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David’s Jawbone II Bluetooth review

On a scale from 1 to 10, I have a middling opinion of the Jawbone II bluetooth headset.

I’ve been thinking about a bluetooth headset for a long time.  Since I got my iPhone, I’ve almost exclusively used the included iPod headphones / speakerphone to talk with other people.  But it tangles often and it’s starting to get [...]

SOG Flash II Knife

On a scale of 1to10 this knife was meh.

I bought another item off of Steep and Cheap.  It was a SOG Flash II knife.  To be truthful, I don’t love it.  I don’t hate it either, but I am not blown away.
I have always had a very high opinion of SOG knives.  They make well [...]

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Blippr tackles micro reviews – micro keeps getting bigger

On a scale of 1 to 10, I think Blippr is pretty cool.
Blippr is a review service; you write short-form reviews of all kinds of things (books, movies, etc.)  In an oxymoronic set of circumstances that only the Internet can enable, “micro” services are becoming huge.  Twitter started a couple of years ago, and has [...]

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Scale Release Knife

My Review:9

A couple of years ago I bought a knife made in Italy, an automatic. This particular one does not have a button to eject the blade. Rather, it is a style known as a “scale release” knife.
On a folding knife (one that does not have a fixed blade) there are usually two sides to [...]

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The Gifted

My Review: An 8. Or a 2.
I so often feel as though this cartoon embodies my life.

That makes me both happy and depressed. Generally I have to just smile my Jim Halpert smile and shrug my shoulders.

An 8. Or a 2. I still can’t decide.

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U.S. Bank Online Access

My Review: 3
I tagged this under Web 2.0, but really this a very Web 1.0 site and issue. I just tried logging into my online account for my credit card, provided by U.S. Bank. I got a message that said: “Internet Banking is experiencing high traffic volumes at this time. Please try again later.” [...]

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Couchville, We Hardly Knew Ye

My Review: 1
I regret to say that Couchville has apparently bit the dustbin. The web-based TV service (which I first heard about on Techcrunch) is no longer available.

SnapStream, the makes of Couchville are no longer able to support the service. For those who did not know, Couchville was a simple web-app that let [...]

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Brother Tom, my Harley Davidson Road King FLHR

My Review: 6

I am writing this review about my newest bike; I call him Brother Tom. It is a 1997 Harley Davidson Road King. Back in July I traded Earl’s old bike for it, along with a small but substantial pile of cash.

When I first saw it, I was knocked out by how beautiful it [...]

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iPhone Defender Case From Otterbox

My Review: 7

So I have been using the iPhone Defender case from Otterbox for about 5 days straight now. I have some thoughts. I think the easiest thing will be to break this up into several categories:

Beauty
Fit and Finish
Protection
Accessibility
Functionality

Beauty: 8
The case looks great. There is no question that it bulks the phone up a bit, [...]

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Rambo IV – Way Better Than Expected

My Review: 9

A nine? Really? A nine?
Well, yeah. I think it was pretty damn good. To be fair, my expectations were VERY low going into it, which always helps with my perception of a film afterwards. But I liked it a lot.
This movie reminded me of good old-fashioned action flicks. Great movies like [...]

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