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Three Cups of Tea is a great book…
Thursday, June 12, 2008One positive side to being stuck at home for two weeks is that I was able to do a fair bit more reading. For the most part, I read magazines and watched movies, but my wife also brought me the book “Three Cups of Tea” about Greg Mortenson’s work in Pakistan building schools for the children of poor rural areas. Mr. Mortenson, an avid mountain climber, ended up spending time in a small village near the base of K2 in Pakistan, barely making it down alive after a failed attempt to reach the summit. Spending time with those people [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Xbox Dad article on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is up
Tuesday, August 14, 2007I was a bit surprised to find that I enjoyed this game, although I enjoyed the last few books in the series and the latest movie, I really figured the game would only appeal to kids. The pace is slower than most adult/teen games, but that makes it into more of an exploration instead of just quickly moving from one task to the next. My wife watched it and thought it was similar to a much more interactive and complex form of the game Myst... there are some action elements where you have to move quickly, target the bad guys, [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Zune for Dummies hits the bookstores
Sunday, August 12, 2007Brian was in town a few days ago and we ended up at a local bookstore... of course, since Brian hadn't even seen our new book, we looked around and found a copy... :) [read more...]Filed under | 2 comments »Share this -
The Deverry Novels by Katharine Kerr
Sunday, October 15, 2006I've recently begun re-reading the Deverry novels; I just went through Daggerspell, Darkspell and I'm onto The Bristling Wood (basically 'Act 1' as the author has described the books as being the various parts of a long play). This is an excellent series, but one that I found quite by accident. Back when I was a fairly young kid, maybe 12 or 13, a friend of my mother was visting our house and upon realizing that I read the same type of books as him, offered to trade his set of books by David Eddings for my 'Deryni' series by [read more...]Filed under | 2 comments »Share this -
Into comics but also like books with more words?
Wednesday, July 12, 2006I'm a big comic book fan, or at least I was. Now I generally pick up a graphic novel or a compilation every once in awhile (just read this and this, great writing and visuals) mostly Marvel although the Watchmen and some of the Dark Knight stuff can't be passed up... Recently though, my wife read a book and strongly recommended it to me: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (also the author of Wonder Boys, Summerland and more) Now, this book (like most books) isn't really about the events taking place in the story, it [read more...]Share this -
I think I'm not the only one who ordered the Prima Oblivion Guide
Saturday, April 01, 2006That Elder Scrolls Oblivion guide book I mentioned in an early blog post today, I just saw that it was #20 on Amazon today. That's just crazy!! [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Frankie @ Bungie mentions XBox 360 for dummies...
Saturday, February 25, 2006He also talks about using a picture, (off of your computer, a CD, a digital camera, or even a USB drive) as a custom background... a very cool feature. Check out his full post here. [read more...]Filed under | 3 comments »Share this -
Ok, I think I can stop book-spotting...
Saturday, February 18, 2006It may not be everywhere, especially outside of the US, but it seems to be on its way.... [read more...]Share this -
More book spotting... front table spot in a local Borders...
Thursday, February 09, 2006From Brian's blog (via his wife) [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Book is making its way to local stores...
Monday, February 06, 2006I was in a local Barnes and Noble, the one in downtown Bellevue (WA), and I spotted our book on the shelves. It wasn't at the Woodinville B&N as of yesterday, but at least it is showing up in some stores! [read more...]Filed under | 2 comments »Share this
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