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It’s been a long time since I’ve written a post.  Let me take the time to give you an update on my Logitech Revue with Google TV.   After I wrote that post my wife surprised me  with a Logitech Revue.   I have the best wife ever!  Needless to say I was like a kid in a candy store playing with it.  My Revue came running on an older version of  Android.   However, Logitech did provide an update to Android 3.1 Honeycomb.

My Revue updated itself  automatically upon turning it on shortly after Logitech announced the upgrade . I do like the new interface it provides but I have to do more key strokes to get to my bookmarks.  Before, my book marks just appeared on my home page.  Also the picture in picture feature is not as  accessible as it once was.  Logitech has made it where you have to do, again, more key strokes on the keyboard to manipulate the picture in picture functions.  I also have been experiencing screen lock ups especially while I check my email with the picture in picture feature active.  I have no idea why this happens.  I assume Logitech is working on this.

Despite these flaws, I really like my Logitech Revue.  When it works correctly, it’s a great device to have and is very convenient.  Even though I have considered sending it back to Logitech since it is still under warranty I’ll research to see if there are any fixes I can do before  I decide to contact Logitech.  Stay tuned for Part II of this story to see how these flaws were resolved.
Since I first wrote a post on the Revue, I have seen the price drop to under $70.00.  Keep in mind that some of these units are refurbished but may still carry a new item warranty in some cases.  Check with your retailer before you purchase.  If you do purchase a Logitech Revue, you’ll enjoy it.  In fact my four year old nephew loved the book reading application and other learning websites such as Starfall.com as he viewed it on my Sony 60 inch big screen in the living room.
Enjoy!!

The Logitiech Revue with Google TV is a product that many people will appreciate.  Why do I say that?  If you are like me, you like to  sit in your living room on the couch and check your email, Facebook or watch Youtube videos on your big screen TV.  Also you don’t want to take your laptop and connect the HDMI cable, audio cable, usb mouse, and keyboard to your laptop.  Then you have to change the video input on your television monitor.  Now you are surfing the web on your big screen TV.   That’s a lot of steps and connections.

Now with Logitech Revue there is an easy hookup process however,  its not as complicated as connecting your laptop to your home theater system and TV monitor to have surround sound internet content. You have basically a few connections.  After that there is an internet set-up process if you are using wi-fi and pairing of devices for your cable or satellite box and home theater.  You will also need to set up your Netflix, Youtube and other accounts  to access them on the Reuve.  After initial connecting and account setups, you can begin to have fun with this device.

Not only can you control your cable or satellite content but the Logitech Revue ships with several preloaded apps such as  Netflix, NBA.TV and Pandora.  And with many other apps available in the Android Market, there’s no telling what your TV will be able to do.

The Revue’s keyboard remote will control most cable or satellite boxes  DVR functions.  A downloadable  Logitech remote is available to control your entire home theater system.

What I really like about the Revue is it’s price.  I wrote about Sony’s Google TV in an earlier post.  It cost about $299.00 and comes with a blue ray DVD player.  If you don’t mind not having  a DVD player, the Logitech Revue will set you back for only $99.00.  Logitech just recently reduce the price  from $249.00. Wow!!!!!  I got to get one of these soon!!!.

Let’s talk about the remote.  The remote is a qwerty keyboard with other functions on it.  There is an available compact keyboard that “back-lit”  and is about a little  larger than a Playstation or Xbox remote.. But if you have an iphone or an android phone you can download from Itunes or the Android Market  a remote control app at no cost.  This will allow you to use your cell phone as a remote for the Revue.

Ladies and gentlemen,  you’ll  have full web content plus the apps.  You can go anywhere on the web from the comfort of your living room on your big screen and switch it back to live TV content.  Did I mention the picture in picture function?  With this feature you don’t have to miss  that touchdown pass play as you check your emails.  You can even access your photos and videos from your personal computer to view on the Revue.

There are other set top boxes on the market, like Roku, Apple TV and even Sony has one without the DVD player. The Revue in my opinion offers more than these other boxes.  Most of them will not give you  full internet access. If you like surfing the web, checking emails on your big screen TV,  the Logitech Revue with Google TV will serve you well.

Liddell

In today’s economy people are looking for bargains on lots of things.  Sales of secondhand items are booming as compared to new merchandise.   I can say from personal experience that I’ve gotten very good deals on two of the items you are about to see in this segment from “Good Morning America”.  Your experience may not be like mine but by shopping around you will eventually find that bargain you’ve been looking for.  Enjoy the video.

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Liddell

Have you ever wondered about those emails you get that promise leads and methods to market your internet business?  I have and there are a ton of those out there.  Some promise you can get good leads for little or no money. They promise training to make your business sore like an eagle.  They also have long internet infomercials that will take you over  an hour to either read or listen to.  These companies do perform a needed service teaching you different techniques for about $59.95 a month after you’ve first bought in to it for $74.95 first.

However, after you’ve “signed up” you are frustrated due to lack of results while they bombard you with emails inviting you to their online training conference for, you guessed it, $269.95!   There  is a real market for this kind of information or training.  Thank God for individuals with that knowledge.  There is  nothing wrong with them being compensated for it.  Many professions have access to various data bases they pay for, such as doctors, lawyers and even mechanics to help them their jobs better.  As internet marketers we have similar access to experts too.

Enter UnlimitedProfits.com.  The beauty of this site is that it’s does not cost you anything to become a part of this community.  Notice I called  this a community.  As a part of this community I have access to training from mentors who have made their mark in the internet marketing industry.  Robert Hollis is the founder of Unlimited Profits. He is a multimillionaire who does not need to work but considers himself as an “internet evangelist” on a mission to show others how to changes theirs lives through his  knowledge, experiences, and training.  Robert was once a disabled auto mechanic who at one time was hiding his car from the repossession man. His primary business is Gano Excel where his has over 400,000 reps (and counting) in his organization. That’s more than the population of Minneapolis, MN with about 385,000 people according to 2010 U.S. Census data.

Unlimited Profits has a team of internet marketers who have over 100 years of experience in internet marketing.  They provide lots of training  videos at the UnlimitedProfits.com site and with  “Good Morning Marketers with Beau Reed and Tom Cellie” daily training  conference call at 11am est and on Thursdays “Round Table Questions and Answers”  call at 9pm est.  The calls are free to everyone.  Just dial 949.333.4806  or 775.335.3180 and enter conference ID is 818188.   But if you happen to miss out on any call they are archived for your convenience to listen to later at UnlimitedProfits.com  fan page on Facebook. Click on “notes” under Roberts picture.  So what sets Unlimited Profits apart from others doing the same thing.

I would say it’s the heart of it’s leaders.  They have a servants character, meaning they want to serve the Unlimited Profits Community by feeding their knowledge into it’s members.   These gentlemen have probably made over $40 million dollars combined in their network marketing careers. Robert Hollis alone has mentored more than 40 leaders to millionaire status.

If you are in any network marketing business and want to promote it to the next level consider Unlimited Profits affiliate program.  It’s no cost to get started, there are incentives to allow you to monetize your site,  manage your primary internet marketing business and you are surrounded by probably the best training available from highly successful internet marketers.  You will be investing your time into a community of leaders and friends who want to see you achieve your dreams and hearts desires.

My fellow friend in Unlimited Profits, Denice Sanders of Birmingham Alabama states; “If you suffer from one or more of these side effects after joining the UP community… encouragement, overwhelming feeling of joy, sleepless nights due to excitement, determination to accomplish your goal to succeed, a burning desire to help others, motivation, brain overload due to phenomenal training, inspiration and the mindset to never give UP! You’re in the right place”.

You have nothing to lose.  Log in to:  http://unlimitedprofits.com/index.php?ID=18080

Liddell

I appreciate all of you who have followed my post.  I’m kind of new at this so I’m a work in progress.  I’d like to give you a  gift in the form of an Ebook  titled “The Science of Getting Rich”.  Click on the image below to start enjoying this enriching read or copy and paste:   http://www.uwinc.net/sgr/

I look forward to sharing more post with you in the near future.

Thanks!                                                                                    

Liddell

Oh yes, it has come to this.  With agri- science trying to find new technologies to create new foods, they have found a source that is almost unlimited, poop. Yes, I said it, poop, doodoo, turds, booboo crap and (the “s” word).  You may be thinking  “this guy is full of  &8#@!”   Read the following article from www.Naturalnews.com:

(NaturalNews) If you think meatless, genetically-modified (GM) soy food products are a poor alternative to real meat, wait until you see the latest in vegetarian meat replacement technology. According to a recent Inhabitat report, Japanese researcher Mitsuyuki Ikeda has developed a new kind of meatless burger made from soy, steak sauce essence, and — brace yourself — protein matter extracted from human excrement.

Ikeda’s poop burger is literally derived from “sewage mud,” which is just a nice way of saying that it was created from human waste. By extracting the protein and lipids from this “mud,” Ikeda was able to take these components, add a reaction enhancer to them, and process the slurry into a meat-like product. Ikeda then added a steak flavoring agent, soy sauce, and food coloring to the mix, and voila, an imitation meat product that he says tastes just like real beef.

According to reports, the final meat-like product is 63 percent protein, 25 percent carbohydrates, nine percent minerals, and three percent lipids.

“I admit that few people would be keen to eat it knowing it’s made of human excrement,” said Ikeda in an interview. “As far as the cost is concerned, because at the moment it includes the cost of research, our artificial meat is 10 or 20 times more expensive than normal meat. But once the research is complete and it’s put on the market, we’ll probably be able to price it at roughly the same level as normal meat.”

Ikeda added that, because his turd steaks are low in fat, they will supposedly be of interest to those who love to eat burgers but who want to watch their calorie intake.

You can watch a video explaining Ikeda’s process of turning stool samples into savory steaks here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1N6…

Trust me. I can not make this stuff up.  Perhaps in the very near future your favorite steak restaurant will serve that steak you ordered made from your third cousins booboo.  Oh what  the heck, you may never tell the difference. Enjoy!

Liddell

If you are the type of person who does not want to draw attention to yourself please to do not buy an Audi A-5. However if you like the attention you’ll get from driving an exceptional car then be my guest. Now I must inform you on what you are about to experience.

One of the first things you’ll encounter will be the looks you get from others.  My wife drives a  2011 A-5. That’s her baby and she really loves it.  Almost everyone comments on her car. The public really loves her black, sexy coupe.  If she were single she’d have a bunch of phone numbers from guys trying to hit on her.  It’s amazing what a car can do for your confidence (not that she needs it).  So if you need some help with your self esteem perhaps an Audi A-5 may be the thing you need.

When you get in the Audi A-5 you’ll be encased in luxury appointments such as leather seats and wood trim. If you are an electronics greek you’ll love the A-5′s Multi Media Interface (MMI). The MMI controls your various media functions such as Sirius-XM radio, CD/DVD  controls and the navigation system. You’ll also have a voice activation feature to operate several functions.

Being a former jet engine technician in the U.S. Air Force I can appreciate the sensation of thrust while flying in a jet aircraft.  When driving the Audi A-5 you are not far removed from the same sensation.  The Audi’s acceleration is very aggressively smooth and is quite capable of snapping your head back against the headrest if pushed.  The 211 horse power turbocharged engine gets an EPA rating of  21 city and 31 highway miles per gallon.  And while you are accelerating  at 80 plus mph, you will appreciate the smoothness of the 8 speed transmission.

Now I must warn you, this car is a very performance oriented car and you will need powerful brakes to slow down the A-5.  That is why the Audi has a very aggressive braking system that you will have to adjust to especially if you previously driven a non-sports car. These  brakes really grab to slow you down when you are doing  only 100 mph or so.

The Audi A-5 will not disappoint you with its gorgeous  profile and jet-like performance.  Be sure to expect lots of accolades and “hmmmmm, nice car”  comments.  Whether you are 25 or 55, you’ll make lots of friends when they see you driving an Audi A-5.

Liddell

I have been a fan of Sony products for a very long time.  I recall as a child getting a Sony cassette tape recorder for Christmas.  Sony has been an innovational  player in the electronics industry for many years.  They brought us the “Walk-man” and they were instrumental in bringing us the “compact disc”. When I shop for electronics I usually look at what Sony has to offer.  As a matter of fact, most of my home theater system is made up of Sony components.  I guess you can call me  “Sony Man”.

Another more recent innovation Sony has brought us is the “Sony Internet TV Blu-Ray Disc Player“.  This is one of my favorite things because it integrates web surfing and television viewing.  Sony uses Google TV to access the internet allowing you to check emails, do online banking and almost anything you’d do at your desktop or laptop computer.  You can watch You Tube videos on your big screen in the comfort of your living room or home theater room. If you have a Netflix account, you can view your favorite Netflix movies.  Sony Internet TV comes with not only Netfix apps but also Napster, Twitter and Pandora Radio, to name a few.  Soon, you will have access to thousands of applications from the library of Android Apps.

Finding your favorite content is a breeze thanks to the intuitive handheld keypad with full QWERTY keyboard and optical mouse. With it you can  navigate the internet, search for TV shows, apps, movies and more. I found the feel of  the keypad satisfactory. Some have said it feels like a PlayStation 3 remote.  It took me a little while to get used to it. One of the coolest features on the keypad is the “dual-view” key.  This allows you to enjoy internet content and watch TV simultaneously on the same screen.  You can also turn your Android  phone or iPhone into an additional remote control and search content with voice navigation, or easily share web content between your phone and Sony Internet TV.

I encourage you to explore merging your internet surfing and TV viewing with the Sony Internet TV Blu-Ray Disc Player.  If you were like me you were connecting  your laptop to your TV for the same results.  Now Sony has made it much more convenient with a stand alone item instead of  constant connecting and disconnecting your laptop to and from your TV.

The current price point is about $399.99 at Sonystyle.com. As of this post, Sony is giving buyers a free Sony Internet TV Blu-Ray Disc Player with the purchase of selected Sony televisions.

I’d like to know if this or something else is one of your favorite things. Let me know.

LIDDELL