Archive for March, 2009
Florence
We got up a little later and haven’t rushed around this morning; its Sunday and so most things open later today. Walked by a funny window for lingerie (apparently a big seller in Florence given how many shops sell it here). There were some kids using pastels to draw copies of famous art works on […]
March 22nd, 2009 by alephnaught
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Title: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Author: Seth Godin Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover; 1 edition (October 16, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591842336 ISBN-13: 978-1591842330 I’ve read a few of Seth Godin’s books before and always learned something from them. So, I decided to bring this along on my vacation to Italy. […]
March 21st, 2009 by alephnaught
Prato and Florence
We got up pretty early, got cleaned up and are ready to take the train to a couple towns outside of Florence. Its another cold day but at least today it looks mostly sunny. We took a train from Santa Maria Novella to Prato. Prato is the home of biscotti, the famous hard, twice-baked cookie […]
March 20th, 2009 by alephnaught
Florence
We both took sleeping pills; this is one of our tricks to switch timezones, stay up as late as you can and then take a sleeping pill to help you sleep through the night. We got up and had breakfast; the hotel has a great buffet breakfast including fresh eggs and bacon. That little girl […]
March 20th, 2009 by alephnaught
Florence
We woke up much too early and ran ragged all day. After breakfast, we walked by a painted facade and decided to shop at the open market near Piazza Republica. It was really cold (it only got into the 50sF and was really windy) so Aviva bought some purple globes and I bought some half […]
March 18th, 2009 by alephnaught
Arrival in Florence
Our flight from LAX to Paris was delayed an hour. When we got on the plane, we realized that they didn’t seat Aviva and I in aisle seats across from each other. We were across the plane from each other, and worse, we were in the last row, which meant we had less legroom, less […]
March 7th, 2009 by alephnaught
Uzumaki, Volume 2 (2nd Edition)
Title: Uzumaki, Volume 2 (2nd Edition) Author: Junji Ito (Illustrator), Annette Roman (Editor) Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 2 edition (December 18, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1421513900 ISBN-13: 978-1421513904 I recently finished the first volume of the Uzumaki series and just had to continue the story of the spirals. The main characters, Kirie, […]
March 6th, 2009 by alephnaught
Mac software: DropBox, Googaby, and Things
Thanks to Twitter, I found three tools that are now a critical part of my computing life. The first tool is Things. Things is a task list manager that implements the important parts of the personal task management system created by author David Allen called Getting Things Done. Tasks can have tags and notes; notes […]
March 5th, 2009 by alephnaught
MAKE YOUR POINT!: SPEAK CLEARLY AND CONCISELY ANYPLACE, ANYTIME
Title: MAKE YOUR POINT!: SPEAK CLEARLY AND CONCISELY ANYPLACE, ANYTIME Author: Bob Elliott (Author), Kevin Carroll (Author) Paperback: 132 pages Publisher: AuthorHouse (February 8, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1420804391 ISBN-13: 978-1420804393 Our Toastmasters club, Navigators Toastmasters, hands this book each week to the second place speaking finisher. I don’t like competition and don’t like awards […]
March 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
Witchblade Volume 1: Witch Hunt (v. 1)
Title: Witchblade Volume 1: Witch Hunt (v. 1) Author: Ron Marz (Author), Mike Choi (Author) Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Top Cow Productions/Image Comics (February 13, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1582409064 ISBN-13: 978-1582409061 I’ve been on a graphic novel kick lately, so when I saw this in a store (probably a Borders or a Barnes and […]
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March 22nd, 2009 by alephnaught