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Thoughtful Wheaten
http://thoughtful-wheaten.blogspot.com/
A blog that provides: book reviews on a range of topics (mysteries, investment books, biographies...), some great ideas/hacks for improving your productivity and saving money.
Recent Posts
Happy New Year! Welcome 2009
Welcome to 2009. Here's hoping health, prosperity and happiness in the New Years for you and yours. After a long 2008, its great to welcome a new year and open up to new opportunities. Best wishes for the new year!...
Why mobile phone manufacturers need to copy the iPhone!
An interesting experiment tonight drove home the point that Steve Jobs made with the introduction of the iPhone which was that the existing manufacturers of mobile phones need to wake up and improve their products.I decided that I wanted to transfer ...
"The Jugger" by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake)
Yet another in the Parker series of novels written by Donald Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. The Jugger follows the story of former safe cracker ("a jugger") Joe Scheer is retired and living in a small mid-west town and remains the main c...
What to make of a Yahoo! combination with Microsoft
After being out sick for a few days I wanted to get back in the swing of things by putting a few thoughts out there on Microsoft's proposal to acquire Yahoo!While lots is being written about the financial implications for shareholders and the remaini...
"God Save The Mark" By Donald Westlake
After reading a number of novels by Donald Westlake written under the pen-name of Richard Stark I opted to pick up another of his works. This time I chose "God Save the Mark" a mystery published in the late 1960s featuring the challenges a born "mark...

