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Category Archives: Reviews
Too Grippy, or Not Too Grippy?
An impulse buy does not go as planned – a look at the Joby GripTight Tablet PRO 2 GorillaPod. With a name like that, it’s gotta be good. Right?
Peak Design Clutch
A look at the Clutch camera hand strap from Peak Design. This should have been easy, but sadly, it was not. Sometimes a circle is a lot more useful than a triangle. Sometimes, a triangle is down right vexing.
My New Favorite Lamicall Product
A look at a few Lamicall tablet and laptop stands, followed by my review of the Lamicall QiII Vertical 3-in-1 Charger with lighted based.
Start TRC Case for the DJI Osmo Mobile (7, 7P, 8) Review
My review of the Star TRC DJI Osmo 7, 7P, or 8 Gimbal Case. I’m building out a new video setup, one piece of gear at a time, and I’ll be posting reviews here, on social media, and on my YouTube channel. I hope you’ll check it out.
Review: Pulse by Edna Buchanan
My second book review for CNN.com, wherein I give my honest opinion about a work of commercial fiction, and manage to miss the point of commercial fiction. Who knew a book about murder and heart transplants is supposed to be light reading? Not me, not then. Now I know. Like I say, learn something new …
Review: Last Days of Summer
I wrote this review for CNN.com in 2000, I believe, right before I left to go to work at a tech startup. It was one of the last book reviews I wrote, for CNN or anyone. I loved this little book. The author, Steve Kluger, has quite a few books published and occasionally Tweets. He …
Review: Consilience
My first-ever book review for CNN.com and this is what I drew from the options I had. It was not assigned to me, I chose it. It looked interesting, so I dove in head first. Some notes on this one: I received a prepublication copy of the book to review, Edward O. Wilson has a …
Interview: Rosamond Purcell
An interview with the author/photographer Rosamond Purcell for CNN.com in August 1999. Unfortunately a lot of the interview was cut and the editor focused on the description of the book to support the photo gallery – their choice, not mine, but that’s what editors are supposed to do, make choices. This interview was in the …
Review: The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up, by Andrew Tobias
Another book review for CNN.com, from November 1998. We’ve come a long way since then. Interesting note – I had a very nice email exchange with the author after this was published. He was especially amused by the fact that I bought the predecessor to this book for ten cents. Best money I ever spent, …
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