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 […]
March 11th, 2007 by alephnaught
300
This was a good graphic novel and a good translation to a movie. Because the book is so short, the movie actually provides more development than the book (rare in film). The film was photographed like a graphic novel – grainy colorful frames, occasional spot color, large blood swatches, extra contrast; some of the scenes […]
March 7th, 2007 by alephnaught
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Title: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Author: Chip Heath Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Random House (January 2, 2007) ISBN-10: 1400064287 ISBN-13: 978-1400064281 This is a really really good book – I’ve been using ideas from Made to Stick during my work day while I was reading it! It should come […]
February 26th, 2007 by alephnaught
Hannibal Rising
We saw “Hannibal Rising” yesterday. We wanted to see this Saturday but the Chicago Reader had the wrong show times for the theatre. So, we went to the first showing on Sunday morning. The movie was fun; it explains why Hannibal Lechter eats people, how he got involved in art and medicine, and why he […]
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May 5th, 2007 by alephnaught
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