Archive for September, 2010
If you’re looking for a way to eliminate hardcopies, Kindle is NOT it. It has its limitations, as it is best for text-only books and not every book in print is available for Kindle. BUT for most books out there, especially leisure reading material, there is nothing like it! Books are affordable and download faster than you can order a hardcopy online (or drive to the bookstore!). I am just amazed at what little I have already stored on my Kindle in such a convenient little package that can go anywhere. Charging is even simple and lasts quite a while. I highly recommend this little treasure and believe it to be the best Birthday present I’ve received so far! Enjoy!
OSN PH MG 10
I’ve been using Excel for years and never had a problem with it before, but with this version, Excel 2007 on a new Dell desktop and Windows 7, it is constantly crashing, as in “Excel is not responding.” And I am not doing anything extremely complicated. Just simple stuff. It is so frustrating, it is basically unusable. Word 2007 looks ok and I haven’t used PowerPoint 2007 yet so I won’t comment on that. I have been exploring OneNote 2007 and it appears to be potentially useful.
Rivista Di Diritto ed
Got this just before knee surgery and just recently got around to playing with my Kindle. I live where there is no reception so I downloaded a couple books on my computer and transferred to my Kindle. As I’m not real good at this I called Customer Service and was sooooo pleased with them. He walked me through the process step by step. It’s comforting to know they are there and so helpful AND did not make me feel stupid. Very very pleased.
Jac Zagoory Pen Stand
Twilight honestly didn’t sound like my cup of tea when I was first told by friends what the story was about. However, one of them dared me to read it, interested in what my opinion would be.
To be honest, I had to force myself to keep going past page six. Bella honestly struck me as a total idiot. I remember my teen-aged years, and know that we don’t all make wonderful choices during them, but good night! She’s interested in the guy who looks at her like he hates her and wants to kill her? Really?
Actually, the only character I had any liking for whatsoever was Jacob. Bella was an overdramatic doormat, Edward was…I don’t know, but not a very appealing character, and all the rest, even the bad guys, seemed like watery back drops to the unsettling, weird relationship developing between Bella and Edward.
In a nutshell:
– sounds like a jet engine, especially on wood floors
– cheap materials. The hose was kinked from the first day and cannot be unkinked
– the blower actually repels dust from the unit. I have to use an attachment to do my wood floors.
– the cord is very short
– the cord is attached in the worst possible place, right at the floor. I am either stepping on it constantly as I try to vacuum or I am bending over constantly to pick it up to get it out of the way.
– does not perform well on carpets unless I really dig it in
– no headlight
Buyer beware. It appears positive reviews were for an older version.
Rifle Magazine
As I was reading this book I was thinking “Holden Caulfield is such a jerk! He’s disrespectful to elders, he’s blasphemous, he can’t see past the end of his nose, and he’s an aimless kid who’s heading nowhere fast.”
But guess what? That describes me when I was a kid! In fact, it describes a huge percentage of America! And it also describes a big percentage of American youth. J.D Salinger caught lightening in a bottle with this timeless, classic look at American teen angst. Based on the way the story is told, it could have been written at any time during the 20th century, and it still speaks to us today. Because of all the swearing and the potty mouth thinking of the book’s central figure, I’, not sure I would recommend this for a high school class, but it would make for a good book for a college class and something that every one who cares about timeless lit should read.
I should also say that as frustrating as it is to get inside the mind of Holden Caulfield, I came away from the book with a sense of hope, that maybe the kid won’t be a schmuck for the rest of his life after all. In that sense, when I see Holden Caulfield, I see myself.
Seven Voices Presents Jeff
The great thing about digital is that it works — or it doesn’t. So you don’t need to pay monstrous prices for digital a/v cables. You can pay much more human prices for products that work just as great. And this cable works great. Nice and solid, it also has choke filters on the ends. Works great on my A/V system.
I prefer colored cables as they’re easier to route, but the plain black of this cable is also just fine.
This is the first time I get an Ipod. Have to say very fun to use.
Lewis N Clark Deluxe
I bought this video to see the bellydancing influences in it. And, it’s great for that. However, as an artist and someone who studies Celtic history (especially Irish Celtic history), this video offered even more than I’d expected. (If you’re tracing the historical routes–and roots–of the Celtic people, this video provides helpful insights.)
Most people will buy this for the music & dancing. And, that is certainly an important part of this video.
But, “The Romany Trail” is not a slick movie or TV production. In fact, in some ways it’s rather amateurish and dated. However, the color and history are well-presented, and the culture and music are inspiring.
If you’re an artist, a bellydancer, or anyone inspired (or at least intrigued) by Gypsy music & history, the vivid colors of northern Africa & Morocco, traditions such as the Black Virgin, and so on… This is well worth seeing.
The Romany Trail Part
Wow, I love my Kindle. I’m not sure how I got along without it until now. How does it compare to other e-readers? I couldn’t tell you. But I’ll tell you what, the Kindle is filled with so many great features that I know some of the competition doesn’t have, that I think I made the right choice.
The built-in dictionary is a very cool feature. While I haven’t had to really use it yet, I know that there is the odd time that I’ve been reading paper books and thought, I wonder what that word really means (other than inferring from context).
I like the “clipping” and notes features, as well. I’ve always been a bit anal about marking up my paper books, but on the Kindle it’s easy to save a great quote or snippet from a book, or to add some of your own notes/commentary on something you read. Since I was so up-tight about doing it on paper books, it may take me some time to get used to it, but I can see that I will love this feature. It would have been awesome for text books when I was in University!
I love the many font sizes and the ability to rotate the reader on it’s side. An accelerometer may have helped, but then again, it may have been annoying if the thing kept flipping around on you while you were reading.
Some drawbacks that look to be resolved in the new 3rd Gen models are the placement of the “stick” as it’s right under the heel of your right thumb if you are reading it in the “default” position. I’ve inadvertently hit the button a few times. I also wish the “Home” button was somewhere else and in it’s current location was another “Prev Page” button. I find that I often hit it thinking it’s the “Prev Page” button like on the LHS of the device.
I also wish it supported more formats natively. PDF support isn’t great as the scaling is hard to deal with. Reading it with the reader rotated seems to work best for PDFs. It would be nice to be able to use other formats like epub or even native DOCX files, without required conversion. Also, some way t
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