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Post by TF Admin on Mar 22, 2005 21:53:08 GMT -6
I'm not sure if this qualifies, but I just finished reading the Quick Installation Guide for a D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router.
I gotta say, D-Link SYstems outdid themselves this time. This wasn't the usual Step by Step manual I was used to. They actually included color photos and how to mini guides for "Connecting additional computers", and "Using the Setup Wizard Software" and they even have a 2 page Appendix.
Overall I give it a 3 out of 5. I would have given it more, but the translation from Japanese was a little rough at times. It's short and to the point, give it a try.
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Post by dulce on Mar 29, 2005 10:27:13 GMT -6
I'm not sure if this qualifies, but I just finished reading the Quick Installation Guide for a D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router. I gotta say, D-Link SYstems outdid themselves this time. This wasn't the usual Step by Step manual I was used to. They actually included color photos and how to mini guides for "Connecting additional computers", and "Using the Setup Wizard Software" and they even have a 2 page Appendix. Overall I give it a 3 out of 5. I would have given it more, but the translation from Japanese was a little rough at times. It's short and to the point, give it a try. TFADMIN ooo ooo I read this one! yeah! must say i was not as generous. i'm going b/w a 1-2 out of 5 for the first read. but after discussing the issue with the authors the second read went much better. lynksys isnt so bad. |
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Post by wittzo on Mar 29, 2005 22:38:23 GMT -6
I'm not sure if this qualifies, but I just finished reading the Quick Installation Guide for a D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router. I gotta say, D-Link SYstems outdid themselves this time. This wasn't the usual Step by Step manual I was used to. They actually included color photos and how to mini guides for "Connecting additional computers", and "Using the Setup Wizard Software" and they even have a 2 page Appendix. Overall I give it a 3 out of 5. I would have given it more, but the translation from Japanese was a little rough at times. It's short and to the point, give it a try. TFADMIN What ? ! ? You RTFM'd? I'm shocked. My D-Link was a breeze to install. I just plugged it in and it worked. I just used the Quickstart so I could find out the IP address to access the router to enable the security and the WEP encryption, everything else is super easy to do. The one time I had to call tech support in my life, it turned out to be Microshaft's Network Setup Wizard messing things up. D-Link is awesome. I gave up on Ludlum's "Bourne Supremacy". "Bourne Identity" was all about old school cold war shenanigans. "Supremacy" turned into a political debate about China taking over Hong Kong ten years early due to some political thing. It might have been hot 15 years ago when the turnover was current, but now it's boring and stupid. Hong Kong didn't change like they thought it would in the novel. I am now reading "Legend", it's really good. |
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Post by lfwisener38863 on Jul 19, 2005 0:03:42 GMT -6
I just read The Purpose Driven Life book and it is a great book.It helped me in a lot of ways. thanks lavena
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wretch
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Post by wretch on Aug 2, 2005 15:50:48 GMT -6
I'm currently reading Katherine Kerr's wonderful series on Deverry. It is Celtic based fantasy and is terribly engrossing.
It follows an old wizard, who as a young prince, made some selfish decisions and inadvertantly caused the deaths of 3 people he cared for, one of whom was the woman he loved. In a moment of rashness, he swore over her grave that he would never rest until he had set it right. The "Great Ones" accepted his sacrifice so he grows old but never ages past about 70ish and never loses his vigor. He is merely known to everyone as Nevyn (it means no one in Celtic) the herbman and healer.
As they are reborn again and again, he finds them and tries to sort out their wyrd (karma) to set things right. There is a main storyline that takes place throughout the series and there are flashback episodes to previous lives they lived in the interim between the beginning life in the 640s and the "current" life in the 1060s.
I'll have to stop myself to keep from getting into a ramble but they are excellent books. I read about 1/3 of book 3 today. The first 3 books are Daggerspell, Darkspell and The Bristling Wood and I highly recommend them.
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Post by tbritt on Jul 9, 2006 18:18:44 GMT -6
Anything by Greg Iles-I love his style of writing!!
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Post by missfairy on Jul 10, 2006 23:00:56 GMT -6
I'm currently reading The Talisman by Peter Straub/Stephen King in preperation for beginning the Dark Tower series. Trying to undertake a few of the tie-ins before I jump into the massive series. My hubby and a few friends were always talking about the series and I felt left out, especially being a King fan so I HAD to do it.
The Talisman is good thus far. I'm about halfway through it.
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Post by TF Admin on Jul 11, 2006 5:19:16 GMT -6
Miss Fairy...Good choice! I read it many years ago, and it is a great warmup. I have a fondness for The Gunslinger, to me, it's one of his best works, although many people would disagree. The introduction to Roland, is like a wierd dream, and I find myself relating to his childhood friends and antics. Anyway, read on, you'll enjoy.
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Post by King Rat on Aug 4, 2006 19:14:14 GMT -6
I'm currently about halfway through "Mississippi: A Documentary History" by Bradley G. Bond. It is a collection of letters and documents organized to present a glimpse of Mississippi from the days of De Sota until - well, I don't know because I haven't finished it yet but I think until fairly recently.
It is pretty good. It includes some letters written by slaves and former slaves as well as farmers and plantation owners. Even some Civil War soldiers. One letter was by a soldier who was dying and writing home to his family - his last words were that the letter was stained with his blood.
Slavery, to me, is just hard to imagine. It is hard to understand how people back in that day justified it. But, of course it still goes on today in some places.
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Post by granny2young on Aug 4, 2006 20:59:20 GMT -6
You would like Mississippi Mud.
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Post by King Rat on Aug 4, 2006 21:05:36 GMT -6
Mississippi Mud? What is it about? Fiction or non?
I finally tracked down "From These Hills" - a history of Pontotoc. As some of you suggested (on the DJ Forum some time back) it is available locally but it costs a whopping $75. Too rich for my blood.
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Post by granny2young on Aug 4, 2006 21:50:40 GMT -6
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
On a quiet September afternoon, Lynne Sposito learned that her parents, Vincent and Margaret Sherry, had been shot to death in their Biloxi, Mississippi, home. One of the city's most prominent couples — he served as Circuit Court judge and she was runnng for mayor — the Sherry's were mourned by a community. But for a stunned and grieving daughter, the nightmare was hust beginning.
Racing to Biloxi for answers, Lynne found the police investigation in chaos. The only sure lead was that the Sherry's murder somehow was connected to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran Biloxi's beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze known as The Strip. Lynne, armed with a savvy private eye — and a .357 Magnum — set out to accomplish what the authorities could not or would not do: hunt down her parents' assassins and bring them to justice.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes delivers a shocking and bizarre tale set against a teeming underworld of merciless killers, ruthless con men, and venal politicians. Mississippi Mud portrays how one woman's steely obsession for the truth shook a city to its foundation — and nearly destroyed everything she loved.
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Post by granny2young on Aug 4, 2006 21:52:50 GMT -6
It is a true story of a daughter's quest to avenge her parents murder in Biloxi, who were prominent people. It goes into detail about the casinos and the strip. It is a very interesting read with lots of MS history in it.
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Post by Pontotocmom on Aug 5, 2006 11:53:32 GMT -6
Mississippi Mud? What is it about? Fiction or non? I finally tracked down "From These Hills" - a history of Pontotoc. As some of you suggested (on the DJ Forum some time back) it is available locally but it costs a whopping $75. Too rich for my blood. You can check it out at the library. I've read the book a few times. My husbands aunt bought it before it came out. |
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Post by King Rat on Aug 8, 2006 10:58:42 GMT -6
Books are kinda like kids - once I have them I like to keep them.
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