Archive for August, 2010

I wondered why this book stayed atop the Best-Seller lists for so long, and now I know. It’s fascinating! It’s a riot! It’s lively, compelling and exciting reading. It’s called a work of fiction, but it is surely based on uncomfortable fact.

Race still matters in America, and looking at how race worked (or didn’t) in the past can inform what still needs to be done in the present and future to improve race relations.

Filled with life and deviltry, realism and hope, and the confidence that good will eventially win out — sometimes in surprising ways — this is a book that both enlightens and rewards.

Cisco X2 network adapter

I bought this to go on my Sigma 10-20mm. Sigma and Canon both have lousy lens caps. I love the center-pinch on these Tamron caps. They’re much easier to reach … especially with the lens hood attached.

They’re not as nice as the Nikon branded caps, which also have the center-pinch design but they’re good enough.
Tamron Front Lens Cap

I like the vacuum. It is light enough and yet it is powerful enough. The only problem is the belt broke after just 1 month of use. I hope this doesn’t continue.
3D Arc De Triomphe

I agree with one of the other reviews that if you are a Christian this book does go against some of the fundamentals that Christians embrace.
I have the second and third books and in there he says that Hitler went to Heaven because death is not really bad. If you have no solid Christian doctrines than you might believe what the author says. We have no real way of knowing the truths of these books. Don’t always assume it is true, but it can be interesting reading. Please just beware of what you read and absorb from these books. They are not total truths or doctrines.
Hitachi XL500 Desk 500

Very pleased with the speed of the delivery of the order. It was in excellent condition. It works perfectlly – ! Great product.
15 5 Inch Party

I spent only $2.28 with free S&H for this HDMI cable. I used it to connect my Dell laptop to Sony Bravia HDTV. It works fine. The price has nothing to do with the connectivity quality just as many consumer reviews say. Why don’t you spend more money on the cable when a cheaper one can do the same job?
Rugrats Chatback Watches Rugrats

It is perfect for my uses with my new digital camera, Canon T1i. I can save many pictures and also short movies!
A Taste of Tuscany

I thought I was purchasing a regular hardback copy of the “Cather in the Rye” and the product received was less than anticipated.

I received a book 7″ X 4″ that was a high school copy for a literature class at F.D. Roosevelt H.S. It really is a paperback with a new binding. Does that make it a hardback??? Technically one might say so but not in the spirit of what anyone who purchases books would call a hardback and it certainly was not worth the $15 I paid for it.

I am disappointed
rooCASE Berry Blue Neoprene

I am an HP fan and also enjoyed the Septium Heap series. If you enjoyed those books you will like this one. I am in my 20’s and I am on my 5th Artemis Fowl book right now. Once you start the series you will want to keep reading. They dont get repetative or boring each book is a whole new experience and always adds new characters.
Chalkline

I have a T1 line to my home in the country and wanted to provide my neighbors within a mile or so with a share of my bandwidth. What I lacked was a knowledge of what components to buy, what the practical differences are between components, ways to throttle bandwidth to individual neighbors, how to prevent bandwidth theft by neighbors who are not sharing in the cost of the T1 line, which components are “safe buys,” what is involved in installation, what other skills are required, and where I can buy the needed components.

The title of this book started with “Building,” so I hoped that it would be a practical book that focused on actually building a wireless network. Unfortunately, I was disappointed because the “building” is at an academic level, not a practical, commercial one. The requirements I have above are treated poorly, if at all. So, while this book may be great for people looking for a starter in becoming engineers or for professors looking for an academic textbook, it is less satisfactory for consumers looking to build a community network. Some specifics by book chapter:

1. Wireless Community Networks: history, some problems for ISPs, and what happens if the shift goes from the ISP to the individual network member. Nothing practical here.

2. Defining Project Scope: It doesn’t. Instead, it talks about protocols such as 802.11, 802.11a, …. The “Hardware Requirements” section doesn’t take you from your needs to what you’ll require. It simply says that you will require hardware based on your needs and says you’ll need to survey your site.

3. Network Layout: Is a bottom-up chapter with buzz words: Layer n, BSS, IBSS, DHCP, DNS, NAT, WEP, more on protocols, and security. This chapter fails to take one from problems to solutions. But, now you know the terms when you talk about actually building a WiFi network.

4. Using Access Points: Defines a lot of them, not how they solve your problems.

5. Host-Based Networking: The preface says this chapter
Building Wireless Community Networks