I had heard of Richard Dawkins but had never read any of his books. The book is an … Continue reading “The God Delusion is great”

Alex Vilenkin does an amazing job at describing in laymen’s terms the recent findings in astrophysics and cosmology. … Continue reading “Many Worlds in One is fascinating!”

Ted Halstead, a friend of mine and president of the New America Foundation, recently became addicted to kite … Continue reading “Kite surfing is divine!”

As a former McKinsey consultant, I find Scott Adam’s take extremely amusing 🙂

Her story as well as that of her parents and her husband deserves to be told. The book … Continue reading “Personal History by Katherine Graham is great”

Following Gary Smith’s amazing biography of Andre Agassi in Sports Illustrated I was inspired to buy Beyond the … Continue reading “Beyond the Game is disappointing”

A few months ago, I spent a few days in Dubai on business. I was impressed by the … Continue reading “Dubai is intense!”

A few months ago I blogged about the Psychology of Happiness (https://fabricegrinda.com/the-psychology-of-happiness/) which showed that empirical evidence suggested … Continue reading “The Psychology of Happiness – Part 2”

The movie is dark, gritty, intense, fast paced and the dialogues are great! It adds a bit of … Continue reading “Casino Royale is great!”

I really wanted to love Borat. I adored the previews and was impressed by the interviews and all … Continue reading “Borat and the problem of high expectations”

I have to admit that after seeing the previews I was skeptical both about the plot and the … Continue reading “Stranger than Fiction is entertaining”

Einat Wilf, a young up and coming Israeli politician and intellectual, wrote an interesting article a few years … Continue reading “The Red Carpet Syndrome”

As I much as I liked that other magician period piece, The Illusionist, The Prestige is better. While … Continue reading “The Prestige is awesome!”

It turns out our parents were right. Brushing our teeth, flossing and using Listerine daily does protect us … Continue reading “Floss, brush and rinse – the right way!”

Let’s say you have a site present in tons of countries – site.fr, site.co.uk, etc. Would any of … Continue reading “Alexa Question”