David Maduram MD PhD

Southern Connecticut Beach Review

Despite everything happening with the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 has been a great year for beach relaxation — the weather has been perfect, and our town of Fairfield has done a […]

Places

Lake Placid Itinerary with Kids

Last week, our family had the chance to spend six days in Lake Placid, NY! We had a wonderful time — abbreviated itinerary below, followed by photos: Itinerary Day 1 […]

People

Danice & Alok Wedding

Last week, my family and I celebrated the wedding of Deena’s sister Danice and Alok! We had a wonderful time at initial ceremony in Tampa . . . followed by […]

Projects

Building a Flower Wall

One thing that I’ve seen at a couple of recent weddings is something called a ‘flower wall’, which is a beautiful wall made of lace/silk flowers to serve as a […]

Projects

Glofish Aquarium

Over the past month or so, I’ve been working on stocking a new 60 gallon aquarium. I’ve always loved aquariums in the past, and actually had a 10-gallon aquarium with […]

Places

3 Easy Hikes in Sedona

This week, my wife and I were in Scottsdale for a conference, and decided to head up to Sedona for a day trip of trail walking / hiking. Although we […]

Books

Regicide Completionist Chronicles 2 Review

This is a brief review of Dakota Krout’s “Regicide”. This is the second book in the “Completionist Chronicles” series, and is categorized as a fantasy LitRPG novel. PLOT A simplified […]

People

Amy’s Wedding

My sister got married! Quick note, but just wanted to extend a big congratulations to Matt and Amy who got married on July 14th. The ceremony was absolutely wonderful, and […]

Projects

littleBits Electronics Synth Kit Review

Our public library has a bunch of kid electronic projects that they loan out, so recently I got my hands on the littleBits Electronics Synth Kit. As a kit, it […]

Projects

DIY Home Uplighting

Over the last month, things have been pretty busy with work and trips to Chicago (more on this later), but one project that I’ve really enjoyed is installing some uplighting […]

Books

Ghostwater Cradle 5 Review

This is a brief review of Will Wight’s “Ghostwater”. This is the fifth book in the “Cradle” series, and is categorized as a fantasy novel. PLOT A simplified graph of […]

Books

The Hobgoblin Riot Dominion of Blades 2 Review

This is a brief review of Matt Dinniman’s “The Hobgoblin […]

Books

Dominion of Blades Review

This is a brief review of Matt Dinniman’s “Dominion of Blades”. This is the first book in the “Dominion of Blades” series, and is categorized as a LitRPG fantasy novel. […]

Books

Glitch Hunter Review

This is a brief review of Skyler Grant’s “Glitch Hunter“. This is categorized as a fantasy LitRPG novel. PLOT A simplified graph of the major plot points in this title […]

Books

Top 10 Audible Books on Personal Finance

Over the past month, one of my priorities has been to really focus on money management — we bought our house in early 2017, and since then we have been […]

Movies

Star Wars Solo Review

The following is a brief review of the Star Wars movie Solo. PLOT The movie Solo traces the life of Han Solo as he grows from a plucky Aladdin-esque street […]