Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Review: Ru by Kim Thúy

Thoughts on differences between the book version and film version of Ru.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, August 30, 2024

Review: On Cold Iron by Dan Levert

About the history of engineering: the Canadian Iron Ring Ceremony and the Quebec Bridge disaster.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, February 11, 2024

Review: The Last Front Line by Brendan O'Dwyer

How the sausage is made: Brendan O’Dwyer writes about building the Paparoa Great Walk on NZ’s West Coast.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Book review: Wellington's Railways: Colonial Steam to Matangi, by David Parsons

David Parsons. Wellington’s Railways: Colonial Steam to Matangi. 2010. This book is certainly not lacking in detail. It covers the early development of Wellington region rail (different parts of New Zealand, and I guess many other countries, were quite isolated 150 years ago) until 1920; refinements from 1920 to 1970; and the changes from 1970 to 2010. Wellington rail did manage to mostly hang on through the global Reagan-Thatcher neoliberal era.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, October 8, 2023

Review: Flight of the Huia by Kerry-Jayne Wilson

A review of a 2004 book about NZ ecology, ecosystems, and species endemic to NZ.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, September 4, 2023

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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