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A blog about life in general, in as many languages as I can manage. Ενα ιστολόγιο περι ζωής, πολυγλωσσο - σε όσες γλωσσες εχω μεράκι να γράψω.
Books | Year in Review
Thursday, Jan 5 2023, 13:18 audiobooks, Books, Comic Book, goodreads, Halo, Social Media, Social Networks, Star Trek, StarTrek, YearInReviewWhat I missed in Podcasts in my Year In Review, I think I made up in Audiobooks and Comic Books! My goal was to read 20 books (admittedly a low goal...) and I ended up reading 255 books, audiobooks, and comic books in 2022. I think the headline here is that, yet again, audiobooks save the day. I listened to a number of books that I normally would not have read on paper because I was able to find
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Review: Education for Critical Consciousness
Friday, Dec 16 2022, 13:00 audiobooks, Books, Education, Freire, goodreads, Philosophy, review, Social Media, Social Networks Education for Critical Consciousness by Paulo Freire My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a rather short book, as is the case with most of Paolo Freire's books, but it packed a rather big punch. I listened to this on the way to and from work as an audiobook, but I think that this kind of book is probably consumed a bit more slowly, maybe with the addition of a

Review: Star Trek: Borg
Friday, Dec 9 2022, 09:59 audio drama, audiobooks, Books, Entertainment, goodreads, review, Social Media, Social Networking, Star Trek, StarTrek, video games, VideoGames Star Trek: Borg by Hilary J. Bader My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the audio component of the FMV (full motion video) game Star Trek Borg which came out in 1996 (if I am not mistaken). Basically, strip out all the little gameplay elements and what you have left is a nice little movie. This is the audio component of that. The video is available on

Review: iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
Friday, Dec 2 2022, 07:00 audiobooks, biography, Books, goodreads, review, Social Media, Social Networks iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak My rating: 5 of 5 stars I rather enjoyed this book. Not knowing a lot about Woz, it was fun to discover a seemingly curious down-to-earth maker and tinkerer. The practical jokester side did surprise me a bit. I would have liked to

Review: The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It
Tuesday, Nov 15 2022, 06:00 audiobooks, Books, crypto, goodreads, MLM, Podcast, ponzi, review, scam, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It by Jamie Bartlett My rating: 5 of 5 stars I came across this book recently, which apparently is based on a BBC podcast. I don't know how I missed it originally, but I guess it's expected since I have treated anything blockchain, crypto, and NFT-related to be one giant scam.

Review: The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election
Thursday, Nov 10 2022, 06:00 audiobooks, Books, elections, goodreads, politics, review, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election by Malcolm W. Nance My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enlightening investigative piece. It tied a few things that were happening in the background that seemed separate, but where not. I was kind of hoping that the timeline of the book proceeded past the election of 2016, but

Review: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Monday, Nov 7 2022, 06:00 audiobooks, Books, goodreads, review, Social Media, Social Networks Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am not always a fan of Cal's writing, but after a friend recommended this (Brian?), I decided to pick it up. It's a quick read (comparative to other books anyway) and it's filled with good advice (some of which I stumbled upon through my own social media use...so

Review: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Saturday, Oct 22 2022, 13:31 audiobooks, Books, capitalism, Entertainment, goodreads, laws, legal, review, Social Media, Social Networks, Society, surveillance, Technology The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff My rating: 5 of 5 stars I would say that this is a "must-read" book. It reminded me a lot of the original aspirations and "promise" of connected technologies and "smart" devices, which was to serve people for the purpose of improving our lives. Instead, what

Review: Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution
Thursday, Oct 20 2022, 17:30 Android, Apple, audiobooks, Books, goodreads, Google, iOS, review, smartphone, Social Media, Social Networks, Telephony Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution by Fred Vogelstein My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not a bad book. Having just finished "The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone" which only deals with the development of the iPhone, this book was both shorter and covered both Apple and Google. As such, I think this book plays a bit

Year-in-Review: Goodreads
Tuesday, Jan 4 2022, 14:35 audiobooks, Books, Comic Book, comics, Entertainment, School, Social Media, Social Networks, Star Trek, StarTrek, YearInReviewWell, I far exceeded my anticipated books to-read in 2021, but many of them were comic books :-) I did read a few things for class, and a few other fiction and non-fiction alike for pleasure, but many comics were read. I had wanted to finish the relaunch Star Trek Voyager series but that didn't happen. Definitely in 2022!

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