I’m Reading…This past weekend, I had the chance to finish off three books that have been on my short list for a while. This post is a review of a fun one, How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else.
Overall, while it has its faults, in many ways [...]
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John likes his Kindle. I love to read. I feel like I should be more excited about it, but I’m not.
I think the problem is that I’m emotionally attached to my library. I surround myself with my books. They remind me of what I’ve read, and even in some cases, who [...]
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How can you not get lost in Wikipedia sometimes?
Here is their post on my favorite author, Isaac Asimov.
I’m still waiting for the conversion to the World Season Calendar, with its 91-day months and its special “Year Day” and “Leap Day”.
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I’ve been thinking a bit more about the volatility in the financial markets over the past two weeks, and I’m uncharacteristically concerned.
Normally, this would be about the time that I would write a post repeating some of my favorite personal investment staples, like:
Don’t try to time the market
Diversify your assets across multiple types of countries [...]
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Just one more day until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out. The original post on the book is still this blog’s most viewed page, and is soaring in page views daily.
I’ve had my pre-order in with Amazon for over three months… and yet I am still considering going down to Borders at [...]
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In a bizarre twist, I have been given tickets to the opening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Tuesday night, midnight, July 10th.
I don’t think I’ve seen a movie this late since I became a father, but I’m going to try.
I’ll post here a movie review on Wednesday.
Should be fun.
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Don’t shoot the messenger.
Caught this post today on Paul Kedrosky’s blog and on Marginal Revolution. It included this quote from a Bloomberg piece on a bookmaker has stopped taking bets on Harry Potter dying. Apparently, all the money was going towards him dying – no one would take the other side of the [...]
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It’s a little obsessive, I know, but some big news this week on the Harry Potter front. I’ve noticed that interest in my previous posts on Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows has been getting more traffic lately, so you know something is up.
This week they presented… the book cover art. Yes, believe [...]
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One of the great things about travel is that it usually offers me free time to catch up on some reading. On my recent trips to Orange County and Berlin (not in the same weekend), I’ve managed to knock a few more off my reading list. As a result, I’m going to try [...]
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In the interest of full disclosure, please note that as a member of the eBay Express team, I am unabashedly biased.
I don’t normally post about eBay Express here on my personal blog, but I’m just too excited about this launch not to say something here.
That’s right, starting this week, Half.com sellers can easily sign up [...]
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Does the idea of a book about a near future American civil war between conservatives and liberals sound interesting to you? Complete, of course, with a George Soros-clone turned militant leader, and mechanical robots policing New York and EMP laser weapons taking down F-16s?
Before I get into reviewing this book, let me just say [...]
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I’ve read quite a few books on the topics of economics, finance & investing, but I thought it might be good to capture here my recommended books for someone who wants to get started learning more about personal finance & investing.
There are, of course, a lot of great books out there, but there is an [...]
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Right now, my original post on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (yes, mis-spelled) is driving about one half of all traffic to my blog. Amazing.
Well, more Harry Potter news today.
Two versions. Standard & Deluxe.
They have announced the ship date: July 21st, 2007.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, the seventh [...]
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It has been a funny couple of days for my blog.
Remember the incredible volume of page views I saw when I posted my theories on the likely ending to the new series, Battlestar Galactica? Well, let me tell you, posting the expected title of the new Harry Potter book has spiked my blog again to [...]
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Google News is citing over 383 articles about this topic already, but there is nothing wrong with posting #384.
The title for the “last” Harry Potter book has been revealed, it is: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows“
As of February 1st, you can now pre-order the standard version or deluxe version for delivery on July 21st:
Here [...]
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