January 11th, 2012
By Dana
WARNING: This book contains high levels of nerd porn. If you are easily offended by awesome 80′s pop-references, video games, classic John Hughes films or are prone to getting nerd boners lasting longer than 6 hours, I highly…
Tags: book review, books, Gaming, Ready Player One
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December 27th, 2011
By Dana
How do you keep the reader engaged in a story when they already know how it ends? This is the challenge that author, Erik Larson, had to overcome in his newest book, “In the Garden of…
Tags: book review, books, history, In The Garden of Beasts, WWII
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November 23rd, 2011
By Dana
I review the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Before reading this review – and in the interest of “full disclosure” – you should know that prior to reading this book, I was not much of a Steve Jobs fan to begin with, nor do I consider myself to be an…
Tags: Apple, book review, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs Biography
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July 16th, 2011
By Dana
Generally I don’t consider listening to audiobooks to be the same as actually “reading” a book, however Tina Fey’s endlessly entertaining “Bossypants” is definitely an exception to the rule by easily surpassing the written version.
Tags: book review, books, Bossypants, Tina Fey
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May 21st, 2011
By Dana
“Unbroken” is the remarkable tale of Louis Silvie Zamperini, a world-class runner who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and who later became a WWII B-24 Bombardier in the Pacific Theater. In late May of 1943, Zamperini’s plane – the “Green Hornet” – goes down…
Tags: book review, books, Louis Zamperini, review, Unbroken
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March 15th, 2011
By Dana
The Columbian Exposition, popularly known as the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, was a magical event that inspired & introduced the world to some of its greatest inventions. It was also the playground for America’s first serial killer…
Tags: book review, books, Chicago World's Fair of 1893, The Devil in the White City
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May 30th, 2010
By Dana
Upon the recommendation of a listener, I review “Daemon”, a book that is well-suited and a must-read for those who are interested in technology, computers, the internet (aka: our dependence on them), gaming and…
Tags: books, daemon, kindle, review
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December 14th, 2009
By Dana
Downloaded George Carlin’s final book to my Kindle this weekend. “Last Words” was the book that he had been writing…
Tags: books, george carlin, Humor, review
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April 24th, 2009
By Dana
Hey folks, I just completed a new promo video for the show, was trying to find a concept that would encompass the diversity of subject matter discussed on the program (including the overall ‘vibe’ and humor) and came up with the idea of letting images speak for me. :) Therefore, other than a quick introduction [...]
Tags: Boredom Bites
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