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Book Notes: For Whom The Bell Tolls

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 Allen

There are many editions of this 1940 book available. This cover art is just one of them that I found online. True Confession: I had

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Books Learning Thinking

“The biggest problem today is not artificial intelligence, but instead natural stupidity”-Anand Tamboli

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 Allen

This is the second book that I’ve recently read while trying to increase my knowledge of how AI works. The difficulty is that AI is

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Book Notes: Understanding Comics (Comics aren’t Just for Kids!)

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Allen

From the author’s website “A 215-page comic book about comics that explains the inner workings of the medium and examines many aspects of visual communication. Understanding

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Book Review and Notes: Pushing Ice

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Allen

Here are the front and back covers of the book “The year is 2057, humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form,

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Books Writings

Book Notes: Ex Libris, by Anne Fadiman

June 16, 2024June 17, 2024 Allen

This little book is another in the series I’ll call “Stolen Moments”–in this case reading the short chapters while reading the streetcar to my local

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Books Learning Writings

Learning to Write Betterer, or Gooder

June 15, 2024June 16, 2024 Allen

Who is this post for? I’ve been studying the following over the past couple of months to help improve my writing. The books aren’t in

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Books Learning Thinking

Improve Your Thinking!

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 Allen

Logic, or critical thinking, is especially important in this era of a steady stream of information that bombards us every day, and we need help

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Books Fitness

Book Notes-Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 3)

May 17, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

We will cover this later, but this is a still photo from a Cat/Cow stretch, designed to improve spinal stability. These notes are extracted from

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Books Fitness

Book Notes-Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 2)

May 16, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

Chapter 12-Training 101 In this chapter Dr. Attia gives some high level guidance on how to structure a Training program. He begins by outlining the

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Books Fitness

Book Notes: Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 1)

May 12, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

Chapter 11: Exercise-The Most Powerful Longevity Drug According to Dr. Attia, exercise is a key to extending lifespan as well as the quality of that

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