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The Microsoft Office that I was using was 97. I bought a new computer, so I wanted to upgrade to Office 2007. I cannot live without Word and Excel. It was about a week before Office 2010 came out, but then I saw a special deal to get 2010 free. I think it runs through September. Amazon was offering 2007 for $99.99 ($50 cheaper than anywhere else) and just by registering my product by September, I could download the new Office 2010. I’m so glad I went this route. I saved money and I love both Office 2007 and 2010. It is well worth your hard earned money to buy Office 2007 with the free upgrade!
2 Pack Brother TN580
This product is perfect for mounting the Garmin when you get tired of having the device falling off the window every two seconds. Since I have purchased this I have not once had to put it back on. It is fantastic!
Sigma 300mm f 2
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
Did not like the book. I especially didn’t like the fact that no one could stop the elephant abuse and didn’t like the sex in it. Pretty crude. Too bad they had to add the graffic sex. It wasn’t necessary to the story!
2 Speed Quick Stick
A great movie with quite a number of twists about a couple of highly skilled thieves traveling the world to find (and steal) treasures worth millions (and billions) of dollars. As with most action movies, there are definitely scenes that are very unrealistic, yet others that I never would have dreamed of, that under the right circumstances could work.
Things that improved the rating of the movie:1) NO SEX SCENES! It is nice to see a movie that has great action, yet did not put in filth just to sell it.2) A unique plot. So many flicks are about the same thing, just done differently.3) Great twists! The movie kept you guessing until the end. I kept wondering how it would end. No, the good guys do not always win!4) Good acting.5) It kept a good pace through the entire movie. I did not get bored by it being too slow nor did I get overwhelmed by it moving so fast that I could not keep track of what was happening.
Things that hurt the rating of the movie:1) The use of the “F” word several times. There was absolutely no need to add profanity to this movie, especially what I consider being hard core profanity.2) A couple completely unbelievable and unrealistic scenes. Stretch the imagination, but keep to things that can really happen.
Overall, this was a good movie with a good plot. I would recommend this movie – especially if you have TV Guardian to filter out the few times of foul language.
My Rating: B+
Entrapment Region 2
This product works very well, but for my laptop, I had to buy this adapter: Dvi Adapter Dvi-d Male To Dvi-i Female.
There are (at least) two different dvi connector types, dvi-i and dvi-d. My laptop has the wrong type for the cable that came with this switch. You can look at the connector on your computer and see the difference. If the connector for the monitor does not have the four extra pin ports around the flat pin, then you will need the adapter (check out the photo in the adapter mentioned above). The adapter makes everything work properly. I was concerned that the audio portion of the switch wouldn’t work properly with the adapter, but it was no problem.
This switch also floated around on my desk after all the cables were attached. It just isn’t heavy enough to stay in one place. I fixed that problem with a bit of hook-and-loop connector.
Other than those two issues, I would definitely recommend this product. It easily connects the two computers to one keyboard, mouse and digital monitor, and does so without any problems.
TRENDnet 2 Port DVI
A friend of mine had one of these… as soon as I saw it, I just had to order one. It sits the Garmin on my dash perfectly, and it does not move! I would recommend this to anyone who has a Garmin!
RAP B 166 2
I was surprised, as a 40-year-old woman, reading this book aloud to my young daughter (skipping parts, too), to find myself consumed, sneaking off into the kitchen to read ahead under the guise of doing laundry, etc. Obviously, my position was embarrassing, plus the book was conventionally suspense-heavy and light on literary values; I thought of the middle-aged magazine editor who put it this way: Twilight..always and unapologetically.
As a middle-aged woman, I have the inner resources to analyze my entanglement, to process my response and to cool the fire of addiction. Yet, as a middle-aged woman, the book was more devastating to me than a teen girl could know. Because I know from experience that youth and beauty are irretrievably lost, that you will never find that kind of perfect, melting, life-in-death love (if only all teen boys were really 100 years old and listened to classical music in their Volvos!) but, at best, will rather muddle through humanly with a good man. That, on the other hand, you might not want a perfect love, consuming and obstructing at the same time. That no one will ever “see” you or care about your every breath in the way Edward cares for Bella, not even your mother, even if you’re lucky, and as you age you realize everyone is so consumed with survival and ego, they have no resources left. That, all things considered, there are other profound consolations that come with aging, such as the development of inner resources. But it was the longing for the numinous in an everyday world that upset me the most.
Ultimately, I’m happy that this book is so female-centric in its eros, the slow smoulder that no longer is culturally justified. Young girls should hope to build a life with someone who cherishes them. The teen wish-fulfillment and weaker aspects of the book, such as Bella’s neediness evaporate next to this positive. But I feel for the legion of teen girls who lack the ability to process their literary infatuation, who wear “I
Hollywood Racks Commuter 2
I love my Kindle. It’s very easy to use, books download very quickly, and I can shop on it to choose my next book. I thought having to press next page would bother me but not at all. I love books themselves so I had some reservations about switching to a Kindle but the financial side (other than initial cost) convinced me that I needed to do this.
The size is perfect and the weight is less than a hardback book. My only “problem” is that I can no longer cheat and read the last few pages of a book before I get to the end – actually that’s a bad habit that needed to be broken. I’m still learning on it but I’ve read 4 books so far and really love it. I like that I can organize the books by collections, i.e. book club selections vs. my selections (so far.)
Overall, anyone who loves to read would love this. Yes, I do miss having a physical book a little but Kindle has definitely won me over to electronic books.
Love my Kindle!!!
SuSE Linux 8 2
Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
I found this book interesting. Contrary to the teachings of The Holy Bible, the author claims that satan is a “myth,” that Jesus was only a great person (no mention of “Savior”), and seemed to imply that the “things written down 2000 years ago” are open to debate. My questions is this: If all these things written 2000 years ago about God and Jesus were true, WHY would God, in “speaking with Mr. Neale Donald Walsch (as he claims)”, suddenly reverse his previous statements about satan, the validity of the Bible, and the absolute sovereignty of Christ?
I am a skeptic, and I like to think I have an open mind. This book was recommended to me by a colleague. However, I could not help but thinking that Mr. Walsch definitely has a “profit motive” in his writings. “If the item sells, continue to write.” Never mind it may be misinformation. Mr. Walsh, I hope you get this “God thing” right- your eternity may depend on it.
Please reference “Evidence that Demands a Verdict,” by Josh McDowell. A professed athiest that became a Christian because of his research. Go figure.
ATEN 2 Port USB