Electromate-400 is a power-pack, jump-starter and air compressor, all rolled into one – a very handy device to carry in your car on road trips. . . . → Read More: Review: Black and Decker – Electromate® 400 AC/DC Portable Power Station/Jump-Starter/Compressor
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell This is Malcolm Gladwell‘s second book after “The Tipping Point.” In The Tipping Point, Gladwell writes about how sometimes things considered little and insignificant can unexpectedly cause big changes. Blink is about something very different; it is about how . . . → Read More: Book Review: "Blink" by Malcom Gladwell Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell This book, Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, focuses on something completely different from his earlier ones, “The Tipping Point,” and “Blink.” The Tipping Point is about how small factors can add up to cause a big change, or, to tip something over. It’s about the . . . → Read More: Book Review: "Outliers" – by Malcolm Gladwell I have been listening to the audio-book “How Doctors Think” by Dr. Jerome Groopman for the last few days. I will write a review when I have listened to it fully — and may be one more time — but something I heard today kept me thinking. Dr. Groopman describes how doctors sometimes are . . . → Read More: "Who You See Is What You Get." Over the end-of-the-year holidays, I have been busy remodeling some rooms in my house. We recently had new flooring installed, and so all the rooms had been cleared for that job. We decided to take advantage of that and do some more remodelling. We have been wanting to get rid of the “popcorn” ceilings . . . → Read More: Review: "Wagner Power Tex" Texture Sprayer I just created a Collection of Book Reviews at the portal site, using links to all the book reviews in this blog. Once again, the “book” feature of Drupal proved quite handy. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell After listening to this book twice, I am beginning to appreciate how seemingly miniscule things often change the outcome in many situations. We tend to focus on the “big” things and wonder why . . . → Read More: Book Review: "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell “Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior” Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman I was looking forward to this book after listening to two other eye-opening books on Behavioral Economics: Predictably Irrational and Freakonomics. In fact, I had learned about this upcoming book from Dan Ariely, the author of . . . → Read More: Book Review: " Sway" by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman I set up my 55-gallon freshwater aquarium about two years ago, and Fluval 305 was my choice for the filter. This has been a quiet, reliable and low-maintenance workhorse ever since. This filter is rated to service aquariums upto 70-gallons, and so I chose this as it would have some extra capacity when used . . . → Read More: Review: Fluval 305 External Canister Aquarium Filter While flipping through the pages of the book “Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior” by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman, I came across this interesting analysis. This is where a participant in the TV show “Who wants to become a millionaire?” being shown in France, is asked the question that goes something like: . . . → Read More: Does The Sun Go Around The Earth In France? |
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