Connected to Finland

Archive for February, 2010

Extremely accurate. I stepped on and off six times scale and it said the same number to the first decimal place each time. My only gripe is that it didnt come with batteries so I had to dig around the house for them. Overall great scale.
Armor Aggressive Pro Series | hauntedinkbottle

I had been using the Garmin 205 for a number of years. I would lose the satellite signal when I was in a wooded area or near buildings. The 305 is much improved in that regard…it has a stronger receiver. I am very satisfied with the product and could not see running without it. The one negative I have is when checking statistics of past runs, the characters are very small compared to the 205. However, I am uploading everything now to Gamin Connect and it keep great stats on all of my runs.

I would highly recommend the Garmin 305 to anyone that runs on a regular basis. Once you try it–you won’t leave home without it.
Continental Country Plus Reflex | reelafghanistan

I’m going to go out on a limb here. Let me get right to the point: This is a terrible book.

Harsh? Maybe, but that’s how it is. About the time Artemis Fowl hit the market, I heard it claimed that Eoin Colfer was 14 when he wrote it. On some simple checking of dates, the claim seems unlikely (he was 36 when it was published). But the book is so badly written that it’s believable. If this was fanfic, everyone would be pointing at the protagonist and shouting “Gary Stu! Gary Stu!” (If that doesn’t ring any bells, try looking up “Mary Sue” instead.) The descriptive style … well, what can one say about the descriptive style? Phil Foglio uses some very similar characterisations in his Myth books. (Compare Guido and Nunzio to Fowl’s butler, for example.) The difference is, Foglio is writing humorous — and occasionally risqué — parody (and doing a good job of it) … but Colfer is serious. And it just doesn’t work. The characters are cardboard and flat; the plot is predictable and stereotyped, and yet manages to strain even a teenager’s willing suspension of disbelief with its excesses of “But wait, there’s more.”

Granted, this is supposed to be “young adult” fiction. But so is Harry Potter; and the qualkity of writing and plot development in Harry Potter are so far above Artemis Fowl that there’s scarcely any comparision. I know if anyone had given me a copy of Artemis Fowl when I was a “young adult”, I’d have been insulted that they thought my reading level was so low.
Premium Nylon Tan Laptop | ntmconline

I got my iPod Touch 3G for Christmas and instantly fell in love with it. The ease of use, the stylish interface, the myriad great apps you can download for it, the beautiful screen… everything. However, this was short-lived; my iPod started having syncing errors on the second week, giving off a message of “Disk could not be read or written to” on iTunes which essentially meant I had to unplug and replug the USB and re-attempt the sync. About 50% of the time I’d do this, I’d get one of these cryptic error messages from iTunes.
All this came to a head when attempting to update the firmware to the latest version failed for the same reasons, wiped my data and left my iPod in “Recovery mode” which rendered it useless. I tried different computers, different cables, everything suggested by Apple but still my iPod wouldn’t come back to normal. Frustrated, I’m taking it back to the store to get a new one.
Regarding iTunes, I don’t know how it works on Mac, but the Windows version has a whole other host of issues. Not only it gives off the aforementioned cryptic messages, but whenever it’s downloading anything it takes *way* more bandwidth than it needs so it makes even web browsing a challenging endeavor. It also has a large memory footprint and installs a lot of services to start up with your machine without your consent, even things you don’t need (like Bonjour, a service that allows you to share your library over a network with other iTunes users; useless if you don’t). If the iPod interface follows the “simple and sleek” model, iTunes follows the “users are dumb” one. A pity, really.

Though overpriced, this is a fantastic platform for all your media needs and if you can deal with iTunes and you’re lucky to get a good one, then you’ll be enjoying this device a lot. Safari works flawlessly as a web browser (though there’s *no* Flash support) and the simple touch gestures you can use to control pretty much everything are a stroke of genius. If for some reason you can’t g
Lemon Limonchiki | castellarenpositiu

I had some reservations about buying this machine because some people complained about leaking, etc. I read enough positive reviews and thought the complainers had user error going on.

I got it today, my eight year old son assembled it (it was that easy) and I cleaned most of our downstairs carpets this evening. Wow! I think of myself as a good housekeeper and it is so painful to see how dark the dirty water is. No leaking!

This replaces my ten year old Dirt Devil that I was always satisfied with. I think this Hoover got the carpets cleaner than they ever have been. The price to purchase it is less than having the professionals come in.
Nortel Contivity Extranet Switch | aamas2004

Great Bike for the price…. This little bike was a steal for the ptice. The packaging arrived in very good condition. the bike itself was very easy to put together. It took me about 20 minutes to get everything done.

The bike’s finish was flawless with no scratches. The best indicator was when my little girl rode it. The smile on her face is the final arbiter. I recommend this bike if your budget does not allow for the pricier biclycles around.

Bottom line: worth the investment.

Read the rest of this entry »