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Stargate Atlantis - Season 5 - Partial Review
tv show review // Mark Yuasa

I was a bit slow to catch up to season 5 of Atlantis. I must have forgotten all about it with the writers' strike last year, adding to that, a very early start to the season way back in July of '08.
Now well into the season, we haven't seen any jaw-dropping plot twists, or exceptionally good writing for that matter, but that's not the kind of show SGA is. It's not high-minded and preachy like Star Trek, or edgy and sexy like Battlestar Galactica. Atlantis is just good, goofy fun. And there's nothing wrong with that at Laidback Geek.
Sony Reader (PRS-500) - Review
gadget review // Mark Yuasa
I bought the Sony Reader (PRS-500) a couple of years ago while on a business trip. I had no idea the product existed at the time, neither was I in the market for an eBook reader at all.
I played around with a display unit in the store, and the real sucker punch came when I found one of the books that came preloaded was a Star Trek eBook (what a nerd). I had already read the book, but the idea of downloading eBooks came rushing back to me.

