Archive for September, 2010

I was so excited when my B&B Styling Lotion bottle arrived yesterday. I recently started going to a salon where they use B&B products and just loved the results from them and from the samples they gave me to use at home. I wanted to get some shampoos and the Prep and Styling Lotion for sure but was hoping to find them at a discount. When I found the Prep and Styling Lotion on Amazon I was very excited.

I used both for the first time last night and see a noticeable difference with how my hair looks and feels. It looks like it did at the salon which I am not usually able to achieve. The styling lotion helped smooth my hair when I blew it dry and it just looks fresh and not oily. I can’t wait to get more B&B items!
Bumble and Bumble Styling

We purchased this vacuum with high hopes given the reviews here, but quickly ran into a huge problem: the vacuum pulls “fuzzies” out of our carpet like nobody’s business. Even with it set to be as high off the ground as possible, a sweep of the whole house yielded hundreds of carpet fuzzies laying about all over the place. Worse, the vacuum was literally *jam packed* with carpet fiber – the intake, hose, everything.

It took about an hour to clean the whole thing out. (It really was incredible how much was stuck in there. It was completely unusable.) I was left with a shoe box sized box full of packed carpet fiber to throw out, as well as all the fuzzies strewn about to pick up.

My theory is that the roller is simply too close to the ground, even on the high setting. I don’t think it’s our carpets, which are of the typical new house short, textured plush variety. Nothing old or shaggy or anything.

I fixed this issue by disassembling the intake cover and putting a washer underneath each screw channel. This pushed the base of the intake further out, thus decreasing the protrusion of the brushes. After this modification, all seems to be well. The added bonus is that the vacuum doesn’t leave such noticeable lines in the carpet.

Upon close examination of my mother’s $400 vacuum cleaner (I don’t recall the brand) I noted that on the high setting the roller is completely disabled. Perhaps Hoover makes up for poor suction power by heavy reliance on the roller. Whatever the reason, I’m afraid I would not purchase this unit again.
Tie Dye Ocean Shaped

Good for resumes, school/college, etc…it’s Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, what more can you say about it.
Democracy is Dangerous Resisting

The omron pedometer is the best I have used. It is accurate and does not count every jiggle. This is the second one I have bought. The first one lasted for several years.
Tax Cuts Issues and

Great product as always from Microsoft. I love that I can put it on 3 computers! Thanks Microsoft.
Polk County North Carolina

I purchased this cable to work with a miniDP-HDMI for my Macbook Pro (early 2010). Works great, and a real bargain! Why pay top dollar?
Bear Motion New Genuine

I waited a while to give this review, because I was hesitant to slam a product. I wanted to like the 4 GB card, but I am afraid to use it other than a back-up.

I got a 4 GB transcend card a couple days before my trip to the Boundary Waters. I needed it quickly, so I paid for the 2 day shipping with the “frustration free packaging”

Right away when I put it in my camera I noticed something I thought not quite right. The counter on my Nikon gave an estimate of 538 pictures in fine Jpeg mode. My other 4 GB card, a Promaster, gives me an estimate of 555 pictures with the same setting as Jpeg fine.
I disregarded it thinking maybe different brands give different estimates.I also figured maybe the counter just gave this card a different reading and would get about the same as my other card.

After about 200 to 300 pictures saved on the card and suddenly while shooting a sunrise (with the setting at raw) my camera wouldn’t shoot. I got the dreaded error that my camera could not read my card and that the card may be damaged. I cried and panicked for a good hour or so, because these were photos taken from about two days on a trip and I wouldn’t be able to return to those spots. I feared the worst. Fortunately someone thought to put the card in her camera. It worked, but the thumbnails looked odd for a short time. Afterwards I put the card back in my camera and it works. I don’t know how long it will work and I question the reliability. I’m keeping mostly because the plastic case holds my 2GB Promaster card. Until I can get a card reader(in hopes that will read the card if it fails), I’m retiring the card and only using it when I am about to shoot experiments or something I don’t mind losing. I suspect some kind of defect, now that even after formatting, the counter is still lower than my other card.

Because of this,I am also worried about the “frustration free” packaging. I loved the concept, but I really hope I am not getting someone’s returned product.
MED SNOOZER SHERPA TOP

I’ve only had my iPod Touch for a few days, but I went right to work testing it

What’s in the box:
iPod Touch, of course.
USB cable/charger (requires adapters for wall or car charging)
earbuds
some paperwork that can hardly be called an instruction manual
dock adapter (no use to me, I don’t have a dock)

First thing to do is charge your iPod, which you can do with an AC wall outlet if you’ve bought the accessory kit that is recommended alongside this product. http://www.amazon.com/Charger-Silicone-Reusable-Protector-Generation/dp/B001JP8T9Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1282110968&sr=8-2 But you might as well connect it to your computer because you’ll want to download the latest software (iOS 4) from Apple and sync it up with your music, photos, etc. The iOS 4 is free and it is a major improvement regarding the organization of your apps/utilities and playlists. It might also be a good idea to set up password protection (under settings) so if someone grabs your iPod, they can’t do too much damage with your email or shopping or whatever. Then personalize it however you like!

The engineering that has gone into this little machine is amazing. The screen is gorgeous, with vibrant colors,and it is big enough to see what you’re doing and small enough that the unit is still very portable. Really, the size is perfect. The basic capabilities of multi-touch are very intuitive and the rest you already know if you’ve ever watched a commercial for iPod touch. Tilt, rotate, pinch (in/out), touch and hold, touch and drag, that sort of thing. Even my 6 year old can do it.

The sound quality without the stereo headphones is so-so, but I wasn’t even expecting to hear anything without headphones. It does have a built-in speaker. But the headphones improve the sound a hundred fold. There’s even an equalizer where you can specify what type of music you’re listening to and the iPod adjusts accordingly. There is no microphone capability, but for me that is not a
Zinwell 200 Mbps Digital

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.
DIVA 3 SPEED FAN