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Bicycle Bridge

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from: Bicycle

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The Invincible Iron Man: The Complete Collection

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from: GIT Corp

September 30, 2007
I remember reading some of my brothers Iron Man comics when I was little. I was never able to start from the beginning and read all the way through. Well, no longer is that the case.

This is a great way to get the "real" story originally derived by the authors of some of the greatest comics of all time.

The price cannot be beat, the packaging is nice and the PDF are easy to read, enlarge well and look great given the age of the older books.

On my 19" monitor, I can have a 2 page spread open and be readable, then scroll between pages using my scroll wheel. Small screens or larger resolutions might need to increase the magnification.

My only grip and it is a small nit - is the quality of ... Read More:

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Zoboomafoo Animal Kids

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from: Brighter Child


I remember reading some of my brothers Iron Man comics when I was little. I was never able to start from the beginning and read all the way through. Well, no longer is that the case.

This is a great way to get the "real" story originally derived by the authors of some of the greatest comics of all time.

The price cannot be beat, the packaging is nice and the PDF are easy to read, enlarge well and look great given the age of the older books.

On my 19" monitor, I can have a 2 page spread open and be readable, then scroll between pages using my scroll wheel. Small screens or larger resolutions might need to increase the magnification.

My only grip and it is a small nit - is the quality of ... Read More:

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Apple iLife '04 [Old Version]

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from: Apple

January 22, 2004
When I received my iBook 12", I was extremely excited to bust out the iLife applications. I had heard a lot about them, and played around with them at Apple Retail Stores.

I was quite disappointed. It seems that in order to be "user friendly", Apple stripped some of the most important features. I am not a professional by any means, but some of the things that Apple removed were simply ridiculous.

iLife is composed of five main applications - iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, and GarageBand (new in iLife 04), which I will review separately below.

iTunes - an audio jukebox which is by far the best and most complete application in the entire suite. iTunes is probably the best solution for ripping and organising ... Read More:

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Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0 [OLD VERSION]

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from: Chief Architect

January 15, 2006
I wanted a program to help me document my "new" yard. I became a Master Gardener to learn how to do the yard and bought the program to record it. The program was more work than the yard (and it is a significant yard) It is limited, convoluted and took up so much space in my computer that it made my other computer tasks more difficult. I removed the program.

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Turbofloorplan Home Designer V12

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Home and Hobbies
from: IMSI

September 04, 2007
I wanted a program to help me document my "new" yard. I became a Master Gardener to learn how to do the yard and bought the program to record it. The program was more work than the yard (and it is a significant yard) It is limited, convoluted and took up so much space in my computer that it made my other computer tasks more difficult. I removed the program.

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3D Home Architect Home Design Deluxe Version 9

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from: Encore Software

May 15, 2007
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones, my disc was not blank (I didn't read the reviews first), but it didn't help much because the first step before you can use the product is to register it, using the license code.

Unfortunately, there is no license code anywhere to be found. Not on the box, not on the disc, nor on the website.

There is no customer support to ask.

Hence, the product is totally unusable. Thirty bucks down the toilet.


[Edit February 10th]: Okay, in all fairness I did manage to get the program to load and run today. Let me explain how, in case anybody else comes up against this. The fine print in the installation instructions indicates that you have to provide an "organization" name, ... Read More:

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Art Explosion Seasons, Events & Holidays

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from: Nova Development


I'm a graphic designer who does wedding invitations and stationery, birth announcements, etc. I bought this based on the user's review that said it was great for that stuff. Boy, was I disappointed. These clip art images look like something a first-grader would use! They are poor quality, useless cartoon images that I would not even dream of using on any of my designs. Perhaps the fact that I use Windows XP had something to do with it, but I did check with the manufacturer before purchasing and I was assured that it would even work with Vista. At any rate, I was so horrified by the clip art that I didn't even bother to look at the photos. Thank God I bought this used - still, there's $7 I'll never see again.

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Tune Transfer for iPod

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from: Valusoft

March 01, 2005
I would recommend buying the very latest ipod transfer software - not TuneTransfer.
I bought a used CD-ROM in July 2008, originally released 2006; but when I downloaded it into two separate PCs, neither failed to detect an ipod attached (even when I changed itunes settings to allow disk usage).

This tells me perhaps the latest version of itunes disables this software to detect the ipod, when attached - thus, not allowing transfer of songs.

...If itunes really wanted ipod memory to be transferrable, they would allow it. What they DON'T want is for songs purchased from itunes to be transferrable to any other computer, which could diminish download sales.

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Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Designer Deluxe

Childrens Toy Shop > Software > Home and Hobbies
from: Broderbund

March 31, 2004
Product is good except when you click on graphics for a certain image they have listed you get a message saying it is not available. If so why is it even listed?