Archive for October, 2010
I got K2i used and am very satisfied. Since my reading is mostly Chinese, I installed a third-party operating system that can co-exist with the default one. So far, I find it runs very good with occasional hiccups. Anyway, this really helps me in reading all kinds of Chinese TXT and PDF files that can be found on the web. I like this very much, and I cannot think of any improvement that I can ask for.
For Garmin Nuvi 270
The Help is about the relationships between black and white people in the 60’s. In a small town in Mississipi, most families have a black maid who end up raising their children and cooking their meals and doing their cleaning. At the center of the story is Aibileeen, who works for the dense Miss Leefolt, Minny, a very precocious but endearing maid who is known for her mouth who comes to work for Miss Celia, and Skeeter, who decides to write a book about the maids and their relationships with their bosses. This book was powerful and very well written, and contains many characters who are multi faceted. I particlarly enjoyed Minny’s section.
ChargerCity Universal Portable Non
We injoy the games and the work out that is on the wii fit plus. The work out has helped to trim and tone the body. I can see an improvement already.
Bicycle Times 1 year
When I first purchased this device and plugged it in, I was horrified to see that the embedded Smartware software not only forced you to use it to back up your files, but you have no ability to actually see what it’s backing up beyond major categories (music, video, ‘other’). This would be great for my parents in their 70’s or anyone with little computer savvy, but is completely unacceptable to someone like me who wants to SEE what EXACTLY is being backed up and be able to choose what to keep. You can’t even manually move files like on any other normal storage device.
It seems that Western Digital is listening – if you type ’smartware’ in the ‘Knowledge base’ tool found here:[...] There is an FAQ that states “How to disable and re-enable a WD My Book (+ WD SmartWare) Virtual CD in Windows or Mac”
I tried it and it works – I can now use my new little hard drive as usual and the virtual cd software does not reappear. Yes, a pain in the butt but WD also states that in the future there will be a tool to remove the software for those who do not want it.
Long story short, I think the Smartware software might be great for the right user, but not for me. I was 10 seconds from returning this drive before I found the ability to disable the thing. As far as the cable (what other people have complained about regarding this drive) – it’s no biggie to me.
Western Digital My Passport
I’ve used MS Office for years but it’s my first update since 2000. It came quickly, was easy to install, and takes more understanding than the Works software that came with the new computer. It doesn’t take long to learn the basics and produce quality output.
Set Of 4 B
Help is a story that so closely follows reality in its time frame, one has to remind one’self, this is a ovel.Characters and situations are only to familiar to anyone living in the South during the fifties and sixties.
At times laughing aloud and times cursing the deep predjudice this reader found ‘The Help’a very insightful and engrossing read.
Extra Friends Junior A
I don’t usuually do reviews but this product is so good I think I should let everyone know. Well made, easy to use, very effective, took all the dog urine smells out of the carpet and made them look like new. You won’t be disappointed.
The Golfer s Book
Adorable as well as functional. I bought them for my 7 month-old. We love taking her on walks, but the sun is too bright for her baby eyes. These fit well, and I love the 360 degree band that keep them on. She fussed with them initially, but after about 2-3 times of wearing them she got used to them. Super cute!
Baby Banz Retro Banz
When this thing breaks, it breaks hard and fast, without warning, and after only 1000 miles. Then, after bracket snaps, the lock hits the ground, and bounces up into your spokes. Ouch. In my case, it hit the spokes, flew up in the air in downtown rush hour traffic flew about 75 feet, sliding to a stop at the feet of a street cop. (Embarrassing!) At least there would have been someone there to clean up the mess if this thing had wedge in my wheel.
The lock is freaking heavy steel. Give me a mounting kit that is actually strong enough to hold the lock.
I would NOT recommend. This thing is a hazard.
Kryptonite EZ Bracket Kit
I bought this at the end of May so that I could use one set up with both my desktop (running XP) and my laptop (running Vista). Connection was easy. Everything was recognized on the first try. I had absolutely no problems with the desktop connection. It was the laptop that proved to be a problem.
On the laptop I was going from a 15in display to the display on a 20in monitor. The resolution on the laptop was 1440×900. On the monitor is was 1280×1024. After a bit of tweaking, I finally got the laptop connection to display on the monitor under the correct resolution. This worked for a couple of weeks with no problem. After that couple of weeks, anytime I switched from the laptop to the desktop and stayed on the desktop from longer than 10mins, the laptop connection “lost” the correct resolution setting. I reset them, but again when I switched to the desktop, they were once again lost.
After going back and forth for a while, and setting and resetting, I found that if I made sure the laptop was the first to start up, the settings would hold. That worked for a while. I even tried connecting the monitor directly to the laptop to make sure the settings were correct and then connected the KVM. Again that held for a while.
Eventually it became so frustrating and time consuming, I removed the monitor connection all together. Sometimes the only resolution I could get on the monitor through the laptop connection was 800×600! What’s the point of a 20in monitor if the best resolution I could get is 800×600?
Anyway, after a couple of months of sharing nothing but the keyboard and mouse, even that began to fail. Either one or the other failed to be recognized by the desktop upon switching over from the laptop. I often had to unplug and replug the USB connection to get them to work.
I had the same issues using two different laptops. At beginning of October, I disconnected it completely.
Starview 2 Port KVM