Entries Categorized as 'Reviews'

Any other princesses need saving?

Date January 26, 2007

TOAD: January 25th, 2007: Last night I achieved one of my greater gaming accomplishments of all time: beating The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess, for the Nintendo Wii. What an exceptionally satisfying game it was, too.
As I no longer have too much time to play games, completing a game has become quite a […]

Bringing Down the House

Date January 21, 2007

I finished the first of my “24 in 12″ books last week. My kick off book was Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich, a story about a team of card counters from MIT who trade in their lives as engineering and math […]

All Star Product: Chuckit!

Date January 14, 2007

(This is the first in an ongoing series of products that I have found to be executed in a particularly profound way. I will call them Alex’s All Star Products. It doesn’t have the same ring as JD Power and Associates, does it?)
For a few years now, I’ve seen the Chuckit swell in popularity with […]

It’s a bad sign when you can’t make grilled cheese

Date December 29, 2006

After a trip to the Brooklyn Museum today to see the Ron Mueck and Annie Leibovitz exhibits, Alex and I decided to try the new Brooklyn Burger Bar that has taken the place of Bar Minnow on the corner of 7th avenue and 9th street in Park Slope. I was skeptical of Brooklyn Burger […]

Sunday Brunch at Kitchen Bar

Date September 24, 2006

I tend to think aside from a few really great restaurants (al di la, blue ribbon sushi), a lot of eateries in the Park Slope area are more inclined to focus on atmosphere instead of food, which frustrates me. I have tried on multiple occasions to like Cafe Steinhoff, because the people sitting outside are […]

My Indispensable Mac Photo Tools: FlickrExport + Keyword Assistant

Date May 22, 2006

Like many Mac users, I use iPhoto to collect all the photos I take and Flickr to share the ones I want to share. For a long time, getting photos from iPhoto to Flickr was a somewhat painful process. The Uploader Flickr provides is very limited in functionality and takes forever to upload a large […]

Best. Shoes. Ever.

Date May 22, 2006

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After about a year of admiring them from a distance and getting recommendations from friends, I finally broke down and purchased a pair of Merrell Chamelon Stretch II shoes this […]