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Archive for September, 2010

This little device makes it very easy to share photos or other media from your computer and view it on the family TV. The installation is very simple and easy, I had no problems at all with the installation and the sync to put files from your computer to the Freeagent can be either an automatic or you can tell the device exactly what files you want to be transfered. I don’t have many movies on my system, I only had about 4. Most of them would play but I couldn’t get the Mpeg types of movies to work on this device. Most movies and TV on the internet are moving to the flash type of viewing which is not transferable to another device nor can it be saved to your computer for later viewing. It would be nice to have something simple that I could view this type of show on my TV. This device won’t work for this type of show.

I would reccommend this for viewing pictures, listening to music, viewing some movies taken from your PC, it does this very well. With the simple setup and usage anyone would be able to install and use this. I also found if you start a music file it will continue playing while you are looking at photos, I thought this was a nice feature.
Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD

I absolutely loved “The Catcher in the Rye.” Thought it was an excellent book with an extremely interesting main character, Holden Caulfield. I’m not going to give away any plot material for those who haven’t yet read the story, but I would like to say that I really loved how easily I could understand Holden’s thoughts. Salinger did a great job of portraying a person like Holden Caulfield. Too bad Salinger never allowed it to become a movie…
KitchenAid Architect Series II

This item is wonderful for your GPS. It doesn’t slide on your dash and you just move off of your dash when you park and no one knows you have a GPS. With this item, you don’t have to put the sticker on your windshield either where anyone can see that you have a GPS. Love it.
Warwick Corvette Electric Bass

Out of the box the product worked fine – for about 5 weeks and 4 uses. After that the LED on two of the channels went dark. Buy something better.
Tripp Lite N044 000

Like all other people, I read the reviews and was impressed that over 1.5 thousand customers bought this scale, with about 80% 5 stars reviews. So I ordered this one.

But after 1 week’s using, I found the scale is trying to use its memory (last time your weight) to show you if your weight is not much changes. For example, before and after I put on a jacket, the reading is the same; before and after I empty the bowels, the reading is the same. Even before and after 6 hours (I eat and exercise during it), the reading is still the same.

So I have to reset its memory by letting my son stand on it or put a dumbbell on it to get another number, then weight myself again to get a real number that can reflect the weight I’m wearing a jacket or after my bowels are empty. Lift it up and put it down even can’t reset its memory.

Fortunately I am not in a weight lossing program so the “memory” thing is OK to me. But I am disappoint that this scale use such trick to maintain its accuracy.
Duke Ellington A Concert

In the beginning of Water For Elephants Jacob Jankowski tells us that he is 90 or 93 (who can really be certain anymore?) His body betrayed him years ago and Jacob now fears that his mind isn’t far behind. Shuffling along miserably behind his walker, he’s living out his final days in the nursing home and hating every minute of it. Just another invisible senior citizen who’s family and the world as a whole has forgotten about.

When the circus comes to town and sets up its Big Top tents across the street Jacob comes alive and through a series of flashbacks begins to tell us his life’s story. Taking us back to when he joined the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show On Earth, a traveling circus he toured with during the great depression.

At the age of 23 Jacob had a predictable future set out ahead of him, one that certainly didn’t involve joining the circus. However with his parents untimely death and the bank foreclosing on his family home Jacob soon finds himself homeless, heartbroken and mentally quite unable to sit his final veterinary exams. When an exotic, animal filled train steams toward him Jacob doesn’t even think. Flinging himself aboard the boxcar and inadvertently changing his destiny forever.

I absolutely adored this book, alternately falling in love with both Jacob, the crotchety old man and Jacob, the young, moral and penniless circus veterinarian. Water For Elephants transported me to another time and quickly became one of those books I never wanted to end.

Author Sara Gruen has researched the depression era circus life down to the smallest of details and I feel that this captivating and vivid story will appeal to almost anyone.Filled with action, adventure and a sweet forbidden romance there is also a fascinating sideshow of secondary characters including a clever Polish Elephant, a grouchy little person as Jacob’s roommate and a cruel and schizophrenic animal trainer whose wife Jacob just happens to fall in love with. All of this has been w
Marina Goldfish Kit Purple

Our vet had demonstrated this brush for us and we loved it but didn’t want to spend $50 on it. We ended up finding it from an amazon seller for $14, so we jumped on the chance to buy it. Our dog, a beagle/Shepherd mix (at best guess), seemed to have an endless undercoat. We tried two other brushes: a bristle brush, which is actually for finishing, and he loves getting brushed with it but it doesn’t do anything during shedding season; and a slicker brush, which he didn’t really like and didn’t seem to pull out much hair. He doesn’t love the Furminator either but that’s just his temperament. He tolerates it, and it pulls hair out so well that usually he’s not fed up with it by the time we’re done brushing him. Highly recommend this product, it’s certainly worth paying full price if you can’t find a discount.
Space Travel The History

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, a teenage boy who has been kicked out of numerous schools, tells of the days leading up to his confinement in a mental hospital. Throughout these three days, Holden wanders New York city in a mostly drunken state. The only person he is able to connect with is his younger sister Phoebe though he spends one night with a hooker and one with a past professor who he admired (until the professor made a sexual pass).

It is no wonder that Catcher in the Rye is one of the most popular books of all time. Written in streaming consciousness it is nearly impossible to not understand Holden and teenage angst. Every young man I have ever met fits into Caulfield’s persona for at least some point in their life.
2x Digital Telephoto Professional

We never received this item but have been charged for it. The expected delivery date has come and gone by one week now and still no book. Issue full credit for this purchase and we will get it from a more reliable source.

American Antiquities and Discoveries

Spider-man is the summer blockbuster based on the old Marvel comic book. It is fun to watch, but is nothing more than that.

The story follows Peter Parker, a misfit teen, who is bit by a genetically altered spider in a science lab. The spider gives him supernatural ’spider’ powers, including the ability to swing from webs and climb up and down buildings. It also gives him great agility. He, at first, uses these powers for bad, seeking money and revenge for his uncle’s murder. But soon he sees the light and starts catching criminals. He becomes the city phantom.
Parker’s best friend’s father’s name is Norman Osborne. Osborne’s multi-million dollar company is making large suits and chemicals to make the human body stronger. Osborne tries these chemicals and is overpowered by an evil essence called the Green Goblin. The Goblin controls his mind and causes him to murder many innocent people. Osborne then turns evil. It is up to Spider-man, aka Peter Parker, to stop the Green Goblin, aka Norman Osborne, and save the city, as well as the ones he loves.

This movie is made kind of like a video game in the sense that everything takes place swinging fast from high buildings. It is a fun movie, and I reccommend watching it.
Spider Man Widescreen Special