Reviews and Links for September 2012
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
5/5
Epic Murakami, set in a maybe-alternate-universe version of 1984. There is a definite change in tone in the third book, hard to tell if this is the story of the change in translator but the story sags slightly before picking up the pace again at the end. Even without this it's a long and sprawling book which you'll love if you like Murakami's tone and unique characterization. I'm in the love camp.
Links
Check out Field Trip on Google Play! https://t.co/EVGELuBe -- looks cool, automatically tells you when something interesting is near
Missing kids plan for 404 pages http://t.co/Z3B3v1QZ -- kind of creepy
Field Papers - http://t.co/QHIyzvPn - looks very cool. Via @RavenEllison #todo @myEN
Kids App Maker Duck Duck Moose Raises $7M Series A From Sequoia, Lightspeed & Others http://t.co/SaeXuzop -- well deserved
Crow Gyre http://t.co/jjLn3PtQ -- testing card approval
This Mind Blowing Video Does NOT Use Green Screen http://t.co/RkiyqmR3
San Francisco playground report card: http://t.co/shGKggA5 Precita Park gets an F :( #fb
Announcing Source Code Pro http://t.co/QpUUSO18 -- nice code font @myEN
ITHCWY: Crow Gyre http://t.co/kAM89GHF
Updated with more Endeavor pics: http://t.co/UIXy2xj5 #OV105 #spottheshuttle
Vernal Equinox 2012 in Catfood Earth http://t.co/UOHqwK3V via @CatfoodSoftware #equinox
ITHCWY: #OV105 http://t.co/m7Th3xMp
BBC News - Tom Daley 'abuse' tweet: Legal rethink on online rules http://t.co/ItA6wYFM -- only correct boundary is no boundary
Ridiculous / awesome: http://t.co/9Muup4tA
ITHCWY: Worst special TiVo offer ever http://t.co/rfTaeXn7
via @TheOnion - No One Murdered Because Of This Image http://t.co/Vilv9166
Check out Viva Fund Summer Campaign: http://t.co/XXwB9P1d via @razoo
5 of 5 stars to 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami http://t.co/T5u5ZiOB
ITHCWY: Earthquake Supply Co.: The last time we refreshed our earthquake supply kit was because of a smell. It… http://t.co/SlvpmlFO
ITHCWY: Like Debate?: I’ve just started work on a new project called Like Debate. It’s going to be a new type of… http://t.co/6Bj0YPxa
RT @LikeDebate: Getting Started - Like Debate is my attempt to build a new type of debate web site. The teaser page launched … http://t. ...
Ticked off: How stock market decimalization killed IPOs and ruined our economy http://t.co/P0CzpSQ2
Star Sighting: Invisible Obamas Seen Relaxing in Bernal Heights http://t.co/yLJkubYL #fb
Earth and WebCams announcement from http://t.co/YG0xtwCc: http://t.co/KlJfVs9j
ITHCWY: Catfood: Earth for Android: I’ve just released Catfood Earth for Android. It’s my second app created with… http://t.co/YGjxSkcb
ITHCWY: Guess? http://t.co/0hz03251
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Reviews and links for October 2011
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4/5
It's a homage to the 80s and early computer games set in the ultimate MMORPG of the future. What's not to love?
Links
- The Important Field from xkcd.com (Snort).
- Girls equal in throne succession from BBC News - Home (Not really the main inequality of a monarchy...).
- S.F. slips a notch with tourists amid panhandling from San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate (Charleston FFS! Smile at a tourist today!).
- Lists of award-winning/nominated science fiction books from Boing Boing (#todo @myEN).
- On Tea from Boing Boing (Damned right).
- Visualizing Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan to redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich from Boing Boing (Good chart).
- Insert coin to continue from jwz (Ha).
- Bill Gross Explains What’s Different About Chime.in: “You Can Follow A Part Of A Person” from TechCrunch (Gross is right #w2s).
- How did Murakami conquer the world? from BBC News - Home (Kick-ass books?).
- New Data API Around NASA Data Sets from API Evangelist - Blog (NASA data #API :) #todo @myEN).
- Kabbadi players fail doping test from BBC News - Home (Oxygen?).
- (title unknown) from riot right clit click (The only #SF residents who follow the MUNI front door only rule).
- Royal succession changes proposed from BBC News - Home (Simon Cowell to have final say).
- Ben & Jerry's taste for protest from BBC News - Home (Brave Brand Stand).
- Subscription Service For Kids Activities Kiwi Crate Raises $2 Million from TechCrunch (If they're still going in a couple of years...).
- The TiVo Premiere Elite: 4 Tuners, 2 TB, Available Today For $499 from TechCrunch (Still no clock...).
- Eternal Flame from xkcd.com (Nice Jobs tribute from XKCD).