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Julian – The End of an Era

March 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

This excellent novel was a bestseller in the 1960s and that in of itself is a sad testament to the intellectual decline of the American reader. Its a novelized biography of the fourth century Roman Emperor Julian, known as The Apostate.

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Canon 5D Mark III – Finally!

March 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

Finally, after 3.5 years, the Canon 5D Mark III is here (or at least on the way)!

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San Fran – Feng Nian

March 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

Something tells you nothing on the Westside of Los Angeles is decent regular Chinese food. While in the Bay Area I try to take advantage of the bounty provided by Northern California’s Chinese-American population.

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Kindle Select – The Sales

February 29, 2012 | 12 Comments

On February 7-8 I ran a Kindle Select sale giving away The Darkening Dream free (Kindle version) for 48 hours. Free downloads were fantastic and the book was nailed to number 4 overall in the Kindle store for almost two days (details…

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Stake Land – Vampire Zombie Scramble

February 27, 2012 | 6 Comments

Steak Land is a very ambitious film. On a diminutive budget, it attempts to paint a fairly complete vision of a post-apocalyptic America — and is successful enough to be impressive.

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Ghirardelli Ice Cream

February 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

My son’s first visit to San Francisco would not have been complete without a visit to Ghirardelli’s world-famous chocolate and ice cream factory.

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Game of Thrones – Season 2 – First Look

February 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

HBO has released more trailer goodness (2/24/12). This is one of the best yet, featuring all sorts of footage from the new season.

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San Fran – Jardinere

February 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

Another foray into the wonderful world of San Francisco dining. This time to the lovely dining room of Jardinere.

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Drive

February 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

This one of these movies where everything goes a really wrong – for everyone – except the audience.

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Game of Thrones – Invitation to the Set

February 21, 2012 | 1 Comments

As we ramp into GOT season 2, HBO releases yet more and more goodies. Here we have one of those overwhelmingly positive video previews – but with lots of good footage. Enjoy.

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San Fran – Kokkari

February 21, 2012 | 1 Comments

Kokkari was a great “find.” In truth flavors are rarely even this pure in Greece, although there was this one restaurant I ate at on Rhodos that was very similar.

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Game of Thrones – Iceland

February 16, 2012 | 4 Comments

Another interesting production video on filming beyond the wall (Iceland).

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Jak & Daxter Retrospective

February 15, 2012 | 44 Comments

The video interviews of myself and other members of the Jak & Daxter team talking about the game 10 years later.

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Waterloo & City – Fat=Flavour

February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

Waterloo & City is a choice member of the new wave of upscale Gastropubs bringing rich (but delicious) modern bar food to the city.

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Brace yourself for Hardcover

February 12, 2012 | 3 Comments

My publisher might be small (one book released and another in the queue) but I was determined to produce a hardcover edition for my debut novel. Find out why and how below the fold.

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Red Medicine – Elfin Feast

February 11, 2012 | 3 Comments

Lords of the forest, this was some unique stuff. The flavors were a bit more understated and far less Vietnamese than a year ago. Ultimately odder, more elfin, and celestial, but certainly more unique.

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Kindle Select – The Results

February 10, 2012 | 9 Comments

On February 7 and 8 I put The Darkening Dream on 48 hours of Kindle Select free promo. The book tore through the charts to “sell” (I mean give away) over 21,000 copies. In the first 24 hours it propelled itself to…

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Q&A on Reddit

February 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

A Twitter friend during on big promo push for The Darkening Dream that I create an AMA on Reddit. I had no idea what this is, but I looked it up and it sounded like fun.

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Great Free Fiction

February 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Who doesn’t love FREE books? My novel The Darkening Dream is still free on Kindle until midnight. So if you missed it, grab it now! Yesterday it enjoyed massive success reaching rates of over 20 copies downloaded per minute and hitting…

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The Darkening Dream – Free on Kindle

February 7, 2012 | 7 Comments

The title pretty much says it all. The Darkening Dream, my dark fantasy novel, is free on Amazon for the Kindle for just 48 hours — all of February 7 and 8, 2012.

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