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Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Season 1
$14.98
Why anyone would purchase a DVD like this is beyond me. There is no purpose to this show except for the obvious fact that this family is hungry for the spotlight.

Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34275
$170.99
I purchased this drive almost exactly a year ago. I have an iMac with TimeMachine, and this drive was purchased to hold the TimeMachine data. Being that it is a backup device, and that TimeMachine runs periodically at regular intervals, the drive has been powered up virtually 24/7 since it was installed.

I partitioned the drive into two segments. Mysteriously, about two weeks ago, one of the volumes disappeared. I ran Disk Utility and TechTools on it, and the reports said that it could not be repaired. So I erased it (without zeroing out the data). Last week, I was astonished to see that the volume had somehow been resurrected without me doing a darn thing to it - there it was, back again, with all the data still on it. Very odd.

About the same time that the volume disappeared, I began having problems with my Mac freezing up if left unattended for a while. This is also very odd, I have never had that sort of problem with a Mac. I actually had to resort to shutting it down when I walked away to prevent the freezes - logging out didn't even work. Disk Utility and TechTools reported that both the iMac drive and the external drive were fine. I have not downloaded anything funky from the Internet. Hmmmm...

Yesterday I decided to try simply unplugging the external drive's USB, just to see what would happen. Sur-prise, sur-prise, no more iMac freezing up. So, obviously, there is a problem with the external drive.

Unfortunately, my whole year's worth of backup data is now history, literally. I am now in the process of erasing the external drive, zeroing out the data (this takes awhile on a 1T drive!), and will try it again as a backup device to see if the problem merely was corrupted files. This solution may be extreme, but there's not much else to do if the utilities can't find anything to fix.

All in all, this is a cheap drive, and you get what you pay for. It did last longer for me than it did for some other folks, so I suppose that I shouldn't be too harsh. However, one would expect an Iomega product to be more reliable. Will update this review regarding whether erasing the disk and starting over solved the problem.

Altus Athletic 3 in 1 Chin-Up Bar + Push-Up Bar + Sit-Up Bar
$39.99
Fantastic bar and its very sturdy, comes with four brackets so you can install two levels. I launch myself up this thing and don't even feel it bending, however the lock in system might rattle a litle bit if you go to fast but it is definitely secure.

Video: All Grown Up, Vol. 1
$19.99
I bought this for my 8 year old daughter and she loves it. It is 2 full length shows (minus the commercials) in color. You can rewind, fast forward, pause, restart, and stop. The volume is not too loud. These videos only play on the screen of the GB Advanced. No need for the portable DVD player or the Video Now. My daughter is now trading videos with her friends...I am VERY happy with the quality, price, and entertainment value of this product!