Piaw's Blog
April 6th: Cap Formentor
Review: Exit Interview
2026 Mallorca Trip Report
Review: Lies My Teacher Told Me
April 5: Santa Magdelena
Prologue: April 3-4 San Francisco to Club Del Sol, Port de Pollenca
Review: Lone Wolf and Cub: The Gateless Barrier
Review: Miracle Children
Review: The Anthropocene Reviewed
Review: The Elements of Marie Curie
Re-read: The Magician's Land
Review: The Haywire Heart
Review: American Vampire Vol 1
Re-read: Lone Wolf and Cub - The Assassin's Road
Review: Apple in China
Review: Wonders of the Universe
Re-read: The Magician King
Review: Why does E=MC^2? (And Why Should We Care?)
Review: Human Universe
Review: The Quantum Universe
Review: Congratulations, By The Way
Review: Black Holes - The Key to Understanding the Universe
Review: The Highest Exam - How the Gaokao Shapes China
Review: Breakneck
Re-read: The Magicians
Review: Looking for Alaska
Review: The Fault in Our Stars
Friction shifting finds its limits
Review: The Age of Diagnosis
Review: King Sorrow
Review: Notes on Being a Man
Point Reyes Coast Campground
Review: The Escape
Review: Jan Ullrich - The Best there Never Was
Review: LG Gram 17" Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Laptop
Review: The Housekeeper and the Professor
Review: Codex
Review: A Marriage at Sea
Review: The Sexual Evolution
Epilogue & Conclusions
2025 BVI: November 30 - Privateer Bay, Norman Island to Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola
2025 BVI: November 29th - Privateer Bay, Norman Island
2025 BVI: Nov 28 - White Bay, Peter Island to Privateer Bay, Norman Island
BVI 2025: November 27 - Long Bay, Jost Van Dyke to White Bay, Peter Island
BVI 2025: Nov 26 - Marina Cay to Long Bay, Jost Van Dyke
2025 BVI: November 25 - Deadman's Bay, Peter Island to Marina Cay
BVI 2025: Nov 24 Kelly's Cove, Norman Island to Deadman's Bay, Peter Island
BVI 2025: Nov 23rd - Nanny Cay Marina , Tortola to Kelly's Cove, Norman Island
Review: Grunt
2025 BVI Sailing Trip
Building Xiaoiqin's Ritchey Montebello
BVI 2025: Nov 22 Prologue
2026 Book Reviews
Re-read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mainteneance
Review: Cosmos
Review: Science Under Seige
Review: Batman by Grant Morrison
Books of the Year 2025
Review: Very Far Away From Anywhere Else
Review: Plays Well With Others
Review: Aurora
Review: Struck by Genius
Review: Ghost in the Shell - Standalone Complex
Review: The Grand Design
Review: The Woman Behind the New Deal
Review: Broken Stars
Review: Genius Makers
Review: Human Compatible
Review: Katabasis
Capitola Overnight
Review: Empire of Pain
Review: Shokz Openswim Pro
Review: Arrowsmith
Review: TheMagic5 Swimming Googles
Review: AstroCity Metro Book Vol 6
Review: Superman - Camelot Falls
Reiew: The Molecule of More
Review: Batman - Creature of the Night
Review: Superman - Secret Identity
Review: Good Omens Graphic Novel
San Francisco Crosstown and Double Cross Walks
Review: Hileen replacement nosepads for Oakley cycling glasses
Review: Wolftooth Encase Hex Wrench Kit
Review: Beguilement
Long term review: Waxing Chains
Review: Gabaruk 11-50 11s cassette
Review: Play Nice
2025 Tour Epilogue
July 4: Lustenau to Lindau (Germany)
July 3: Lenzerheide to Lustenau
Review: Flow Control Filter for Aeropress
July 2: Bergun to Lenzerheide
Review: 1Q84
July 1: Madulain to Bergun
Review: Ortlieb Saddlebag 4 liter
June 30th: Zernez to Maudalin
June 29: Pontresina Panaromic Hike
June 28: Trafoi to Livigno (with bus transfer from Santa Maria Val Mustair)
Review: Novelist as a Vocation
June 27: Pfunds to Trafoi