happens out in the woods, so I read Trail Safe: How to Avoid Danger in the Backcountry . If you want to read it on your Kindle, let me know and I can loan it to you. The author breaks down various situations into four...
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Monday, July 02, 2012 12:30 AM

Quick Book Reviews

Getting a Kindle almost three years ago really increased the amount of reading I do. I thin in the beginning it was fun to play with a geeky toy, and by the time that wore off, I was in the habit of reading every night before bed. At about 30 minutes...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 12:30 AM

Book Quotes

I haven’t posted any book quotes recently so it’s time to rectify that situation. Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy Somewhere in him was the knowledge that there was no such thing as sameness: You might do the same things and cover the...
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Friday, June 08, 2012 12:30 AM

Your Itching Ears

A few months ago I wrote about a book called The Information Diet , and I finally got around to reading it. I had high hopes for it, and I wasn’t disappointed! You really should consider reading the book yourself, but I’ll give you quotes...
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:30 AM

The Information Diet

I just added a book called The Information Diet by Clay Johnson to my Kindle. I haven’t read it yet, but I’m very excited about it based on his hour long interview on TWiT Triangulation. The premise of the book is that, just like with food...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:30 AM

Game of Thrones on DVD/BluRay

I’ve been reading through the Game of Thrones series. The books are set in medieval times with a dose of fantasy thrown in. The books are LONG so I’m only about halfway through the second book, but they are very enjoyable. There was a popular...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:30 AM

Kindle Books at the Library

A lot of libraries use a company called Overdrive to lend out digital books. Those digital copies up to this point have always been PDF or EPUB. Neither version works with the Kindle. Earlier this year Overdrive announced that they were working on a version...
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Friday, July 15, 2011 12:30 AM

Book Quotes

This episode of book quotes features Lucifer’s Hammer. Of all the books I’ve read recently, this one is at or near the top of the list. Check it out! Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products, and Medical Mysteries...
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Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:30 AM

Book Quotes

It’s time for another edition of passages that I’ve highlighted in Kindle books. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card University people were always so proud of being readers instead of television watchers, but what was the difference, really? It...
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