Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Whole Nine Yards
Did you know that the term "the whole nine yards" is a sailing term? I just learned this from Mark Denny's Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing:
The whole nine yards: Everything. Mainsails on square-riggers were supported by yards (horizontal spars). if all three mainsails on a three-master were unfurled, then every mainsail was deployed.
The whole nine yards: Everything. Mainsails on square-riggers were supported by yards (horizontal spars). if all three mainsails on a three-master were unfurled, then every mainsail was deployed.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Float Your Boat!
Mark Denny is both a sailing enthusiast and a physicist, and he uses his background to teach us the history of sailing (from prehistoric times) and the phyics behind sailing phenomena.
Check out the table of contents to get a sense of the book.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Valerie Plame, suspense novelist
How awesome is it that Valerie Plame has signed a deal with Penguin Group to write a series of international suspense novels!
Can't wait for her first book, to be published next year.
Can't wait for her first book, to be published next year.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
iPad
I haven't bought an Amazon Kindle, even after months and months of longing, but I did get an iPad!
I've always been anti Apple products (I have a Microsoft Zune), but I finally caved and got myself one of these beauties:
I've always been anti Apple products (I have a Microsoft Zune), but I finally caved and got myself one of these beauties:
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Eddie Would Go
Sorry I've been posting so infrequently this last year. I haven't been reading much these last few months -- been busy with so many different new things.
But I wanted to write just a bit about Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero and Pioneer of Big Wave Surfing by Stuart Holmes Coleman, which I just finished reading. It's an interesting look at the life of a true Hawaiian water man, whose life was tragically cut short in a heroic attempt to save his friends.
The story of Eddie is so interesting (he is the namesake of the legendary surf contest held in his name and sponsored by Quiksilver each year), but the writing of this book is kind of terrible. Still, worth a read since there are so few books about Eddie.
But I wanted to write just a bit about Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero and Pioneer of Big Wave Surfing by Stuart Holmes Coleman, which I just finished reading. It's an interesting look at the life of a true Hawaiian water man, whose life was tragically cut short in a heroic attempt to save his friends.
The story of Eddie is so interesting (he is the namesake of the legendary surf contest held in his name and sponsored by Quiksilver each year), but the writing of this book is kind of terrible. Still, worth a read since there are so few books about Eddie.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)