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I’ve read the 5 books of this series and cannot wait for the 6th! This author has a wonderful imagination and sense of humor! The earth-eating, flatulent Mulch Diggums is my favorite character! I wonder who’ll be cast to play his part in the movie? hmmm
Thomastik Dominant 1 16

Anything goes spirituality…….Just like every other spiritualist guru Oprah promotes: I’m alright, your alright, we’re all alright. I’m a god, your a god, we’re all are own gods,…collectively. yuk yuk
G Shock Men s

Fully satisfied with the memory card. Have not tried transferring files from it yet, but it works great so far. Loved that fact that I didn’t have to hack my way through hard-to-open packaging to get to it.
Microsoft Notebook Optical Mouse

This is for hardcore Bruce Lee fans only.It has over an hour of childhood footage that is charming,but no action(the fights are supplied later by Bruce Li).The English dubbing is excellent though.

Bonus materials are another story.Audio commentary by Jesse Glover,Bruce Lee’s first student is excellent.Audio qualty is not good though.Mini docus on Lee’s Seattle years and his ancestral home in China are different and absorbing.Bruce Lee as Kato on the Milton Berle show is the stand out of this DVD.Amazing footage,but short.I would recommend Death by Misadventure over this one.
The Young Bruce Lee

How To Say It

This is the only pedometer that I have used so I dont know if that makes me a good source or not but I found that it was very easy to use and for fun, we tested it and found it to be accurate. It also seems pretty durable since I dropped it a few times and it still works :>
Sports Teen South Africa

I loved this book! So well written. It has everything you want in a book! Don’t miss this one.
Crawford SR64 Smart Rack

I just received my Hoover SteamVac and tested it out the other night. I thoroughly vacuumed the carpet with a standard Hoover vac that I *thought* did a really good job. I was simply stunned to see the amount of dirt the Hoover SteamVac sucked out of the carpet! The water was literally dark brown to black, with heavy sediment at the bottom of the container.

We had some ugly stains as well from my 18 month old dropping food & drinks all over the place – they are now gone! No trace.

I read the instructions (something people rarely do it seems) and felt the setup was extremely easy, and I had no leaks at all.

Overall, I’m very, very pleased and I highly recommend this product!
Tour Of Italy™ Italian

I bought this book just a week or so before Salinger died. I finished the book I was reading a few days after his passing and decided to finally read this alleged masterpiece — and masterpiece it is, indeed. I wish I would have read it when I was 17, but alas, I waited until age 31. Nevertheless, I remember what it was like to be 17, and honestly, I related to the character Holden Caulfield a lot today; even as a married father and professional “phony.” I can only imagine how utterly groundbreaking this book must have been when it was first published in 1951.

What I loved about the book: I could say “everything,” because I did, but I’ll give a few specifics. First, I loved the voice in which it was written. Holden is sarcastic, snotty, and just way too cool for almost everything — just like I was when I was 17. I loved the exaggerations and hyperbole. I identified with his descent into near-madness, being in that awkward stage between childhood and adulthood, not knowing what to do, not really understanding or not wanting to deal with the consequences of your actions, really just not being ready to grow up. As Holden wanders New York in a sleep-deprived stupor, he explores these issues within his mind; he jumps from one feeling to another, and breaks down and cries more than once. It truly is a powerful novel, and one of the three best I’ve ever read. Five stars all the way.

The book is just 214 pages and a breeze to read. If you haven’t read it, you should. I’ve been reading a lot of “classic” novels lately and this is the first one that I know for a fact I will be reading again in the future. I could see myself reading this every couple of years for the rest of my life — it was that good.
Diaper911 Diaper Changing Kit

This KVM is advertised to work without a power supply under Mac and PC (as specified on the startech.com website) but doesn’t. It has a 5v recepticle but doesn’t even include a cheapo wall wart. The 5v voltage is not even common enough for Radio Shack to carry them so they are expecting a lot from the end user.

The specific problem is I get a warning from my Macs about too much power being drawn and then the keyboad and/or mouse gets disabled.

I have 2 differnt setups where it fails to work. One consists of a PowerMac G4 and a PowerBook G4 with a ViewSonic 20″ monitor, Apple Pro keyboard, and Microsoft Optical Mouse.

The other setup consists of a PowerBook G4, Old Micron Linux box, Sony 17″ LCD, Apple Pro keyboard, and a Logitech Optical mouse.

These seem like common configurations so I am wondering if it is defective or unrealistic about its power requirements. I have written startech.com about this issue. I will update this review once I get a response.

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UPDATE

Startech sent me the power adapter needed when connecting to Macs. BTW, its not included. Seems to work as advertised but I have noticed that if I don’t switch to a Mac for an extended period it wont wakeup.
STARTECH COM SV431USB 4