Books
Harvey And Etsuko’s Manga Guide To Japan
Title: Harvey And Etsuko’s Manga Guide To Japan Author: Charles Danziger, Mimei Sakamoto Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Japanime Co. Ltd. (August 8, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 4921205175 ISBN-13: 978-4921205171 I saw this book at Kinokuniya Bookstore in Little Tokyo; it intrigued me so I bought it. Its fun. The first half of the book is […]
September 14th, 2008 by alephnaught
American Born Chinese
Title: American Born Chinese Author: Gene Luen Yang Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: First Second (September 5, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1596431520 ISBN-13: 978-1596431522 This is a graphic novel whose apparent plot is the story of three Chinese: a monkey king, a young boy, and a stereotypical “chinaman” from the turn of the century. These three […]
September 13th, 2008 by alephnaught
Singing Bowls
Title: Singing Bowls Paperback: 108 pages Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass,India (November 2002) ISBN-10: 8178221039 ISBN-13: 978-8178221038 I’ve wanted to purchase a Tibetan singing bowl for a long time. I found this book in at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena; I figured this might give me the push to purchase a bowl. I found the book […]
September 5th, 2008 by alephnaught
Competitive Strategy
Title: Competitive Strategy Author: Michael E. Porter Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Free Press (January 19, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743260880 ISBN-13: 978-0743260886 I found this book used at Op Amp Bookstore in Los Angeles. I figured this would be a good one to read, as it should help connect some of my IT strategy thoughts […]
September 3rd, 2008 by alephnaught
Daedalus’s Children: Part Two of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise)
Title: Daedalus’s Children: Part Two of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise) Author: Dave Stern Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Star Trek (April 27, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743476468 ISBN-13: 978-0743476461 This is part two of a two part series (my short review of part one is here). This wraps up the alternate universe adventure nicely. […]
August 10th, 2008 by alephnaught
A day in Pasadena
Aviva and I dropped off Basil at our dog sitter and drove to Pasadena. We ate lunch at Mi Piance; don’t bother, the space is uninteresting and the food wasn’t worth the cost (the service was pleasant and good at least). We then went to a travel bookstore, Distant Lands Travel Bookstore. We made reservations […]
August 1st, 2008 by alephnaught
Hollywood and West Hollywood
Today Nathan and I went shopping at a few cool stores in Hollywood and West Hollywood. First though, we stopped at Kit Kraft, where we bought a few neat miniature kits. Then, we drove through the hills on Laurel Canyon to West Hollywood. We stopped first at Amoeba Records, which is a huge warehouse/store for […]
July 31st, 2008 by alephnaught
Venice Beach and Santa Monica
Nathan arrived last night, and today I figured we’d do a touristy, California kind of thing – the Venice Beach boardwalk. And it was pretty fun. The sun was bright and the weather was good, and the people were out in force. At one point we were stopped by nurses trying to sell us medical […]
July 16th, 2008 by alephnaught
Daedalus: Part One of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise)
Title: Daedalus: Part One of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise) Author: Dave Stern Mass Market Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: Star Trek (October 1, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743471180 ISBN-13: 978-0743471183 Another fun read, this book uses a typical Star Trek construct, the alternative universe. The neat part is the appearance of people from the past of […]
July 8th, 2008 by alephnaught
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores
Title: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores Author: Brian Vaughan Paperback: 168 pages Publisher: Vertigo (July 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 140121813X ISBN-13: 978-1401218133 Well, its finally over. After 10 collected issues, “Y: The Last Man” is done. I got my copy shipped from Amazon yesterday and could hardly put it down, […]
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September 16th, 2008 by alephnaught