Sabtu, 23 Oktober 2010

Love it!!

Aluratek ADMPF119 19 Inch Digital Memory

Aluratek ADMPF119 19 Inch Digital Memory

My primary purpose in purchasing this digital frame was to display video art (cloud reels, time lapse beach movies, etc) and I ordered it without reading all of the reviews. I was a bit concerned when it first arrived as I was unable to get my video files to play on it.

I contacted customer support and within a day they had sent me detailed instructions on how to convert my video files to a format compatible with the photo frame. The instructions worked the first time using freeware. (Hint: You need an image size of 720x480, XVID video codec, Frame rate of 23.976 fps, and 128kbps audio bitrate).

This was a great find for the price.

One additional note: I considered lowering my star rating to 4 stars since the advertised resolution is 1440x900 and the frame does not appear to support video larger than 720x480. For my application this isn't a dealbreaker, but for some people they could be disappointed.

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Jumat, 22 Oktober 2010

Excellent!

Calypso Basics 2 Quart Microwave Batter

Calypso Basics 2 Quart Microwave Batter

I've never written a review before but had to for this item. I was in desperate need of a light weight, sturdy, inexpensive, easy to assemble easel that would hold a 16x20 canvas for painting. I needed 10 of them for a group project. I was short on time, after having shopped around at a number of stores and not being able to find what I needed. I finally decided to try searching online. I really took a chance ordering this without actually seeing it. I was extremely pleased when I opened the box. Not only that, the easels got rave reviews from members of the group who wanted to know where I got them. I was more than happy to share. I would highly recommend this easel for beginning artists and for art displays. Since I have 10 of them, I love how they just collapse and take up little to no space in my closet.

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Kamis, 21 Oktober 2010

Great accent table!

Frenchi Furniture 3 Tier Crescent Console

Frenchi Furniture 3 Tier Crescent Console

I've never written a review before but had to for this item. I was in desperate need of a light weight, sturdy, inexpensive, easy to assemble easel that would hold a 16x20 canvas for painting. I needed 10 of them for a group project. I was short on time, after having shopped around at a number of stores and not being able to find what I needed. I finally decided to try searching online. I really took a chance ordering this without actually seeing it. I was extremely pleased when I opened the box. Not only that, the easels got rave reviews from members of the group who wanted to know where I got them. I was more than happy to share. I would highly recommend this easel for beginning artists and for art displays. Since I have 10 of them, I love how they just collapse and take up little to no space in my closet.

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Rabu, 20 Oktober 2010

Pro Art easel, Aluminum

Pro Art Table Easel Aluminum

Pro Art Table Easel Aluminum

I've never written a review before but had to for this item. I was in desperate need of a light weight, sturdy, inexpensive, easy to assemble easel that would hold a 16x20 canvas for painting. I needed 10 of them for a group project. I was short on time, after having shopped around at a number of stores and not being able to find what I needed. I finally decided to try searching online. I really took a chance ordering this without actually seeing it. I was extremely pleased when I opened the box. Not only that, the easels got rave reviews from members of the group who wanted to know where I got them. I was more than happy to share. I would highly recommend this easel for beginning artists and for art displays. Since I have 10 of them, I love how they just collapse and take up little to no space in my closet.

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Selasa, 19 Oktober 2010

Very Nice

pcs Table Sign Reserved 12x6cm

pcs Table Sign Reserved 12x6cm

As a translator of Shakespeare's plays, I use every edition I can get my hands, so I was thrilled to see that the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has added a newly edited and glossed collection of all the plays, drawing mostly from the First Folio. As a complete works entry, the RSC version has a lot going for it.

True, the paper is thin and a bit too transparent, but this is also true of the recent The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition. If that bothers you, choose the The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition, which has less transparent paper. But recognize that the Riverside is about 500 pages shorter and crams the text into two columns, with character names abbreviated and no room for your notes. It tires my eyes quickly. The RSC is very comfortably laid out with lots of white space and a nice font of school-book clarity. The bold-faced sans-serif font for the characters stands out clearly from the serif font for the lines. The extra stage directions help comprehension, and their location in the right margin rather than in brackets in the text removes clutter.

I also enjoyed immensely the General Introduction by Jonathan Bate. Usually, I find myself daydreaming and wanting to skip ahead through these formalities, but I could not put this one down and wished that it were longer. I particularly enjoyed his efficient rebuttal to the Oxfordian authorship claims. In the blogosphere, Oxfordians have convinced each other that Shakespeare was no more than an illiterate grain dealer, but Bates expertly displays why almost all scholars accept Shakespeare as the author. The blogosphere should take note.

The text itself offers a generous number of glosses. I hold that the more help modern readers get the better. So I did a spot check of how many words or phrases were glossed in a famously difficult passage from King Lear (often left out in performances because of its difficulty). Here is the passage:

KENT.
Sir, I do know you,
And dare, upon the warrant of my note,
Commend a dear thing to you. There is division,
Although as yet the face of it be covered
With mutual cunning, 'twixt Albany and Cornwall;
Who have--as who have not, that their great stars
Throne and set high--servants, who seem no less,
Which are to France the spies and speculations
Intelligent of our state. What hath been seen,
Either in snuffs and packings of the dukes;
Or the hard rein which both of them have borne
Against the old kind king; or something deeper,
Whereof, perchance, these are but furnishings...

The RSC offered 12 glosses while the Norton and Riverside both offered 9. And thankfully, the gloss uses both a line number and a bold-faced repetition of the word or phrase in question to make it easier to reestablish your place in the text.

All in all, the RSC is a friendly, helpful edition. Naturally, at nearly 2500 pages it is difficult to hold in your lap, and the flimsy pages mean durability problems. So for intense study of one play, opt for one of the many paperback versions of individual plays. But as a single source for someone with a spontaneous urge to read a play, the RSC edition fits the bill.

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Senin, 18 Oktober 2010

Shakespeare fan

Complete Works William Shakespeare ebook

Complete Works William Shakespeare ebook

As a translator of Shakespeare's plays, I use every edition I can get my hands, so I was thrilled to see that the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has added a newly edited and glossed collection of all the plays, drawing mostly from the First Folio. As a complete works entry, the RSC version has a lot going for it.

True, the paper is thin and a bit too transparent, but this is also true of the recent The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition. If that bothers you, choose the The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition, which has less transparent paper. But recognize that the Riverside is about 500 pages shorter and crams the text into two columns, with character names abbreviated and no room for your notes. It tires my eyes quickly. The RSC is very comfortably laid out with lots of white space and a nice font of school-book clarity. The bold-faced sans-serif font for the characters stands out clearly from the serif font for the lines. The extra stage directions help comprehension, and their location in the right margin rather than in brackets in the text removes clutter.

I also enjoyed immensely the General Introduction by Jonathan Bate. Usually, I find myself daydreaming and wanting to skip ahead through these formalities, but I could not put this one down and wished that it were longer. I particularly enjoyed his efficient rebuttal to the Oxfordian authorship claims. In the blogosphere, Oxfordians have convinced each other that Shakespeare was no more than an illiterate grain dealer, but Bates expertly displays why almost all scholars accept Shakespeare as the author. The blogosphere should take note.

The text itself offers a generous number of glosses. I hold that the more help modern readers get the better. So I did a spot check of how many words or phrases were glossed in a famously difficult passage from King Lear (often left out in performances because of its difficulty). Here is the passage:

KENT.
Sir, I do know you,
And dare, upon the warrant of my note,
Commend a dear thing to you. There is division,
Although as yet the face of it be covered
With mutual cunning, 'twixt Albany and Cornwall;
Who have--as who have not, that their great stars
Throne and set high--servants, who seem no less,
Which are to France the spies and speculations
Intelligent of our state. What hath been seen,
Either in snuffs and packings of the dukes;
Or the hard rein which both of them have borne
Against the old kind king; or something deeper,
Whereof, perchance, these are but furnishings...

The RSC offered 12 glosses while the Norton and Riverside both offered 9. And thankfully, the gloss uses both a line number and a bold-faced repetition of the word or phrase in question to make it easier to reestablish your place in the text.

All in all, the RSC is a friendly, helpful edition. Naturally, at nearly 2500 pages it is difficult to hold in your lap, and the flimsy pages mean durability problems. So for intense study of one play, opt for one of the many paperback versions of individual plays. But as a single source for someone with a spontaneous urge to read a play, the RSC edition fits the bill.

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Minggu, 17 Oktober 2010

Stunning placemats!

Jason Amaryllis Placemats Set Large

Jason Amaryllis Placemats Set Large

This book is a great resource for someone starting out on a hearth/kitchen witch path, or for those building a library of Kitchen Witch resources. There is a chapter for each sabbat, with a variety of seasonal recipes for each, as well as corresponding crystals, incense, and a ritual. There are also resources on stocking a magical kitchen, basic recipes for cooking essentials (stock, bread, rice) a convenient herb and spice guide, and also a magical flower guide. The last chapter has information on natural cleaning, lotions and potions. It is only a few pages, so I wish this chapter could have been longer. I would have also liked to see a chapter on moon phases and cooking. Overall, this book is nothing groundbreaking, but it's nice to have all of this information in one place, and the recipes look good, easy, and seasonal (haven't tried any yet). The recipes have both US and Metric units, which is helpful. One of the things i love most about this book are the sweet illustrations on most of the pages. Overall, this is a beautiful addition to my cooking library.

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