PITCH: Addison's Wonderland ABC Recap
My first impression was that this is a pretty nice looking bedroom for a little girl. Everything was going pretty well until they mentioned the price. That is when I realized that this stuff while nice was way expensive at least in my book.
PITCH: Muddy Water Camo ABC Recap
I thought this item was pretty cool but honestly I don't hunt or take pictures of birds. So for me the product is cool but useless. If I ever did decide to bird hunting I would probably consider looking into this camouflage over traditional camouflage.
PITCH: Hip Chixs ABC Recap
I'm male so this product would really fit into my life. I did talk to my wife and she did like the way the jeans were designed. She would have stayed interested if the price was better.
PITCH: Proof Eyewear ABC Recap
These glasses do have a pretty cool look. I also found the idea of wooden frames to be appealing. I like the look as well as the idea of them being a little more sustainable than average glasses. One thing I notice is that they all seem a little clunky maybe that is by design or maybe its a downside of the material.
Of the items presented in this episode I think my level of interest would be the following:
This is the first year I will be in the wonderful position of buying my wife a gift to celebrate what a wonderful mother she is. Honestly though this scares me a little as I don't have a great track record when it comes to gifts.
My wife God bless her heart gives me every opportunity to succeed dropping hints etc but I usually miss the mark. I really do want to start impressing her with my gifts and I think Mother's day will be a great time to start. I am starting to give it thought starting yesterday actually Feb 13th. Last evening I looked through some gift giving guides.
PITCH: Gotta Have S'More ABC Recap
Hard to get a feel for a cupcake that tastes like a s'more through television. Seemed like the cost was the biggest issue and I agree that it seemed expensive for a baked good. I live on the East coast so to get one dozen of these would cost $24.95(Usually 29.95) + $35(Shipping) = 59.95. This comes out to about $5 dollars a muffin. I think if the muffins were a little bigger the five dollars might seem okay but they are small. I couldn't see myself being willing to spend 60 dollars to give them a try so I think I'm out.
PITCH: How Do You Roll? ABC Recap
A lot would depend on how good this fast food Sushi actually is. My wife and I both love Sushi and being able to get high quality Sushi faster then at a normal sit down restaurant was an appealing idea. My wife also loved the idea of being able to customize it and get exactly what she wanted. If I was ever near one I think I would be there.
PITCH: Pretty Padded Room ABC Recap
This seems like a really great idea to me. Feels like it would be a lot more convenient then going to see a real counselor. One of the concerns that was pointed out by the Sharks did make me wonder a little bit. The fact that the therapist were earning so much less then they normally could raised some red flags. Since it is over the internet maybe they can make up a lot of the profit in the sheer fact of not having as much overhead though. Seems like this would be an interesting option should one ever want to try therapy but doesn't feel like dealing with missing work etc.
PITCH: Smartwheel ABC Recap
I really thought this was a pretty good idea. Someday when my child is old enough to drive I hope there are systems in place to help keep him focused on the task at hand. I think this would also be a great thing for companies to install in their cars and 18 wheelers. Instead of relying on those how are my driving calls they would get reports about which drivers are dangerous and could lead to them being involved in litigation.
Of the items presented in this episode I think my level of interest would be the following:
The Green Garmento
I thought this was an interesting product. I like the idea of not getting a bunch of cheap plastic bags every time I pick up something from the dry cleaner. The price seems pretty reasonable but I have no plans to go out and buy one.
GRINDS
Seems like a product that could have a big market. Not something I would buy as I prefer to drink my coffee and don't plan to take up chewing anytime soon.
HOODIE PILLOW
At first glance the hoodie pillow seems ridiculous much like my first impressions of Snuggie which I will now admit I love my slanket so maybe it is a great idea. But honestly I think the travel hoodie pillow is a great product and if I was planning to fly a few times in the near future I honestly think I would consider buying one.
My Cold Snap
Seemed like a pretty good idea seemed like it would work but I'm not really looking to purchase an item like this. I also can't say that I am remotely interested in spending 24 dollars for 4 that seems pretty steep.
Of the items presented in this episode I think my level of interest would be the following:
I purchased a computer from Ibuypower in May of 2012. I think it took until July to arrive I was pretty excited having never really owned a computer that was actually ready to play newish type games. I was pretty disappointed when I first opened the box and realized that the video card had fallen out during shipping and so had the hard drives. After hooking everything back up and trying it, I soon discovered that the hard drives were toast. I blame the company for that as I don't believe they were installed in a way that had any chance of surviving being flown across the country (they are in California and I'm in PA).
So after much excitement the next day I had to send it back :(. When it arrived the second time I noticed this time they actually put some packaging material inside the case that they had not the first time. This resulted in the Video remaining installed this time. They also tried to install the hard drives more securely but they still fell out. But this time I was in luck they still "worked". One of the hard drives sometimes takes 2 to 5 attempts to detect on power up which is pretty annoying.
For awhile I have been able to use the computer I have played quite a bit of Civ 5 on it. I was also finally able to turn some of the setting up for the game Lotro game looks awesome on a computer with a real video card. My old Dell laptop had some kind of Intel on board thing which meant I had to play Lotro on min settings.
I tried installing Visual Studio on it around September the install seemed to go fine but soon after that it seemed like it would freeze every time I tried to make a system restore point. At least I was able to back up my data though. Not really sure if these are related.
Now just recently I starting having more issues like I rebooted and it would no longer load any video drivers. I tried doing a System restore and crap blue screen of death. I contacted Ibuypower and they were willing to have me ship back the system but I would have to pay for it! Never had to pay to ship back any of my Dells. Money is pretty tight right now so decided to reinstall Windows myself which got my networking components back up and running! Still having some issues that I am trying at this time to work through by myself including:
Tried to check my backup drive caused a blue screen. (I plan to try this again)
Just tried running a backup and that seems to have failed for some reason as well.
Could be a Microsoft Issue.
I would rank this computer a 2.5 out of 5 at this time. When working its pretty nice but has really been a head ache.
Update 2/1/2013
I have contacted tech support and they initially wanted me to send the computer to them. I would have if I didn't have to pay for shipping. I am also not convinced that it would come back in better shape as FEDEX seems to be trying to destroy it as it travels across the country. So I emailed them back and they seem willing to work with me to try to figure out what isn't working. The latest is they had me download Seagate's SeaTools and run the long generic test which I ran earlier and found that my backup drive failed the check. This might explain why I got a blue screen of death when I ran chkdsk on it. I am somewhat surprised that the drive that always starts when I turn on my computer is the one with the issue. Hopefully I can get this thing working 100%.
IBuypower Tech Support Rating 3/5 (Right in the middle as they seem to be trying to help but so far we haven't fixed anything)
IHeart Organizing: DIY Cereal Box Drawer Dividers: Home Office month is in full swing! And it's not just about the papers. And paper piles. And filing. And paying bills. Another great Idea for the office that I need to try. My desk drawer is a huge mess!
