Recently, I watched Long Way Down, which is the sequel to Long Way Round. Both of these star Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman. You probably recognize the first name, but possibly not the second (unless you are a huge fan of Deliverance). I’m not sure if a documentary about guys riding around the world is [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Books category.
Hard to buy books via Brick & Mortar
This weekend I randomly wandered my way into the local Borders to burn some time. While I was there I found three books that caught my eye: The Official Ubuntu Server Book, LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell and the Chobits Omnibus (Book 1). Even though I love myself some Amazon, I am still all [...]
Review: Riding Shotgun (Manga)
Last month I was linked the Tortucam video on YouTube, which was totally awesome. It’s a turtle running about which some kick ass background music. Makes me which I was a Turtle too. I liked the music so much, I went and found it on Amazon. The part that really confused me was that it [...]
Wishlist for a “Kindle 3″
There have been a number of rumors recently as to what the Kindle 3 is going to be and when it is going to be out. This time last year there was a bunch of rumors about the “Kindle 3″, most of which involved a larger screen. As it turns out, that was the Kindle [...]
Review: StarCraft Ghost: Nova
Before you start, No, this is not the video game. I read StarCraft Ghost: Nova the book. It is supposed to give you some back story on the character “Nova” who was to be the heroine of StarCraft: Ghost (the video game). The book release was supposed to coincide with the game, but alas the [...]
Review: Flashforward (book)
This fall the new series “FlashForward” premiered on ABC. I’d seen the previews of it and thought it was an interesting concept. It didn’t catch my attention as a good concept for a TV show, but more from a “What if this were real?” scenario. What would you do if you saw the the future? [...]
Review: High Fidelity – Book and Film
Recently, I read High Fidelity on my Kindle. I had watched the movie a while back and remembered it fondly, so I decided to read it on my Kindle. After reading the book, I thought it seemed a bit different than what I recalled form the movie, so I netflixed it and watched it on [...]
Review: Heat Wave
For those of you living under a rock, the ever awesome Nathan Fillion (of Firefly fame) is back at it again. This time he plays “Richard Castle”, a novelist, on a TV series called Castle. As previously stated, Nathan Fillion is awesome, ergo, Castle is an awesome show. Well, props to ABC because not only [...]
Review: The Lost Symbol
It’s hip, it’s new, it’s popular, it’s Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. The Lost Symbol once again features Robert Langdon, whom we first met in Angels & Demons and followed closely in The Da Vinci Code, which by the way was the correct order. The movie chronology has The Da Vinci Code occurring before Angels [...]
Review: Mass Effect: Revelation
Mass Effect: Revelation takes place before the video game. In it we mostly follow the adventurous David Anderson before he becomes Commander Shepard’s CO. There are a number of items inside the book that should remind readers of the game. For instance, in general when they mention someone’s weapon they mention the manufacturer (Alliance personnel [...]