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2004/12/26
@ 05:30 PM (47 months, 17 days ago)
I love this movie. It is beatifully photographed, the story unfolds in a gentle pace. The performance is very natural and artistic, characters all endearing. It is a story about common people's shared desired, it is easy to related to and identify with the people in the movie. We visited Italy this Fall. It is familiar to hear the language. We didn't go to Venice, so it is very interesting to view the story in the beautiful setting. The director didn't try to show-off the touristy sites in Venice, instead followed the alley ways to trace the character's footprints. Very good perspective. Soothy and relaxing, pure enjoyment.
@ 05:14 PM (47 months, 17 days ago)
I like this movie. It is base on a true story, the plot was full of surprises, there was no dull moment in the movie. The big shots: Leonardo , Tom Hanks, Chris Walken gave excellent performance. The special extra feature has interesting interview with the crew and Frank Abagnale talking in person. Overall I find this movie very intrigueing. I read more bio info on the web about Frank. The wikipedia entry and his own consulting firm site (www.abagnale.com) offer interesting insights.
2004/12/16
@ 12:06 PM (47 months, 27 days ago)
We decided that for the holidays we'd make a big toy purchase for our new son, something he could enjoy for a while. It had to educational, fun, safe and worth the money. The Baby Einstein Caterpillar Entertainer is all that. At first we were looking at the ExerSaucer - Ultra and ExerSaucer - Delux, but after much research found that the toys had server major problems including being too high for babies legs, shape toys that could hurt baby, sound toys that could barely be heard and with no replaceable batteries and too many toys/ toys that over stimulated baby. With the Caterpillar, it seems like the developers looked at every problem the Exersaucer had and made sure it wasn't the case with their product. The toys are all baby friendly, the electronic portion comes with an off, hi and low sound option and the batteries are replaceable, there is a puppet connected so older siblings or adults can play along with baby and there isn't so many toys that the baby gets over stimulated or confused. Not to mention the toy doesn't rely on electronics to entertain your child but instead also offers 8 other activities in bright friendly colors that encourages baby to play and learn. The seat is still a little too high for our son, (about 2 inches) but a phone book beneath his feet does the trick. We were so excited about this toy that we couldn't wait for Christmas to give it to him and were glad because he loves it.
@ 06:26 AM (47 months, 27 days ago)
The iPod from HP is an exact copy of Apple so I can't really compare them. The one good thing is that HP gives you 1 year of hardware warrenty while Apple's it only one repair only. The iPod is currently the number one selling hard drive based player. And it has a reason for being number one. The device works just like it is suppose to. It does what you expect and never really strains away from that fact. If your looking for something to play or watch pictures or videos then this iPod is not for you. The quirks I mention in the summary are nothing bad just things that you have to get use to. For starters the device has no Power switch. To turn in on and off you press and hold the click wheel down for a second. Also another quirk is that there is no dedicated volume button. To change the volume you must play a song and then you can adjust the volume. Like I said the quirks are nothing bad, but do take a second to get use to. The iPod has some other useful features such as being able to store contactsm calendar and notes. These come in handy when you don't quite need a full PDA and you don't require to add or update things.