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Category Archives: Books

What I am reading. Fear: Trump in the White House

I read my first Bob Woodward book in 1974: All the President's Men.. It seemed momentous at the time. Now "Fear" seems no less momentous.-- Fast moving-- and every bit of it is believable. -- A serious book. For a serious reader.

Recent Quote of Note

The best thing that could happen is if everyone stopped being a member of the (ARRL) useless organization & we watched the whole bunch fade into the sunset.The sooner the better.

Clayton
W4KVW

The “end of gun control” as we know it

A landmark court case legalizing DIY firearms for just about anyone. See this fascinating video reported by Wired Magazine.

Gadget of the Moment

Tri-Band Mesh WiFi by Linksys. 3 Units for home distribution. Back RF-Channel handles digital house keeping and Load balancing.3 Wifi Nodes. If you've got fast Speeds into the house--- 250+ mb+ this system will keep you humming. Pricey: $399 Amazon

Best Book I read in 2017

The story of a blind French girl and a young Wehrmacht soldier. Their paths cross in the closing weeks of WWII. One reviewer said to read this book is "to live" it.

it’s in German with English Subtitles. You won’t care. It’s awesome!

Babylon Berlin. Maybe the best European Film-noir Murder mystery, political thriller ever! Set in Berlin 1929. German subterfuge, undermining the Treaty of Versailles, murder, police corruption, the rise of the Brownshirts, Communist revolutionaries, and a gumshoe detective in the midst of it all. (Oh and pretty girls too!_ 5 Star Reviews!

The Orphan Master’s Son

North Korea in contemporary times. The tale of a Korean boy who grows up to work for the dark side of N. Korea's government. A brutal story. Hard to read. Hard to put down. Occasional tiny rays of humanity creep into this riveting yet repulsive story. Read it-- If you've got the guts. It won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Powerful, Cruel, heart breaking. No happy ending.