My Review of SoundShield® 250 Compact Noise Canceling Headphones

Originally submitted at Brookstone

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Worked Great Until They Broke

By Big-D from Plano, TX on 11/19/2007

 

2out of 5

Pros: Rich Sound, Comfortable

Cons: Flimsy Construction

Best Uses: Portable Devices

Describe Yourself: Frequent Traveler

Primary use of this product: Personal

I bought these last year when I was making frequent trips between Dallas and Atlanta. I had used them about 5 or 6 times, then one time, the right side plastic hinge just broke. The whole swivel mechanism just crumbled and that was it. I tried to use them for a couple of times after that, and even tried taping the right ear piece, but without success.

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No Email Fridays

For a better understanding, check out the links on the page linked above.

I'm against this idea. The only people that like this are people who do not know how to managed their email with rules.

VOTE FOR ROGER STAUBACH
...as the greatest Dallas Cowboys player of all time.

Go to the KDFW poll.

Registration is free. You can vote every hour. Please vote often. Roger is way behind and he needs our help. Help Captain Comeback do it one more time.

Nothing against the other great players. I just think that Roger along with all of players and the great Tom Landry and Tex Schram, made the Cowboys into America's Team. Without Roger's elusive skills and leadership, I don't think the Cowboys would have been bestowed with that moniker.

Thanks!

Pit Bulls
When will people realize that pit bulls are not safe. Today, there's a story about another victim of a pit bull. A pit bull killed a 6 year old boy after no provocation.

This happens far too often to be unusual for this breed. Something is not right in this type of dog and no one should own one, IMHO. I don't think there should be a law, but I think people should think twice before obtaining such an animal when there are children in their house.

There are many other great breeds out there that are peaceful. For instance, I own a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Ryker is my second Cav and they make wonderful house pets. They are small for a Spaniel, but can get to about 20 lbs. or so for the males. Cavs are very sweet and would not harm anyone.

Just my two cents.

RHEL!
This week I'm learning all about Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Actually it is more about Linux than anything specific about Red Hat. The instructor is doing it on Fedora. I wish they had VMware on these machines so we could install it from scratch.

A lot of this stuff I already know.

This is the place that's doing the training:
Real Solutions Training

Happy Anniversary
Well actually, it isn't a happy anniversary. You see today would have been my Mom and Dad's 51st anniversary. Rest in peace, Dad, and Mom, I hope you remember the good times. Don't be sad, Mom, because you and Dad had a good life together.

The Dirtpile
With my father's passing, my old friends have resurfaced. When I was a kid, my playmate was a pretty girl from across the street whose name was Lauri Gravitt. From about 5 years old until 11 or so, we would play in the dirt on the edge of my parents yard next to a vacant lot.

You see, I'm sure many kids played in a sandbox, but not us. We played in the dirt, which we called the dirtpile since my Dad would order a load of topsoil to spread on the yard. Lauri and I would "help" Dad by slowly tearing down that dirtpile for our purposes. I saw the pile as a mountain that we would climb or use it to tunnel through. I don't think we were ever very successful with the tunneling. We weren't engineers, so we didn't shore up the sides or build a ceiling. The tunnels never held up.

The reason my Dad brought in topsoil was that the soil was very poor. The soil was made up of Caliche. Before the topsoil was brought in, I would play in the dirt which was a mixture of Cliche and red sandy clay soil. Using my imagination, I built a little town where I played with my Tonka toy trucks.

This was my job as a child. I would wake up early in the morning and go out to the dirtpile, which as Lauri pointed out to me now, was more of a ditch than a pile, and play. I played all day until it got dark. I didn't mind being out in the sun and there were no trees.

Well, I guess those were the days. No cares, no worries.