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Book Review: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
I went into this book with the wrong expectation. When it says “A Journey” in the title, it really means it. The book is a journal. It almost feels like the making-of of The Psychopath Test, instead of the book itself. The whole book is written in first person, with no other order than time…
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Book Review: The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World by Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen
My review of this book is going to sound a bit negative, but my regard for it is not, hence the four-stars. The book is nicely divided in three sections. The first one is the brain, how it works, studies, it’s history and evolution. The second section is about the effect of the technological world…
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Book Review: Armada by Ernest Cline
Do not expect the book to be serious or high brow. It’s silly, predictable and satisfying. Very satisfying if you are a geek that enjoys pop sci fi and fantasy culture. If you enjoyed that aspect of Ready Player One, then you are likely to enjoy Armada too. If that’s you, go ahead and read…
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Rite in the Rain notepad review
In this video we showcase a Rite in the Rain notebook, an all-weather notebook that can sustain water as well as other things and still be useful as a notebook. Enjoy! Links: Rite in the Rain products: US: http://amzn.to/2ihEaKL UK: http://amzn.to/2uUen18 Rite in the Rain small black notebook: US: http://amzn.to/2vdYX35 UK: http://amzn.to/2wlfnvu Rite in the…
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5.11 Rush72 Backpack super detailed overview
In this video I go through every inch of this backpack (almost literally), leaving no stone unturned (no flap unopened?). If you have any questions about this backpack, this video probably answers it. If you still have a question at the end, please, leave a comment and I’ll try to help. 5.11 Rush72 backpack, color:…
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Goodbye Apple
My main computer was an Apple MacBook Pro for about 8 or 9 years. That is, until last January, when I said good-bye to Apple. It wasn’t easy, but the last iteration of the MacBook Pro is terrible. I’m not against the touch bar. I think keyboards need more innovation and I applaud the effort.…
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Pedals and Wheels for Elite Dangerous and other cockpit games
In this video I’m showing you how I installed my pedals for Elite Dangerous and other cockpit games so they would be solid including dealing with the wheels in my chair. The wheels: US: http://amzn.to/2hvoIdt UK: http://amzn.to/2wtiv4u Elite Dangerous: https://www.elitedangerous.com/ My HOTAS setup: http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_UK/products/hotas-warthog US: http://amzn.to/2v4yFDz UK: http://amzn.to/2v4DBbK My startup, Dashman: https://dashman.tech Disclaimer: some of…
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Book Review: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
This is the most British thing I ever read. It’s quite funny but in my usual fashion, I have lots of questions about the reality of these people. ★★★☆☆ Buy My Family and Other Animals in USA Buy My Family and Other Animals in UK Buy My Family and Other Animals in Canada
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Book Review: The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon
I read it as an audiobook and it doesn’t make a good one. It’s full of figures, numbers, charts, diagrams, etc which get lost in the audio version. This might cause a bias on my review. The book feels thoroughly researched. I caught a couple of small errors but most time when I thought “What…
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Book Review: Opening Skinner’s Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater
This book is very entertaining and contains a lot of details I wasn’t familiar with but to be honest, not many that are important in my opinion; so, if you are as familiar as I am with the great psychological experiments, it’s just entertainment (and I’d say good one). I really like that she managed…