Muskblog: the sad, pathetic truth

I’ve been telling stories about musicians and recommending books, albums, and movies to foreign co-workers and cousins. People are starting to listen. So while doing some Googling to send a link I learn of a new book, by one of the guys behind “Have not been the same” has a book coming out [...]

Last night while not painting, I somehow found the resolve to read the last 100 plus pages of Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. I did not like it as much as the Name of the Rose but enjoyed learning more about the Templars. I wonder if writing about them will result in some strange [...]

…was my specialization during my MBA and I sub-specialized in International Business, so the recent feature in the Economist on Entrepreneurism took me back. It was also relevant to my day job as it talked about clusters and what is needed to stimulate entrepreneurial activity in Vancouver’s inner-city.
I tried to write this post earlier [...]

I just completed reading “Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message” the latest book from Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba. I succumbed to reading this book ASAP due to repeated exhortations online. I probably would have gotten around to it eventually but I was also convinced to join a book club and the [...]

Of course I recommend all the blogs in my Blogroll, but the one that is the funniest is Neal Pollack’s The Maelstrom. Neal is a writer, a real writer with published books and stuff. He isn’t a tech writer, he doesn’t write books on programming. I read his book “Never mind the [...]

I’m reading totally guitar: The Definitive Guide and it has thousands of pictures of both rare vintage guitars as well as some specialty manufactures. One guitar manufacture that seems pretty interesting is Parker. They have engineered their guitars significantly different at the neck, supposedly for better playability.
My next guitar, ie my [...]

I finally went to the National Museum of China. It has been on my ta-do list for months. I went alone during the Chinese New Year. It wasn’t that busy.

I didn’t have much enthusiasm. I think I’m museum’ed out. I’ve seen the one in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Xi’an now. [...]

So I’m now reading “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and playing Civilization III. I’ve actually been doing more of the latter than the former, but I’ve done my share of reading recently.
I was told of this book by my classmate Troy. I’m familiar with the premise and some of his theories can be seen [...]