Rome
Aviva woke up early, really early (like 4AM), so I woke up early too. We got organized, which is always a nice thing. I realized I forgot the special cable for my new camera (I knew I’d do that), and I couldn’t get the zip USB cable to work with Aviva’s camera (funny, it powers […]
May 11th, 2007 by alephnaught
Departure for Rome
We bought the tickets and used miles for upgrades back when I had Platinum status with Northwest Airlines. Unfortunately, we had to fly through Detroit and Paris to reach Rome, but at least we have business class seats except for the jog between Paris and Rome. Our flight from Chicago left on time, we got […]
May 6th, 2007 by alephnaught
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A History of Orgies (Prion Lost Treasures)
Title: A History of Orgies (Prion Lost Treasures) Author: Burgo Partridge Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Prion; New Ed edition (August2002) ISBN-10: 1853754919 ISBN-13: 978-1853754913 This book was a fun read. I read it over a couple of months. A History of Orgies discusses the history of orgies including a number of descriptive examples. Unfortunately, there’s […]
May 5th, 2007 by alephnaught
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An interesting article on bicycles
An article from the Wall Street Journal on how The Netherlands and Denmark (and others) are using bicycles to reduce polution.
April 15th, 2007 by alephnaught
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Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String
Title: Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond Author: Lawrence M. Krauss Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (November 28, 2006) ISBN-10: 0143038028 ISBN-13: 978-0143038023 I wanted to catch up on the latest theories in quantum mechanics without the detail (I haven’t looked at math like […]
April 8th, 2007 by alephnaught
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Dinner at Mitsuwa Market
We saw Mitsuwa Marketplace, 100 W, AlgonquinRoad, on the TV show Check, Please! This is an oriental market, selling a lot of Japanese and some Chinese and Korean food and, well, stuff, especiailly books. We got food at the dim sum shop, but there are 5 different food preparation stores, including one that’s Korean. The […]
March 30th, 2007 by alephnaught
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The Song of Hannah : A Novel
Title: The Song of Hannah : A Novel Author: Eva Etzioni-Halevy Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account (August 30, 2005) ISBN-10: 0452286727 ASIN: B000F5FQZO I liked this book. It was well written and the story was gripping. Its loosely based on the story of Hannah and her son, the prophet Samuel. There are some […]
March 30th, 2007 by alephnaught
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Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Title: Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Author: Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (December 28, 2006) ISBN-10: 1591841380 ISBN-13: 978-1591841388 This was a good book and worth the cost and time to read. The book begins with seven aspects of what Tapscott and Williams call “the collaboration economy”: Peer […]
March 26th, 2007 by alephnaught
Palm Desert, CA, March 21 – 26
Aviva and I had to expend some effort to get to Palm Desert this year. We originally had a flight through Dallas on March 20th, but that flight got canceled so they put us on the later, non-stop flight. Weather in Chicago canceled that flight. American put us in a Delta flight on the 21st, […]
March 21st, 2007 by alephnaught
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American Commercial Banking: A History
Title: American Commercial Banking: A History Author: Benjamin J.Klebaner Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company. (September 1990) ISBN-10: 0805798153 ISBN-13: 978-0805798159 This was a good introduction to American commercial banking; as a history it connects well with other books I’ve read about the history of American currency (which had a major impact on banking […]
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May 12th, 2007 by alephnaught
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