Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning. Neural Networks. We hear these buzzwords often these days, as technology takes a larger role in our lives. Have you used voice recognition on your smartphone? Followed a prompt by Facebook to tag a friend or family member in a photo that you’ve uploaded? Those are just two typical examples of the […]
What a Beauty! My “Hockey’s Greatest” book review
Are you looking for a memorable gift for the hockey fan in your life? I can highly recommend you check out Hockey’s Greatest, a captivating coffee-table book from Sports Illustrated featuring an introduction from NHL writer extraordinaire Michael Farber. SI was good enough to send me a review copy of this heavyweight 256-page tome, which carries […]
My review of “Nashville Predators: The Making of Smashville”
For Nashville Predators fans, there aren’t many books which delve into the history of the franchise, either at the organizational or personal level. There’s Hockey Tonk, which chronicles the early days of the team, My Toughest Faceoff, about longtime associate coach Brent Peterson and his battle with Parkinson’s Disease, and most recently former fan favorite Jordin Tootoo […]
A real memory shaker: my “Ready Player One” book review
Have you ever read a book that left you thinking more about your own tangential reactions to it, rather than the book itself? That was my experience with Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Now make no mistake, this isn’t a complaint about the book, which is a remarkably interactive exercise in nostalgia. Competitors race to complete a quest […]
“Blood Feud”: Revisiting Hockey’s Greatest Rivalry
Adrian Dater’s “Blood Feud” chronicles what was one of the greatest rivalries in all of professional sports, that between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche from the mid-90’s through the early 2000’s. As someone who grew up a Red Wings fan, following their trevails from the “Dead Wings” era of the early 80’s through […]