Boker Magnum Blue Bowie Knife Review

Boker Magnum Blue Bowie

Overall length: 8 3/4"

Blade length: 3 7/8"

Weight: 5.8 oz.

Blade thickness: 0.1"

This is an awesome knife. Big - it fits in my hand very well. Blue - I love the blue colors. The design of the handle, with it's ridges causes the color to change in the light. The ridges and cutouts in the handle also make this a very tactile touchy feely handle which I like. It fits my hand perfectly. The blade is huge and required a little honing on receipt. Beautiful knife. It's a keeper.

Duluth Trading Chino Pants Review

Well - I find this interesting - a comfortable pair of work pants.

I have shopped at Duluth Trading for many years. Not so much recently - until I was looking for some comfortable work pants. I saw these plain front chinos and thought I would give them a try. What interested me most was the stretch waist band (up to 3" of stretch).

I received them in good shape. I am impressed with the quality of the build. And they are very comfortable. They appear to be built to last. The stretch waist works very well, doesn't affect the look at all. The pocket material is heavy duty. All buttons were sown tight. A very good pair of pants indeed.

Thoughts on the Google Nexus 7

I received my Nexus 7 a couple of days ago. My initial impressions are good. I am comparing this unit to my wife's Ipad2 and a cheap android (4.1) tablet I already had. First of all, I wished I had never purchased the cheap android tablet. For the most part it is very frustrating to use, due to the minimal processing power it has. That's the first thing I noticed about the Nexus & - it zings! Things happen the instant a button is touched. Apps load quickly. It's a beautiful thing. The next problem with the cheap tablet is the dismal battery life. I can only get 1-11/2 hrs out it. After an hour on the Nexus I still have 95% charge. Sweet. The cheap tablet did do some things well - like playing videos. But don't ask it to multitask - it fails miserably. The Nexus 7 screen looks great. It compares favoribly with the Ipad2 I think. The responsiveness is good.

On the down side, the Nexus, like the Ipad2, doesn't have an external memory card slot. Of course you can interact with the computer by usb cable and bluetooth, but why not add the card slot? Even the cheap tablet had a miniSD card slot.

I bought the 16g version of the Nexus 7, directly from Google. I received the unit in 3 days. It is package nicely, but it took me awhile to slip off the out covering of the box - it was on pretty tight.

For the money, I think the Google Nexus 7 is an excellent product for the price.

Also, the app I developed with Eclipse and Phonegap (Cordova) looks awesome on the Nexus 7.