Tag Archives for review
Review: Senator’s Son
Luke’s written a book that takes the nitty gritty 120-degrees-in-the-shade battle rattle and ties it into the strategic picture. It should be mandatory for every ROTC cadidiot everywhere. It’s the first COIN novel (in the way you can’t take a … Continue reading
Review: Kindle 2
Thanks to a particularly cool cousin, I’m now seen around town sporting a Kindle 2 in a green leather portfolio case. Trying to figure out how this thing can fit into my flow. Vs. Deadwood: Books I know I’m going … Continue reading
Review: Makers
I got a chance to read Cory Doctorow’s Makers recently (entirely on my Nexus with the Aidiko app). The ideapack was great. The characters/narratives bored me. One thing that irked me is that Cory’s understanding of the future is extremely … Continue reading
Review: Tracked.com
Pretty cool presentation of structured data. Right now, Tracked is focusing on a social component that lets people share that dead data. It has live (read social) stuff but crammed into a box on the bottom right. Not good enough. … Continue reading
Review: Monoprice
Cables are cables are cables, but these are well made and work. Great – fast shipping. Prices were ~10% of the local big box stores (including Frys). -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.