I really like this idea and I hate being in groups listening ...
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I really felt that the author has a lot of experience in traveling. As the book says, it included 98 habits (although why not 100? ). Some of them were common sense, but some were really clever and I will definitely implement them when I travel the next. What I found the most interesting was the part with geocaching  I really must try it!  ,then the introduction to Coach surfing and last but not least, the GPS Audio tours! I really like this idea and I hate being in groups listening to a boring monologue.

The book was written in an understandable manner, it reads well. I can only recommend the book!
2889550
This is a great idea but when I went to the Hangout Fest.....they knew what they were and they were thrown out before I could even use them once. I think they would have worked if they did not catch someone else with them.
421792
So I bought this speaker because I work in a cubicle on an office floor and I wanted to listen to my music to add a little bit of enjoyment to my dreary work days. Based on the reviews I thought I would pick this up.

Let me just say if you are just using this at home or a different scenario other than mine that it is a great speaker. It's small, compact and the sound is clear and great. When I pair it to my iPod there is a separate battery indicator that pops up on it for the Solemate that is really useful. I'd give it a 5 if I just bought it to use around the home or elsewhere but there are a couple things I don't like about it that make it difficult to use at work:

1) Everytime you turn it on it HAS to make this loud chime noise. There is no way to turn it down or off. It makes that sound. I feel awkward at work turning it on because of that. Could do without that completely.

2) The disembodied voice. If you push the battery indicator button for anything I says the battery level. REALLY LOUD. If you connect your device to it it announces that it's connected. REALLY LOUD. Again there is no way to turn it down or off. It's annoying. In a cubicle farm having that blast out is just embarassing and unnecessary.

3) The low volume. It only goes down so far. It should be able to turn all the way down. On the lowest volume its not quite low enough for me to put next to me at work. I put it behind my computer. I wish it had the ability to turn all the way down.

So, in short, it really is a great little speaker but not for what I intended to use it for. I'm going to use it for a week and see if I can live with it otherwise I will return it.
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It really is "conversations" about the the exam, with 3 guys talking about it. I wish the goofy music between each session wasn't there. I wanted to play the CDs while I slept, hoping my subconscious would absorb the material, but that music just wakes me up!
1505106
I like I was able to watch listen in the baby room. I didn't like that it would say movement or talking when no one was in the room.
1215606
I've held off on my review for such a long time, because, frankly, I just don't LIKE this album.  I feel as though I should like it, but the truth is in the listening, and after 4 listens, well, I can't make myself listen anymore.  I'm not willing to put in the effort it might take to make me finally catch on to what they're doing.

I don't find anything in the album offensive, but nor does anything particularly grab me.  I find the vocals, lyrics and instrumentation, not to mention the arrangements, honestly boring.

I like all kinds of music, really, with my currently most-listened to stuff as of late being John Mellencamp's new album (I love it) and older Goo Goo Dolls albums (love them, too), with some Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine thrown in for good measure.

But, bafflingly enough, I do not like Elbow.

I'm really sorry.
2328301
Good Jump start motivator but a little corny, especially if you start singing in front of others
2706377
I love the look.  I like but don't love the audio quality.  But I find these things damned uncomfortable.  Perhaps it's my large head.  Maybe it's my Dumbo-like ears.  I'm not sure though.  I've never had a problem like this before.  They squeeze my head and mash my ears in a way that other products haven't.  I'd look for another option.
4514455
Its block party material. but it definitely does its job when you want to listen to music with a couple of friends. i had people over the other day and i had to tell them to lower the volume because it was getting way to loud.
4070371
When you suffer from this it can really freak you out.  As suggested in the book there is little that can be done to resolve this issue.  One of the recommendations I found has helped me live with this for the last 8 years or so is to acknowledge you have this continual buzzing in your ear and then live around it.  You don't ignore it, you just accept it, rather than focus on listening to it, and go on living.  [...]
1156251
Language is shocking for me!  I may be a prude but I'm part of a great group who don't appreciate this, especially in audio format.  I have vision problems.  To each his own, but I'd like a warning.
1424052
Easy to set up, but I have to listen on one or two clicks on volume. Short battery time and then the voice over freaking screams LOW BATTERY and CHARGE. My ears still hurt as I type this. Every time it links it also vocalizes on one loud volume. Needless to say I do not enjoy being startled with loud instructions and I want more volume control. One click is too loud for a completely silent environment like not bothering others at night. I didn't like the sound with my iPhone and also tried using with the iPad.
4823996
I like that I can listen but not have to put anything into my ear. Not that easy to sleep in
4960054
I agree with a lot of these people that these guys create some pretty unique music.  I own all the C.D.'s and I like how diverse they all are, and I especially love the keyboards.  But..... theres a few big thing that I don't like in this band.

First the cons:

First: The drums really aren't that awe inspiring.  The drummer fits it with the music, but I like the insane drumming in bands.  If I were to compare COB's drummer to to other drummers, say, August Burns Red, Black Dahlia Murder, Amon Amarth, any elite death metal, their competitor Kalmah, then I would say that it is simple and slow.

Second: I hate the lyrics! I grow tired of hearing Fu*k all the time, and you can understand Fu*k fairly easily with Alexi's vocals!  Its just stupid. . . create interesting lyrics and you've added a whole nother dimension to the music people can latch onto!

Third: Although it was somewhat rectified in "Are you dead yet" its the fact that the vocals sound stupid some of the time.  It is when Alexi does his half scream half singing crap.  I hope he is doing that because he is trying to create a corny horror sound, as a few people have said that is what he is trying to do. . . it just sounds so cheesy to me.  Its literally made me laugh at how dumb it sounded.

Fourth and final: The worst part of this band is the guitars squeek non-stop, and it gets extremely annoying.  It is NONSTOP.  It drives me crazy!  Some people like it I guess, but I hate hearing hearing that crap all the time, especially in the cool shredding parts.  Come on now, he is such a good guitarist, I want to hear some insane shredding not some stupid squeeking that just hurts my ears!  I guess thats power metal for you, but seriously, there is a limit even in fully power metal bands.

The Pros:

Guitars: They got good guitar work.  I love the power metal mixed with the death metal, they made it work so perfectly.  The guitars shredding and doing insane stuff, its fantastic!  (Except for the gay squeeking)

Vocals: I love Alexi's screaming, except when he is half singing half screaming, then it sounds stupid.  His voice sounds great on CD(Except for the F words all the dang time!)

Keyboards: The keyboards are amazing.  Simply put they are the best sound I've ever heard come from a keyboard.  This is one of the biggest reasons that I bought all their CD's.

Follow the Reaper:  This is by far their best CD in my opinion.  There is so many catchy riffs with the guitars and keyboards, its utterly amazing.  I'm glad I got this CD first. . . Alright Hatebreeder was also pretty descent, but the rest was boring compared to this magnifiscence(sp).  Every song has at least one catchy riff, its all pretty intense, and the screaming is good in this CD, get this CD and maybe Hatebreeder and you have their best music.

Anyway, I assume most of the people who listen to this band, or even who read this, don't care about the F word.  The drums and the the squeeking guitars might get on your nerves though.  Your choice.  If you like it all then buy their CD's and put up five star reviews.

Edit: Haha! I love how I got 0 out of 9 reviews as helpful.  Comeon now, respect people with different views on bands. . .  I'm just more picky than you guys, hahaha.
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out of curiosity from reading someone's review of this (someone who wrote some quality reviews prior to this) i humored myself by listening to a couple previews. she might want to get that electronic throat of hers checked out.  poor girl, it sounds mighty uncomfortable to live with! apparently it's contagious as all the other pop artists on the radio seem to be catching it.
1159597
This gets a lot of airplay on the new-age music channel I get through my internet provider. I don't like it at all. The line they repeat again and again---if the ice breaks under my feet, will you catch me?---makes a bit more sense now that I've seen the title "looking glass," because maybe it's the question we should each ask in the mirror. If it's an art piece about self-doubt, then so be it, but (a) listeners should be able to grasp that without the "cheat sheet" of the title, and (b) since it is alternately asked by a male voice and then a female voice, I initially thought they were speaking to each other, which frankly is plain annoying to listen to time after time.
4666321
I like it and I don't like it.  Information is confusing  but useful  if you really work - really hard - at it.  However, the informational part at the beginning of each chapters, seem rather condescending - like those of us reading it are in 5th grade. Reading it made me want to rewrite it as I was reading it to make it flow better and  also make it compassionate. It is embarrassing enough to have to buy a book like this without being talked down to about one's problems!!  On the plus side,  it does make you really think about hoarding and acquiring, why it happened, and gives you hope for beating it!  I'm working with friends with this book,  which is helping  a lot.  Don't know if I  could stick with it on my own.