One of my coworkers had setup a nice webcam, and looking at it, I thought, wow, that makes a big difference. In the world of working fully remotely, it seems like something worth having myself. I have been relying on built in webcams for ages, and it works, but it could be much better! I […]
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I was not particularly impressed with this book. Now, since this book is known as a feminist book, your first thought is probably, ‘that’s because you are not female’ and sure. It’s a world in which the women are stripped of all rights except producing children, and how evil that is. The problem is that
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Mini PCs are amazing! But most people will probably have difficulty getting too excited about them, because they are pretty much just small black boxes. TLDR: Mini PCs are probably the desktop of choice for most people these days. Mini PCs (sometimes referred to as Nuc Boxes) are what happens when you take components designed
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This book is science fiction, a space opera, and the follow up to the successful, Hugo-award-winning predecessor A Memory Called Empire. I found the sequel to be an easier read, as most of the world-building was accomplished in the previous book. The plot was predictable, but the world it runs through is full of brain
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The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price attempts the impossible, a synthesis of all there is to know about the Viking Age presented in a way that anyone could read. I found it to be a great success, and a parallel to SPQR by Mary Beard for the
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Mechanical keyboards tend to be massive affairs. This keyboard is much smaller, about the size of a standard laptop keyboard but with much better key travel. And well, it has RGB lighting. And it is wireless. I bought it for travel but I ended up loving how much of my desk it freed up, so
Keychron K3 Review – for minimalists and travelers who like a good keyboard Read More »
Lviv is a wonderful, friendly city. It sits on the far western edge of Ukraine, near the border with Poland. Indeed, the Polish were among the seven or so different political entities that controlled the city in the last 100 years or so, and Polish connections with the city, including tourists, appear to be pretty
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2020… …was a hard year for many people.For me, it wasn’t too bad, although it definitely did not turn out as expected. The year started off with a really amazing trip to New Zealand. My second time there, I got to see a bunch of new sites I hadn’t seen before (Abel Tasman and Mt
I put a handful of improvements into my early imperial legionnaires kit this year: a pilum (a javelin), some nice hand-knit socks a friend made for me, and a stab at some camping gear with a furca (a thing somewhere between a hiking pole and a backpack) in which of I have put a water
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I think there is a market out there for a tool which really helps people travel for fun, wisely. Starting from city X, these destinations Y1 and Y2 are unusually cheap (with filters to remove bad weather, crazy long flights, etc.) Starting from city X, these destinations Z1 and Z2 are the best value for
Types of Vacation and Types of Travelers: A Quick Qualitative Analysis Read More »
