Confessions of a Public Speaker
Title: Confessions of a Public Speaker Author: Scott Berkun Hardcover: 238 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 1 edition (November 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0596801998 ISBN-13: 978-0596801991 I saw the previews for this book on the author’s site. I’m heavily involved with Toastmasters International so I had to read this book. And I’m so glad I […]
December 12th, 2009 by alephnaught
The Bliptronic 5000 from @ThinkGeek – A Tenori-on for the rest of us
I first saw the Tenori-on in a video by Little Boots; it is a real-time, matrix input musical instrument. It is also very expensive (to me at least) at $999.00 (a less expensive plastic cased version is coming out soon). I got the regular “what’s new” email from ThinkGeek and I skimmed it. I saw the […]
December 1st, 2009 by alephnaught
Spykee, the spy robot, by Meccano
I got a Spykee robot kit from http://www.woot.com on sale; I had some time recently so I assembled the robot. The kit comes in a square box about a foot on each side; inside are lots of small parts including screws and the tools required to assemble a robot. I choose to assemble the default […]
November 29th, 2009 by alephnaught
Bug robot
I got this robot a while ago, somewhere in Chicago. Its modeled after an insect as it has six legs and wings (but not a tri-part body, hummm). And its claim to fame is that it will identify obstacles with its antenna, back to the side and then go forward, eventually going past most obstacles. […]
November 21st, 2009 by alephnaught
November 4th, 2009 by alephnaught
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
Title: The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Author: R. Crumb Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.; 1 edition (October 19, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393061027 ISBN-13: 978-0393061024 Not nearly so racy as you might be led to believe by ads and reviews, this is quite a nice book on Genesis. The […]
November 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
Miscellaneous photos
Some more photos I took around and about; all taken with my Blackberry Curve phone. Morning tea in an oriental bowl The sun over my office building A decorative work hanging in the middle of our local Nieman Marcus
November 1st, 2009 by alephnaught
The Numerati
Title: The Numerati Author: Stephen Baker Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (September 9, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0547247931 ISBN-13: 978-0547247939 I found this book at the Book Beat on our last trip to Detroit for Aviva’s mom’s 80th birthday; that store is a must-visit if you’re in the Detroit area. The Numerati […]
October 25th, 2009 by alephnaught
September 21st, 2009 by alephnaught
Fire extinguisher training
No kidding – we had fire extinguisher training at work a week ago; I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to post pictures yet. It was fun; I hadn’t fired off a fire extinguisher since I was a kid. Now I need to get a couple for home and teach Aviva how to use […]
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December 20th, 2009 by alephnaught
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