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September 2019 Media Review

BooksConspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by Ryan HolidayThe story of how Gawker was taken down by Hulk Hogan a few years ago developed a new twist when

music

Fall has arrived -- Chillhop Essentials Fall 2019

Chillhop Essentials Fall 2019 by Chillhop Music The surest sign that fall has arrived.

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August 2019 Media Review

BooksStar Wars Thrawn — Book 2 — Alliances by Timothy ZahnThe second book in the new Thrawn saga and it changes the tone a bit. It runs in two timelines parallel, one where Thrown and

control

CONTROL (2019)

The StoryI am not going to spoil the story here in any detail, rather I want to talk a bit about the setting. The entire game is set in “The Oldest House”, a

architecture

Vancouver House in August 2019

It is getting closer to be being completed and definitely does add to the skyline. I admit I am most curious to see how it will look at ground level once it’s

culture

July 2019 Review

BooksThe Edge of Anarchy - The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labour Uprising in America by Jack KellyI picked this purely by title and it wasn’t quite what I

Oru

The Oru Bay ST Kayak -- First Impressions

The First Adventure — Actually buying oneYou would think in this day and age buying something is easy. I mean, we live in a consumerist society where I can get pretty much anything at

books

June 2019 Review

BooksLevel Up Trilogy by Dan SugralinovThis was actually a surprisingly entertaining story. In some ways it is reminiscent of “Ready Player One”. What if you life suddenly turned into a Role Playing Game?

music

Star Captains at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

I recently bought a Zoom H6 recorder and started playing around with it a bit. As it is Jazz Festival right now I decided to give it a test "in the wild" using

music

Above & Beyond Live at A State of Trance (ASOT) 900

And we're back

OnwardIt's been a while. More than a year actually. There were a few reasons, the main one though was that I really needed to upgrade Ghost and that didn't work because something had

books

[Book] The Fixer Serie Book 1 - 3

Andrew Vaillencourt has created what I would call "Military Sci-Fi" series with "The Fixer". The main character is a former military cyborg named "Roland" who after being

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[REVIEW] Vibram Fivefinger’s “Classic”

Introduction A few months ago I reviewed the Vibram Fivefinger “KSO”. This was a “ten year anniversary” model they released back in 2015. Together with the KSO they also released the “Classic”. Weirdly

[Review] July 2017

Movies Fiction Ghost in the Shell (2017) This movie qualifies as the most unnecessary Hollywood adaptation in recent memory. The original Anime from the ‘90s has aged well and together with Akira it

Rick & Morty

Rick & Morty: Exquisite Corpse

[VIDEO] Crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody before a Green Day concert in London

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[REVIEW] Vibram Fivefingers KSO

Introduction I have been wearing Fivefingers since late 2014, after most of the other minimalist shoes started disappearing after Vibram lost a lawsuit. The concept of minimalist footwear made sense to me when

Training Log June 2017

June 2017 Summary for June 2017 Body Measurements: Start Weight: 86.7kg End Weight: 88.9 kg Start Body Fat: 13.7% End Body Fat: 14.9% Notes I think my scale is

[Review] June 2017

Movies Fiction The Paradine Case (1947) The Paradine Case is a classic Film Noir / Femme Fatale movie, staring Gregory Peck and Ann Todd. As it goes with movies of that vintage, either you

What a difference 2 1/2 years make

Backing up photos / moving stuff around I came across this photo from late 2014: Dear god. I had known I wasn't slim back then but I hadn't realized just how fat I had

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[Video] Millennials in the Workforce, A Generation of Weakness

Simon Sinek explains how the millennial generation became so entitled. A combination of failed parenting strategies, technology, impatience and environment have created a wave of young people who can't hack it in the

[BREXIT SHOW] Week One recap

So on Monday negotiations finally got under way. Though by the looks of it it was mostly the UK showing, the EU saying: “This is how it’s going to go” and the

BREXIT

[BREXIT SHOW] READY, SET, GO!

It Begins So tomorrow is the day. The day where for the first time the May Government is actually trying to make BREXIT meaning Brexit. Not that anybody really seems to know what

training

Training Log for May 2017

Summary for May 2017 Body Measurements: Start Weight: 86.8kg End Weight: 86.7kg Start Body Fat: 13.8% End Body Fat: 13.7% Distances Running: 59.9.5 km Cycling: 102.7