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The end of the Y
Nic sings the praises of the local YMCA where he sent his daughter to preschool and the Reggio Emilia method.
Review: The Digital Photography Book
Will help improve the quality of your photographs.
Life in the cloud
Keeping data in sync between different computers and different people is tricky. Nic looks at some ways it can be done.
The fairy princess Wii
Fairytopia rips off the Wii mote and it actually doesn’t suck.
Review: The Dead Yard
The second Michael Forsythe novel is grim and fast-paced.
Movie roundup, part three
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Casino Royale and Battle Royale. One of these movies doesn’t suck.
Review: Bitter Gold Hearts
The second Garrett, P.I. novel is an improvement on the first.
Review: Sweet Silver Blues
The first Garrett, P.I. novel is a fun mix of fantasy and noir.
Review: Dead I Well May Be
A strong first novel in a dark and grim series.
Review: Judas Unchained
The follow-up to Pandora’s Star is epic sci-fi at its finest.
Car alarm yadda yadda
Nic gets stuck in customer service hell when he replaces the fob to his car alarm.
Wii first impressions
Nic’s family scores a Wii. Here are his first impressions.
No sex until marriage doesn’t seem to work
A study finds that abstinence-only sex education doesn’t work. Nic is not surprised.