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Philips Avent Digital Video Baby Monitor with Night Vision

Once again, I am impressed with technology.   I am not impressed with the price, $219.00 but I am impressed with how well it works.   This little setup allows excellent baby monitoring.   You can set it for sound activation.   So if the little one starts to cry, the camera will turn on and you can see his brother poking him with a stick. (I know demented humor has no place in professional reviews, however I’m writing the review and I can use humor where I please.)   The sound activation aspect turns on the camera and you can see into the area where the monitor is pointed, even in the dark.   If there is no more sound the parent screen will darken in 20 seconds when using the sound activation feature. The screen is very small on the parent unit.   The unit itself is roughly the size of a 10 year old cell phone and so is the screen.   It is very clear though.   There is a lullaby feature which can play three different tunes each about 15 minutes in length.   A

SanDisk Connect 32GB Wireless Flash Drive (SDWS2-032G-E57)

              This actually worked right out the gate.   I first charged it as recommended.   Once it was charged I downloaded the AP to my tablet.   I turned on the drive and my tablet found it.   I was able to move files back and forth wirelessly.   It does automatically disconnect you from the Internet when it connects to the wireless flash drive.   The documentation states there is a work around on that.    I plugged it into my USB port on my non-wireless desktop and could easily move the files.     It was simple to set up, works fine.   A good product I received for free to review.   From the vendor: The SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive provides you with an easy and convenient way to wirelessly store, share and stream your content across your smartphones, tablets and computers. SanDisk Wireless Flash Drive is the next-generation wireless storage technology that works just like your flash drive, but better with direct USB connection without wires, and all

Energizer Power Inverter

Please read the entire review, my opinion changed based on superb customer service.   This looked like a good product.   My first dismay was the astounding difficulty to get into the product.   The plastic clam shell was nearly impervious to my special packaging cutting tool.   Then the liberal application of tape on the pieces that were already carefully sealed in their molded plastic pockets compounded my frustration.   Once I got it open, I read the brief overview and took it to the garage to test.    I attached the leads with the power port (formerly known as a cigarette lighter receptacle)   adapter and then plugged it into the power port in my SUV.   BTW I am a bit concerned about the exposed connections on the back.   I’m not an electrician but they look like it would be entirely too easy to cross those with something conductive and poof! (The vendor assured me that there is no danger in this type of connection.) Anyway the blue light on the on off switch

Craigslist Going Down Hill

Several years ago I sold multiple items on Craigslist.    It is free, with no fees so what could be the down side.    I had no issues then.    This month I have been trying to sell and iPad Mini for my grandson.    Simple sale, cash only, face to face meeting only were the major caveats in the sale.    Imagine my surprise when 75% of the responses were sex related.    I’m not sure what kind of idiots out there relate sex and an iPad Mini but nevertheless the responses were interesting to say the least.    “I found you ad appealing and would love to meet you!” “I don’t usually do this but would you want to meet for coffee?” “I got totally turned on reading your ad, could we meet?” Needless to say, I was glad I was fielding these ludicrous responses rather than my young grandson seeing them.   Although I am sure he would have found them as amusingly disgusting as I did.    I give gmail credit as the bulk of them ended up in my Spam file with

Ransomeware, A Vile Virus

    Ransomware viruses are still proliferataing.    A very official pop-up that suggests that you have been (pick more than one): 1.downloading child porn 2.pirating software 3.violating copyright laws 4.indulging in inappropriate Internet activity 5.selling child porn 6.soliciting child porn 7. having inappropriate relations with animals And ad nauseum The more popular crapware says it is from the Department of Home Land Security or the Department of Defense or Immigration Authorities and if you don’t submit your “fine” of $300 (varies) within 48 hours, you will be arrested.    I assured a panic stricken teen that this was a scam.   It still took two days to get the insidious virus that locked his system off of his computer.    I spoke to a Latino who was threatened with deportation if the “fine” was paid immediately.    With the revelations of what the NSA has been doing, these fraudulent schemes become more believable.  

Eye-Fi Mobi 16 GB SDHC Class 10 Wireless Memory Card

This is a pretty spiffy device.    You pop what appears to be a standard SD card into your camera and it will send the photos you take to whatever device you choose.   The devices seem to be limited to either a tablet or cell phone.   I went to the Eye-Fi site   and checked to see if both my digital cameras were supported.   They both are supported.   I then went to Google Play-Store and downloaded the Eye-Fi ap.    Install was simple,   I put it on a tablet and a smart phone.   I took test photos and they transferred automatically to the tablet and cel phone.   There does not appear to be an option to choose what photos you get as the camera does not seem to have any type of menu on that end.    The photos appear automatically.   This may not be a detriment.   Many consumers prefer magic as opposed to knowledge.   This certainly made the photos appear like magic on my devices. Installation was easy.   I hope they upgrade the ap and allow some choices for selection a

Remanufactured Epson 127 (Extra High Capacity) Ink Cartridges

This review is based on the color output not on whether the cartridges work.   The cartridges do work which isn't always the case with the re-manufactured cartridges. My issue with the cartridges is that the output doesn't come even vaguely close to what I see on screen.  With the Epson branded cartridges I got a reasonably similar output on paper comparing to what I saw on the screen.  You get what you pay for in most things.   I paid under $8.00 for the set, which is less than a single branded Epson 127 cartridge.  This is a reasonable purchase if all you care about is black output but if you are looking for color photos I would NOT recommend these cartridges.  No printer setting change resulted in better color output.  It was all washed out out at any setting but high quality and that was very skewed even using high quality paper. If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.