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Archive for June, 2010

Worked very well, but suddenly camera detected card error and would not operate. I had to format the card to make it work again. Working fine otherwise.
Nikon D90 Digital SLR

If you are looking for a great vacuum without the bells and whistles, this is what you want! Great suction. Great performance. All of the basic upholstery/crevice attachments. This vacuum does the job and does it well!
Neural Networks for Modelling

You all heard the saying. You all said the saying: ‘If I had a nickel….’ Well let’s try it on Miss Meyer’s vocabulary skills. I gave Twilight a chance and after halfway through the third book I couldn’t read anymore. Stephenie Meyer has the vocabulary skills of a thrid grader at best. Now before you hassle me on her skills, let’s take a look. It’s not the same word here or there. It’s everywhere. Let’s start with the most used word: ‘Slowly’.

I used Amazon’s SEARCH INSIDE page on all four books of Twilight. Can any of you guess what the grand total was? Not 100. Not 200. It was 244 times. 244 times she used the word ’slowly’. Now let’s use that old saying. 244 nickels is twenty-four dollars and forty cents. I can fill my gas tank almost all the way with that kind of money. Still not convinced? Okay, ’slowly’ can be used alot by some authors. Let’s let at some more.

‘Perfect’ is the second highest. Edward’s perfect face is said so many times with the word ‘perfect’. The total? 162 times. That’s sixteen dollars and twenty cents.

let’s add together ‘grimace’ and ‘grimaced’. Total? 49 times.

And finally, Edward’s ‘crooked’ smile. Total? 19 times.

When you add up the grand total of all these excess words, you get a whopping 474 over used words. Nearly fifty dollars in nickels. I can not only fill up my gas tank all the way but I can enjoy myself with a coffee and pastry at Starbucks and a mass-market book to read while I’m there with more to spare in my pocket.

Stephanie Myeyer, please for the love of God, get yourself a thesaurus! For all our sakes, please stop!

Nothing But the Truth

Works beautifully – great way to pull your GPS off the dash and hide it when parking, without telltale suction-cup marks on the windshield to alert thieves that there’s a GPS available to steal inside your car!
Aden and the Indian

The iPod Touch is a wonderful device. HOWEVER, Apple could make it more attractive by providing a decent manual with it. I printed out the PDF available on line. The directions are confusing on many issues. The Shuffle feature instructions, for example, are vague and don’t work as described. And don’t think you can go to Apple for clarification. There is no way to penetrate their on-line “help” screens to get any meaningful information. It’s also pretty insulting to give a purchaser of a $300 device a single free support phone call before charging to explain what they couldn’t make clear in their manuals.

One other gripe: NO FM RADIO. Even $30 MP3 players have that.
Therapure 300 Air Purifier

My husband and I actually purchased these after trying out iPads. The only thing we really liked the iPad for was reading, but they’re so much heaver and the LCD screen is worse for bedtime reading (the lights for LCD mess with your sleep cycle). We returned the iPads and bought the Kindles instead – so much better, lighter and easier for reading. No regrets.
Tripp Lite ISOTEL Isobar

Initially purchased this vacuum to replace the toy I had been using. The suction on this vac is so strong that it really does pull itself along when you use it. After using for a few days, I had one sent to my mother. She has used many vacuums in her day, and she was wowed by this one. Believe the reviews, this product is really a great buy!
Power Rangers Stylized Ranger

Purchased gaming package for family use. Package came with five basic sports program. Family has had hours of enjoyment with this gaming unit. Would suggest purchasing additional controller and nunchuk controller for play with multiple players.
Casio #LTP1130A 7A Women

I’m using this card in the Panasonic GH1 for HD video and it works great. No problems so far, and a great buy.
Neon Peace Sign Sunglasses

VERY reasonable and EFFECTIVE. Must have for the type of work I do. I’ve used it 3-4 times a week since I have had it and it worked perfect everytime.
Digital Laser Photo Tachometer