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Morrison a hit on Florida defense
Published: Monday, March 25, 2013 at 6:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 25, 2013 at 6:53 p.m.
His nickname was "Tank" in high school.
Watch him administer a punishing hit on an opponent in a football game, and it's obvious why.
Sophomore linebacker Antonio Morrison is one of the strongest players on the Florida team and may also be the hardest hitter.
Ask former Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel.
The true freshman knocked Manuel briefly unconscious in the fourth quarter of last year's regular-season finale against the Seminoles. The jarring hit forced a fumble that was recovered by UF and resulted in a touchdown on the ensuing play, which gave the lead back to the Gators. They never lost it again in their 37-26 victory at FSU.
As impressive as the hit was, Morrison didn't think it was a big deal.
"I always do stuff like that," he said. "My teammates see it in practice. Every time I get in the game, I go hard. It wasn't really surprising for me."
Morrison has made the move to middle linebacker this spring to take over for the departed Jon Bostic. While there's no questioning Bostic's talent and production at the position, Morrison is a different breed of linebacker. He resembles the characteristics of a Brandon Spikes or Channing Crowder, both standout UF linebackers in their time in Gainesville.
"Mad man," UF cornerback Jeremy Brown said when asked to describe Morrison. "Hard-hitter. Crazy. Mean. Scary. I'm taking him to war every time we have a chance. … He's going to be special."
Florida coach Will Muschamp likes having someone with Morrison's drive and energy lead his defense.
"I like guys that go out there and self-motivate themselves," Muschamp said. "He's a young man that you don't have to create an edge for. I don't have to sit there and give him a pep talk before practice to make sure his mind is ready to go."
Morrison admits sometimes he pushes the envelope with his intensity, but he's learning how to tone it down when he has to.
"Sometimes Muschamp gets on me," Morrison said. "I try to practice as if I'm going to play in the game. ... Sometimes that (passion) can control your whole game and you'll mess up and do the wrong thing, so you've got to make sure you balance it out."
Although Morrison might be prone to a few personal fouls in the coming years, Muschamp would prefer to deal with that than the alternative.
"You'd rather say, 'Whoa' than 'Giddy up' from my experience," Muschamp said. "If they don't like sticking their face in the fan, in the fire, so to speak, then this isn't the game for them. He likes it."
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Jonas Damon Open Edition LED Clock
There is something to be said about bells and whistles. Sure, an alarm clock that awakens you by saying 'good morning' in five different languages is certainly impressive, but it isn't all that necessary. And honestly, the thing we care about most when it comes to a clock are the numbers. They tell us when we're late, or on time—for once. That's why the numbers clock is so great. Stripped down to the most basic and necessary components, you can stack and rearrange the time as you please.


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TRUTH. With a capital T.
On the way to saving your life there are moments that stir up a thousand kinds of trouble. Denial. Anger. Grief. Desire. The last one is the trouble I hear about the most here on Gluten-Free Goddess. The slow burn of longing. Comments and letters asking, sometimes pleading, pining, always hungry for some beloved recipe one can no longer consume. Due to evil gluten. Food is an emotional issue. Charged with hot spots and invisible buttons that can be pushed and engaged by a myriad of things. A scent. A circumstance. A holiday. Food can equal love. Evoke comfort. Mom. Or lack of Mom. Food can feel like self care and nourishment. But it can also be a fence. A barrier erected to survive. A way to numb. Escape. Live three feet from yourself.
Because some days it's hard to be a human being.
Sometimes I get tired of blogging about food. Sharing recipes. Because in all transparency, I don't feel like a foodie. I don't build my day around a meal or shopping for ingredients. Food is fuel. And often (in my house) food is an after thought. As in, Sweet Tap Dancing Bodhisattva, I'm starving. It's six PM. And I have nothing in the fridge except a jar of organic peanut butter.
And lettuce.
The un-foodie truth is, I sometimes resent the fact that I have to stop what I am doing and eat. It interrupts my flow. My doing flow. My thinking flow. My reading flow. Cooking takes time. And energy. And a certain level of focus (if one wishes to avoid burning the last clove of garlic, anyway). Cooking takes planning. One has to remember to physically get to the market now and then (which requires driving, another activity preferably avoided, right up there with drafting grocery lists). Avoiding said planning, one can far too easily find oneself without a scrap of dark chocolate in the house.
Chocolate may be the primary reason I get to the grocery store at all.
Before I discovered I had celiac disease, I ate simply. I was a vegetarian. Food was no big whup. As long as I had a bag of brown rice in the pantry, I was golden. I stir-fried veggies. I bought French baguettes daily. I baked the occasional chocolate chip brownie. But I wasn't hyper-focused on every single morsel that went into my mouth. I was loose and free, and true, I cooked. But food was more of a natural expression of my life as an artist and a mother. Cooking was as organic as breathing, a creative thing that didn't require surgical precision. I cooked simple, down to earth food. The kids grew up well fed and acquainted with pasta and fresh basil, olive oil, pumpkin soup. And real mac and cheese. Today both sons are amazing, intuitive cooks.
But when celiac disease made its appearance (in vivid ways you don't want to know about, Sweetpea) it complicated everything. Spontaneity (my favorite trait) atrophied. My easy going relationship with food morphed into an anxious love-hate alliance. Yes, I rolled up my can-do sleeves and problem solved. I did. I was a good sport. I tackled gluten-free head on. And I've been churning out gluten-free recipes for ten years. And dairy-free for
four five years. I'm no slacker. But.
Some days?
I wish I was "normal". As in, I wish I could grab a crusty bakery baguette and a salty wedge of Parmigiano Reggiano for dinner. Like I used to. When making art was romantic and love was new.
Wishful thinking.
Which gets me nowhere.
Except back to the place I started.
A Craving
Yesterday I craved an easy old favorite. Zucchini gratin. You know the one. Classic Italian comfort food, hot from the oven, bubbling with pan-tossed zucchini and garlic in a creamy cheesy sauce topped with Italian herbed bread crumbs. Zucchini gratin is the perfect marriage of tenderness and flavor. Melted gooey cheese and toasty crumbs. Gluten-free and dairy-free.
Wait. What? Seriously?
Yes, Darling. A gratin to love. Even if you aren't a foodie and need to avoid gluten and dairy like the plague, doesn't mean you have to give up a lovely, cheesy, comforting gratin.
It just means you have to plan a little.
And make a list.
And shop.
And cook.
And then. You can eat.
And smile.
Because it's so freakin' tap-dancing good.
Karina's Gluten-Free Zucchini Gratin RecipeRecipe posted September 2011 by Karina Allrich.
Zucchini gratin is an easy home cooked side dish that will entice even veggie avoiders to indulge. If you don't need to be dairy-free, use milk and shredded mozzarella cheese.
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, as needed
4 medium zucchini, trimmed and sliced
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
Sea salt, to taste
2 organic free range eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk or milk
3 tablespoons fresh chopped basil leaves
1 cup gluten-free bread crumbs
2 tablespoons almond meal
2 teaspoons dried Italian herbs
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 cup shredded vegan cheese or mozzarella
Fresh chopped Italian parsley, for serving
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
Lightly oil an 8-inch square baking dish or two 8-inch oval gratin dishes. Set aside.
Heat a splash of olive oil in a large skillet, using medium-high heat, and add the zucchini slices and garlic. Season with sea salt. Shake and toss the zucchini to cook lightly- just until tender-crisp.
Spoon the zucchini into the baking/gratin dish.
Sprinkle with fresh chopped basil leaves.
In a large measuring cup, beat the eggs with a fork. Add in the soy milk and beat till combined.
Pour the egg mixture over the zucchini. Top with most of the vegan cheese.
In a small mixing bowl toss the gluten-free bread crumbs with the almond meal, dried Italian herbs, and one tablespoon olive oil.
Spoon the oiled bread crumbs on top.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Loosely tent the gratin with a piece of foil.
Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes or so, until hot and bubbling. Remove the foil and cook for another 5 minutes if the top needs needs browning.
Serves 4.
Recipe Source: glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com
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GFG Notes:
To make your own gluten-free bread crumbs (highly, highly recommended), use two toasted plain waffles or two slices of your favorite gluten-free bread, processed into crumbs.
If you are avoiding nuts, replace the almond meal with more GF bread crumbs.
To replace the eggs, thicken the sauce with gluten-free flour: Add a tablespoon of olive oil to a saucepan. Add two tablespoons sweet rice flour; whisk to combine. Cook for a minute. Add the soy milk, stirring to warm through and thicken. Pour over the zucchini slices.
If you prefer to use milk and dairy based cheese, I think goat cheese or good Parmesan would be lovely, as would fresh mozzarella.
More gluten-free gratin recipes:
Andrea Meyers - Zucchini Tomato Gratin
Pinch My Salt - Zucchini and Tomato Gratin


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The BlackBerry PlayBook Reviewby Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/13/2011 9:00 PM EST
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- Mobile
- Tablets
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legoman666 - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkNo email client? Really? Is that a joke? Reply
Ethaniel - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkFor now it seems, but that's clearly a sample unit. All I keep reading is "needs tuning" and "needs optimization", ergo, it's not ready, and they're going to launch it anyway. Those updates will have to be lightning-fast. I don't want to pay 500 dollars to be a beta tester... Reply
SimKill - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkI'm actually surprised. This is because my cousin in India said that his friend in Dubai already bought it and has it for quite some time. Do you think there might be a reason why they are purposely delaying the American release? Reply
melgross - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkProbably, someone is lying about it, or they've gotten some illegally obtained
Reduction model much as what happened the Apple's iPhone 4.
It's first being released in N. america, according to RIM. Reply
vol7ron - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkWhy does everyone want to price around Apple? The more I look at these devices, the more I'm likely to get the color-nook and put Droid on it. Surely the hardware would be lacking, but the functionality would still be ballpark.
16GB for $500 is ridiculous. These base models need to be in the $250-300 range. Reply
michael2k - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkUm, the raw materials for the iPad is about $260, meaning you can't expect to buy a 16gb tablet from any manufacturer, especially one with less buying power than Apple, for much less than $400 or so.
From the iPad 2:
Display is $127
Flash is about $66 for 32gb, $35 for 16gb
Case & Battery is about $60
Mobo+Camera is about $60
So for any 10" tablet the cost if they gave it away for free would be $282 or so. Your nook "cheaps out" by having a 7" screen, only 8gb storage, a slower CPU, no cameras, and a much smaller battery. It only gets 8 hours with wifi off, the iPad 2 gets 11 hours with wifi on!
In other words you're only paying $180 worth of HW in the Nook, while the iPad gets you two 1GHz cores vs a 800MHz core, 11h of battery vs less than 8 hours, 10" and 1024x768 vs 7"@1024x600, 16gb vs 8gb, and of course, no guarantee of OS updates. You're complaint is ridiculous, actually, since almost no other manufacturer has been able to beat Apple on price yet except the Acer Iconia. Reply
quiksilvr - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkAs much as I despise Apple, I have to agree to an extent. Yes that price is quite hefty, but if Apple didn't have it's cult following, it would have easily been on sale for $399. But thanks to idiot consumers, they can bump it up a Benjamin. Reply
michael2k - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkAnd no one else can order in vast enough quantities to hit the $399 price. Reply
mcnabney - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkI am starting to doubt the iSupply numbers you quoted.
They price the very nice 9.7" IPS screen that Apple uses at $129 while the clearly inferior non-IPS screen the XOOM uses at $140. Their memory prices are also highly suspect, clinging to $2/GB for what are still really small drives compared where higher performing SSDs already are. I would guess that NAND prices for tablets are under $1/GB wholesale and in quantity. Reply
michael2k - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkApple orders literally 2m 9.7" IPS screens a month, probably 40m this year alone. That gives them bulk purchasing power no one else has except the manufacturer of said screens.
Motorola has to pay market prices, while Apple can literally buy an entire factory's output. http://www.isuppli.com/Display-Materials-and-Syste...
It doesn't help that the Japanese earthquake halted LCD production at major plants, either!
As for SSD chips, Apple is paying a premium to get density. The low end iPad has only a single SSD 16GB chip. The mid range iPad has one or two, and the high end has two 32GB chips. As soon as prices are good or capacity is good, I'm sure Apple will use a single 32gb chip on the low end, two 32gb chips for the middle, and 2 64gb chips on the high end. Reply
name99 - Friday, April 15, 2011 - link"I am starting to doubt the iSupply numbers you quoted."
And I am starting to doubt that your contrary opinions are of much value.
"Their memory prices are also highly suspect, clinging to $2/GB for what are still really small drives compared where higher performing SSDs already are."
(a) The price here is for STORAGE, not memory as you call it.
(b) The issue is that Apple wants flash that is low power, not high performance. This probably means that want flash that works at low voltage.
This is not trivial --- as evidenced by the fact that pretty much EVERY SSD vendor is incapable of shipping a drive that can write reliably at USB power levels.
If the market for low power flash is different from the market for high performance (and high peak power) flash, then comparing prices as you are doing makes no sense. Reply
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NFL,NBA,MLB all are 18usd!!!! Reply
MonkeyPaw - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkThat is kinda sad. I find the tablet market a bit of a mystery still. The hardware is either loaded and expensive, or cheaply made junk. The software is still in limbo. I wanted to try a tablet without much risk, so I ended upgetting a Nook Color and a microSD card and went through the mod community. If all fails, its still a good dreaded, but its actually been a lot of fun trying all the mods. Can't wait to see a good build of HC for it, as the prerelease build isn't too bad already. A prefect tablet? No, but the specs are decent, the screen is great, and the cost was very acceptable. :) Reply
MonkeyPaw - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkLoL. Dreaded = e reader. Nice spell check android! :D Reply
eliotw - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkThey are clearly prioritizing the corporate market that is their bread and butter. I'd never buy this for myself but the "too big to fail" bank I work for could deploy these quickly with the bridge features. That wouldn't be possible with iOS or Android. This isolation capability is impressive but I it still seems like they are releasing it with too many things missing. Reply
Spivonious - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkFor business users yes, but I think most home users (aka non-techies) use web mail and wouldn't be too bothered. Reply
PeteH - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe problem is that RIMM appears to be primarily targeting business users. Maybe their thinking is that business users will have their Blackberry on them anyway, making an application unnecessary, but it seems like a big oversight to me. Reply
galuple - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkIt's a corporate security thing. Corporate types very serious about security. No email client means that if one of these gets lost, it doesn't have sensitive documents on it since it's all on the blackberry. Reply
Kiddo2050 - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkI could care less. This is aimed at Blackberry users as of now, and I am one. With Blackberry Bridge this is a none issue.
Sorry, but I just can't go for Apple and it's closed app eco system (the AOL of today). I've had numerous apple products (everything except the ipad in fact) and I just got so sick of plugging everything into iTunes. Just tired of that company ripping me off left right and center. Here's the "New" Macbook Pro, yes it's already out of date in terms of specs but you don't care because it's Apple. Sure my Blackberry phone is not cutting edge but the point is no one at RIM pretends it is. The iPad2 was rolled out as the hotest new tablet and they didn't say anything about the RAM which was sub par - "just don't tell our consumers they won't know." No thanks Steve, iPad2 and Apple = FAIL start caring about your customers instead of screwing them every chance you get. Reply
zephyros - Thursday, April 21, 2011 - linkit's true but so wat? apple came out without cut and paste before...why is everyone so surprised? it's how they fix the issue and how fast that matters. at least they know about it and came out mentioning it instead of letting customers find out themselves Reply
Ethaniel - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - link... great job, Anand. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkDid you have anything running in the background there? Gizmodo and Engadget both got within 10% of the iPad 2's score, the one here seems to be much slower.
Anyways, as usual this is easily one of the best reviews. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkThis may be a sunspider 0.9 vs. 0.91 issue, RIM said the same thing but 0.9 for some reason gives us the scores you see on the PlayBook vs. the competition (just re-ran again to be sure).
I'm still waiting for a response from RIM as to why the relative performance comparison is much worse under 0.9. We've stuck with 0.9 to maintain backwards compatibility with our older smartphone numbers but if need be I'll switch over to 0.91 for tablets.
I'm running 0.91 numbers now, let's see what I come up with.
Thanks for reading and your kind words :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThis is definitely a 0.9.1 vs. 0.9.0 issue. I'm not sure what is causing the PlayBook to choke on 0.9.0. I will update the article with 0.9.1 numbers as well.
Take care,
Anand Reply
8steve8 - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkvery high black levels on the screen is disappointing. (samoled/samoled+ is amazing)
Also the bezel looks like its a huge percentage of the surface area, which is ugly.
7" seems to be the worst size, too big for pockets, too small for ideal consumption of entertainment or web.
The Base OS seems decent, although without email or calendar, we will have to give this another look in august.
That said, I still find tablets a niche device that few situations actually call for. Usually I find myself wanting a physical keyboard, or at least more screen space while typing. Also if you have to constantly hold it up, or buy a stand, why not use little laptops laptops, the screens don't need a stand : )
I find it a good device for a coffee table or any profession where you are standing/not at a table. Otherwise I'll stick to smartphone/laptop or desktop. Reply
Solandri - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe contrast ratio is the same as the iPad 2, so the high black levels is an artifact of the high white levels. In other words, if you turned down the brightness to match the max brightness of the iPad 2, the black levels should be the same as on the iPad 2.
Along the same lines, I'm wondering what was the brightness setting during the battery tests. Usually reviewers do something like set brightness to half during the battery tests. But that seems a bit unfair since the Playbook's screen is so much brighter than the competition's. Wouldn't a more fair comparison be to set its brightness output to be the same number of nits as the iPad 2 in its battery test? In effect, think of the screen as the same as the iPad 2, but with the option to really crank up the brightness if you're outdoors in sunlight. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkSo our old method was to set everything to 50%, but lately I've been doing brightness matching right around ~150 nits on these tablets.
Take care,
Anand Reply
HilbertSpace - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkConclusion page:
"I'm glad to see RIM experimenting with form factors. After using the Galaxy Tab 8.9 at CTIA I felt that may be the perfect balance between portability and functionality. The 7-inch PlayBook "
- something got mixed up there. Reply
Aikouka - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkI wonder if the browser would be better if you had the option to hide the menu/address bar? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkYou actually do have the option to hide the menu/address bar, it's in the upper right corner of the browser. That does improve things but it also makes it less convenient to navigate to the next website.
Take care,
Anand Reply
jjj - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - linkIn the final words it would be worth reminding readers that it has no SD card slot, IMO a fundamental feature for phones/tablets nowdays. Reply
Azethoth - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThat is a curious statement. What do you want lots of memory for?
I can see memory being better for a phone that you listen to music from as more memory = more of your (compressed) library can fit on it. Personally I only sync particular playlists to my phone / iPad anyway.
As for other stuff, well apps just do not consume a large amount of space. For my iPad 2 I went with the smallest memory size. The larger size I have on my original, er I mean on my sister's "new" iPad, was just a waste for me. Reply
Chloiber - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkBecause it's an easy way to share things and upgrade your memory if you need more. I won't pay 100$ for 16GB of NAND flash (which cost's like 15$). Reply
jjj - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkFor a device that can shoot and play 1080p video 16GB-64GB of storage is very little (and anything above 16GB is way too costly) Then there are also photos,music,apps that maybe soon will be actually able to do things and become bigger,it is after all a computing device and even if smartphones/tablets are in their infancy we can still hope that they mature sooner rather than later. Reply
BuffyzDead - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - link"The screen is too small to comfortably read in portrait mode and even in landscape things can get a bit cramped." Steve Jobs already warned the entire industry on this point. It's too small to be a successful tablet. Everyone has portability in their Smartphone.
"Apple's A5 still has a much faster GPU" .and the playbook isn't even shipping yet
"App launches are unfortunately a bit high latency. .....whole process takes a couple of seconds but it feels longer than firing up similar iOS or Honeycomb apps." just throw more CPU at the problem. You know, down the road.
"With no email or calendar apps, the PlayBook doesn't have a whole lot to notify you of. Presently the only notifications the PlayBook will deliver have to do with remaining battery capacity." LOL at this one.
I predict Now, this thing will never sell in volume. Even improved versions down the road won't sell.
3 reasons:
1) It's too small.
2) The User Experience does not even come close to that of the iPad1
Yes, while there are company's that may force this down their employees throat, that is not where the growth of tablet use is coming from, in enterprise.
It's coming 100% from employees wanting to use their iPad's in the work environment.
You finish with:
"there are still more revolutions that will take place between now and when the mobile market finally matures"
Ask yourself, Honestly, is there ANYTHING about this "experiment for RIM"
that has an inkling of REVOLUTION ???? Reply
Azethoth - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe proper quote is:
"While Apple and Google are clearly out to a substantial lead, there are still more revolutions that will take place between now and when the mobile market finally matures. I'm not saying that Apple or Google won't end up on top, I'm just saying that it's not guaranteed they will either."
"The PlayBook is a reasonable experiment for RIM, but I need to see more to really recommend the tablet."
See how in context Anand makes sense? Rather than claiming the ridiculous: "this RIM tablet is a revolution", Anand is merely saying that this is an immature industry. Everyone fully expects actual game changing revolutions in this area in the future.
Search this site for Anand's excellent follow up to the iPad 2 release that asks: "How do I as a blogger use a tablet to create [text] content". There were some responses about maybe covers that double as keyboards. There was wishful thinking about voice input maturing real soon now. Mostly there is a need for some kind of interface revolution before a tablet can become a reasonable answer for a blogger on the go. These are the revolutions Anand needs in a tablet. Reply
BuffyzDead - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkCorrect !
I wholeheartedly agree with Anand's review and conclusion:
There are no guarantee's what the future may hold and he can not recommend this Playbook.
1) I wanted to add that this Playbook will in fact be a total failure. Time will prove me right or wrong. Again, I predict Total Failure.
2) I wanted to point out how RIM, as is evident by this Playbook version 1,
has demonstrated Zero in it's capability to provide ANY REVOLUTION.
At most, it's an outright attempt to copy or emulate (poorly) what the iPad REVOLUTION IS.
If you think that "designing a tablet" to cater to "the blogger on the go" is a measure of success, then I pray for RIM's sake, you are not on their design team.
Anand has repeatedly pointed out how a tablet might just not be for him, in general.
I have maintained for the past 15 months that the iPad's true REVOLUTION, is that it CREATED a NEW MARKET.
ALL of Apples competitors are playing catchup & copycat to cater to that NEW MARKET, which the iPad CREATED. Reply
SandmanWN - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkFor real... lay off the coffee and Jobs shlong. Reply
melgross - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkFor real, it's the only tablet so far that sold more than a small number. As many others have pointed out, so far the tablet market is really the iPad market. Other manufacturers have to prove that they can sell a large number of devices. We know that the Tab, is not a real tablet by Google's standards, and that it sold in much smaller numbers than the number shipped to retailers and cell companies. The Xoom is assumed to have managed about 100,000 sales, and what else has there been that seriously competes?
Now, the Playbook, which has been criticized by those in the industry for having poor battery life, and problems with the software before release, despite RIM,s denials, is proving, from all the reviews I've now read today, to be having all of those problems just days before release. Pogue has stated that RIM is feverishly sending out updated on a daily basis. That's not good.
Other tablets won't arrive for at least a couple more months.
So what does the market really consist of now? Reply
melgross - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkIt's hard to say. There are a lot of writers who have said that they type just fine on the iPad's virtual keyboard. Everyone's different. I remember a lot of people complaining about the first iPhone's keyboard, but since then, many, if not most new smartphones have no physical keyboards anymore, so people are getting used to them.
I'm typing on my iPad2 now. The only complaints about the way Apple set it up are that I think that too much space is wasted on the two large numeric keyboard call up keys at the bottom of the keyboard, much of which could have been used for other functions, such as an "@" key, for instance. Otherwise, it's fine. On a 7" screen, typing for longer periods will be more problematical. Reply
yelped - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkStop trolling, and PLEASE grow up.
Thanks. Reply
PeeluckyDuckee - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe Android platform UI is very unpleasant to work with and an eye sore, looks like something from yesteryears. The hardware supporting it is slow and lag is quite apparent, whether that is a software or hardware issue doesn't matter as in the end the user experience leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
Apps is a non issue imo as time goes on it will slowly come. The major titles will be available cross platform. I buy it for what it offers me now, I don't rely solely on what will come later.
The QNX UI is very smooth and true multitasking is available. 7" form factor is perfect for my needs. Battery life is less of an issue as it will be rarely transported, but if I do need it for extended periods outside of the house it'll be either plugged into the car charger, into my USB battery pack, or plugged into the USB charger in the plane.
5" is too small and 12" is too big for me, so I will eventually have the best of both worlds and juggle between the 7" Playbook and the 10" iPad 2. Both are priced cheap enough that it doesn't have to be mutually exclusive, considering how much laptops/desktops/tablets used to cost it's a no brainer. Reply
bplewis24 - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkIf you expected anybody to read your post, you shouldn't have destroyed your credibility with your opening sentence. Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkIt seems like many of the Tablets (and even phones in some cases) these days are being rushed out. I can understand the rush to get a product to market to try and grab market share early before competing products get to well entrenched, but coming out with a product that is short of features seems like it could be just as bad.
Take WP7 for instance, in general it has some good concepts, but is missing a lot of features, as well as a usable browser. Updates will fix this, but the initial reviews have hurt it I think.
Then you have Android 3.0 which only works on Tablets, and has issues with them as it is. It was definitely rushed out to try and grab some market share before Apple gets much more entrenched.
Then we have this device, which has some cool features, but many features that will not be available until sometime this summer.
I realize the companies have to found a balance between getting a product out and finishing it, but it seems in some cases its cut too close. And we end up with a product that could have been great if only it had spent a bit more time in development.
On a side note, I do NOT like the screen on this device. Its way to narrow. I would not enjoy having a screen with that aspect ratio. Reply
xype - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - link"It seems like many of the Tablets (and even phones in some cases) these days are being rushed out."
Just shows how much of a lead Apple actually has with the iPad. Most of the stuff out by now can't even compete with iPad 1, much less 2.
And even _when_ they get some small details right, it's the overall experience that makes the iPad's competition suffer.
Also, I quite like iPad's 4-finger-gestures for multitasking—too bad you have to set up your iPad as a development device to activate the preference in the first place… Reply
medi01 - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkNo "confusing" memory card slots, eh? Reply
melgross - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe problem with memory slots are that what happens to your data and apps when you want to add another card? Usually you can't do that, you're stuck with what you've got, because part of the app resides on the card, and the rest in built in memory. So show lose the card, or it gets damaged, and you're in trouble.
Manufacturers are using slots to make their devices look less expensive,
Urging the responsibility on the buyer to spend the extra cash to expand their memory. The problem is that most people, even those who are technically adept (or who pretend to be), don't realize that cheap Flash memory cards are a lot slower than the Flash inside their device. In order to keep the speed, they've got to buy more expensive memory cards. They haven't really saved much, if anything, if they do that. I'd rather pay upfront, and know that what I'm using is what I'm supposed to be using. Reply
silverblue - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe date format of the video of the dog is in YYYY-MM-DD format... sorry, I just enjoy seeing non-American date formats for once. :)
It's a promising tablet design, but they've got a way to go before it can be a true competitor to the iPad 2. The lack of an e-mail client doesn't sit well with me, but the inclusion of 1080p High Profile H.264 support is excellent, and it's light. Reply
Conficio - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkI'm usually not that interested in video in such devices, but your sample videos could really use some image stabilization.
On such a large device that should be mandatory. Reply
Griswold - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkAn otherwise very interesting product suffers from two shortfalls:
1) Too small. As mentioned in the article, its a matter of what you do, where you do it and personal preference. Personally I prefer the 9-10" size.
2) Its far from finished. Every other thing needs tning, tweaking, polishing or is completely missing. Why bother handing out review units, RIM? You're just damaging your products reputation! Reply
GnillGnoll - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - link"I've complained in the past about the input problem on tablets, and I do believe it's actually worse on the PlayBook thanks to its cramped screen resolution."
While higher resolution might help a little by allowing text to be slightly smaller while keeping it legible, this is really about area not resolution. You can't make the on-screen keyboard or address bar much smaller physically without significantly affecting their touch usability. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkYou're very right, clarified! :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
Targon - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkI will note that the idea of using gestures that originate in the bezel seems to be an evolution of the Palm(now owned by HP) gesture area on the Palm Pre and the other WebOS based smartphones. Yes, the tablet lets you use any bezel, but as I said, this is an evolution of the concept that Palm implemented with the gesture area.
Since the HP Touchpad will not have a dedicated gesture area, it will be interesting to see how things play out going forward in the tablet space. Reply
melgross - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkBut do the gestures really extend into the bezel area, or do they really just start at the first pixel your finger encounters when swiping from beyond the edge of the screen? I think it's the latter. Swiping from the bezel just insures that your finger will be detected hitting that first pixel in the screen at the edge, which tells the OS that it's a special "bezel" gesture.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it makes sense to me that that's how it works, then thinking that the entire bezel is gesture enabled with sensors, though it's possible.
Perhaps Anand, can help here. Reply
AnitaPeterson - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkMate, you wrote so many pages, but eschewed some of the most important questions.
1) You discuss the screen, but make no mention of the technology - is it IPS? is it TN? As for the surface - is it polycarbonate? is it GorillaGlass?
2) You discuss the USB, but make no mention of crucial use - does the Playbook have USB host capabilities? In other words, can you connect an external HDD to it (whether self-powered or externally powered) and read files from it?
3) Since we mention USB and external storage, how about a peep about SD card support? Seriously... a review with nary a mention of additional/expandable storage?
4) Why are you comparing it with the iPad and the Xoom, instead of comparing it with the only other real, usable device in its size class, namely the Galaxy Tab??? The Playbook is not for people who want large devices, who can get an iPad... Is it not clear that the size is one of the biggest factors at play here? You mention the Galaxy Tab exactly once, and make an intriguing statement that the Playbook is a bit larger... but when it comes to pictures, again you compare it with the Kindle (!??) and the iPad. Eh? the Kindle???
I'm sorry to be harsh, but this is a rush job... just like the Playbook itself. Reply
Lepton87 - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkHave you even read the review? It answers two of your three questions. The tablet doesn't have an SD card slot and it doesn't have an USB port either. Your fist question still stands, I'm also curious what panel technology its screen uses. Reply
Pessimism - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkIncorrect. It does have a USB port, and the review specifically states this when discussing available charging options. The poster was asking whether its possible to use a male-male USB cable to connect mass storage to it. Reply
Pessimism - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkof hearing everyone whine and complain about lack of matroska support. matroska has NO STANDING outside anime nuts who can't wrap their brains around a second file to contain subtitles. matroska is a tiny speck with no corporate backing, no manufacturer is going to dedicate development time or die space to support it. Reply
Penti - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkActually it has pretty good manufacturer standing now, it's supported by Sonic Solutions/divx, ArcSoft, CoreCodec and all the serious chipset manufacturers of media player chipsets and STB solutions. As well as support on BD-players and televisions coming along. Nero also has support for it btw. Even boxes like the Roku now supports local playback and MKV. (Roku XDS with USB) Also there is no die space needed it's just a container. Software is all that's needed. Nokia also added MKV support in Symbian^3. Reply
DesktopMan - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - link"As you'll see in our video tests, the PlayBook is the first ARM based tablet we've used that can decode a 1080p H.264 High Profile video stream."
I believe the Hard Kernel ODROID-A was the first on the market (though in limited availability), as it's using the Samsung Exynos 4210 SOC. Would be great to see a test of that, to see how well the Exynos drives a tablet. I have high hopes for it. Reply
NCM - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkThe ability to handle 1080p H.264 is technically impressive, but I have to wonder about its relevance to the intended business market. One might like that at home, although even there it seems to me to be a party trick.
And speaking of business use, the idea of using webmail for that is of course a joke, especially on a mobile device that won't always have a live net connection. I'm sure we all understand that this really is a software timing problem, but still, a bit of an embarrassment for RIM.
I'm not enticed by the 7" screen size, which is too big for the pocket and seems too small for good reading functionality. But one of the things we're seeing from the iPad's success is that people are coming up with their own uses for tablets, uses that weren't necessarily envisioned before they hit the market. Maybe that'll happen with the 7" devices too? Reply
Andrew911tt - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkYou have the Xoom at a price of $799 but you can get the 32 GB wifi version for $599
http://www.amazon.com/MOTOROLA-XOOM-Android-Tablet... Reply
MTN Ranger - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkExcuse my off topic question.
Anand, I notice you use Lafayette Village in your videos a lot. Do you live/work near there? We enjoy having drinks at the Village Grill and my wife loves the Upper Crust Bakery. I have taken photos there and think the architecture is great. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkI'm not too far from there. It's the most interesting thing that I can photograph quickly outside of my dogs playing :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
jensend - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - linkI'm serious- this is probably the best commercial OS out there. Of course, these days most people judge an OS mostly by its included applications and the collection of software written for it, which doesn't look so good for QNX, but as far as the actual OS is concerned QNX is extremely well designed. Reply
baba264 - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkI would tend to agree.
I was very impressed upon reading all the nice features that this OS has and that are still lacking in mainstream PC OS.
The the tight kernel, the sandboxing, the thread management, the corruption protection all of it sounded real nice. Of course since it wasn't the focus of the article, many question remain, especially performance wise, still it sounded like an impressive work. Reply
vision33r - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkBecause people are used to the iPhone / iPad and App Store being the standard.
QNX is a good OS, it is tight and lean. There won't be a fragmentation problem like Android has.
The only problem is that RIM will restrict the device's functionality so that it cannot replace a Blackberry device and risk losing lucrative smartphone sales. Reply
B3an - Friday, April 15, 2011 - link"You can't really hover to expose controls with a touchscreen so what you end up doing is a lot of quick tapping to try and bring up controls, change the setting you want and get back to playing the video. It's frustrating and doesn't work all of the time. None of this is RIM's fault, but now that tablets are at the point where they can start to behave like notebook/desktops web developers will have to rethink the way they build websites. "
I'm a web designer and specialise in interactive websites and apps, but touch screens have the ability to hold this area back and make it less elegant/messy for other devices with no touch.
The problem is not with web sites designed for non-touch devices but the need for a touch device to support hover in some way. For instance this could be done if a touch screen could detect a finger hovering over an area of the screen within say half an inch of the screen surface. That could work well if done right.
As sites get more interactive and advanced hover controls in the UI make more and more sense. because of interface complexity rises and the need for more buttons and stuff all over the place.
The thing with Flash is that being as it's far more capable than HTML5 for interaction (and with pretty much anything else too) is that it's Flash that is more likely to use hover controls in some form. But some HTML5 things are stating to use it, like the default skinned Chrome HTML5 video player for instance. Hover just makes perfect sense for certain things and touch screens need to fix this, not us web designers. Reply
ElementFire - Friday, April 15, 2011 - linkThis is a seriously well-wrought review. I'm especially glad you dedicated an entire section to Bridge, and addressed the free tethering question. As you stated, this is huge (assuming the carriers permit it), as it's the closest thing to truly unlimited browsing data plans (for no additional charge!) as we'll get now.
It's a pity that Android apps need to be re-signed by RIM before they'll run. It makes sense from a security perspective (you don't want malicious apps running amok on an enterprise platform), but I'd have preferred if RIM had severely limited Android VM capability and allowed all apps to *try* to run, rather than requiring re-signing; the vast majority of Android app-developers won't have the impetus to resubmit their apps to yet another platform holder.
The last point I wanted to make was video conferencing: it's a serious letdown to only ship with point-to-point video chat (and even then, only between PlayBook owners!). If you're aiming at the enterprise, I'd expect VoIP/SIP capability and the ability to run WebEx natively. Does the PlayBook support any implementation of Java Runtime Environment? Reply
name99 - Saturday, April 16, 2011 - link"Pretty much no smartphone or tablet we've tested is particularly speedy over WiFi. Even the Motorola Xoom, at the top of our performance chart, manages a meager 36Mbps. Part of this has to do with the fact that all of these devices are power rather than performance optimized and part of it has to do with NAND performance limitations."
Is this not simply a reflection that none of these devices use 40MHz wide channels, they all stick to 20MHz wide channels? I'm not certain about this, but given how the numbers cluster, I would bet this is the case.
(And, of course, none of these devices use multiple antennas for wifi.)
The flash has nothing to do with it. iPad flash can write sustained at a little under 20MB/s (ie 160 Mbs/s) and I imagine other tablets have similar specs.
In theory, the most power efficient way to run wifi is to do get your transmissions done as fast as possible --- in other words use 40MHz and multiple antennas and run at the maximum data rate possible. Of course this requires that the chips being used be maximally efficient in their overhead, so that essentially all power is being burned in RF transmit, not in the receivers, the decode logic and so on. It may well be that the chips supporting 40MHz, let alone MIMO, simply haven't been around for long enough to have their power usage tuned to where the 20MHz chips are. Reply
tipoo - Sunday, April 17, 2011 - linkMost routers and laptops will default to 20MHz anyways. Reply
gentrfunk - Saturday, April 16, 2011 - linkHi Folks,
Anyone have any info on how messages are passed back and forth between the kernel? I'm interested in the fact that microkernel systems typically had problems in some cases locking up the cue with multiple rapid input (e.g. mouse clicks, etc)...
any thoughts? Reply
mavricxx - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkThe thing about this tablet is that you gotta give it time to mature. Right now is at its infant state where there are little apps, and the software is still being refined. I will say that the best thing about this tablet that sets it apart from Android is that you won't have different iterations of say Honeycomb 3.0 and having to wait forever for updates. One good thing RIM has going for it is its reputation for kicking out updates. Hopefully, it kicks it in turbo and lots of GOOD apps start coming out. Another thing I'd like to point out that NONE of the reviews have applauded RIM for is the standard MicroUSB charger which all phones use now a days. This is a big deal as if you happen to lose your charger its no big deal. I hope to see a lot of cool and useful gadgets for this device as well. One major thing I see that RIM screwed up besides the whole email/calendar/contacts thing was the absence of expandable memory; Had they added a FULL size SDXC card support they would have blown this thing to another level. A couple of things I'd like to see with the upcoming updates are: Free turn-by-turn Nav, universal search and maybe some full free FPS(Call of duty)/racing(need for speed)/action(Grand theft auto)/RTS(Company of heroes) games to make this thing worthwhile to buy. Lastly, I think RIM could have made this thing more desirable to purchase as well by including headphones, USB adaptor and an HDMI adaptor. Reply
worldbfree4me - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkThis year, Tablets will probably be only 2nd to HDTV's in Black Friday advertising. I like my iPad 1, but it is lacking in a lot of areas. I think that the features I crave on the HTC View (Stylus Input), Black Berry and HP WebOS (Bridge), and True Multitasking will eventually find their way onto the rest of the pack and by this time next year we will finally see complete Tablets with I/O galore (HDMi Mirroring,USB 3.0, BT 3.0, MicroSD etc). With Amazon leading the Cloud Storage Charge, on device storage will become not so this keeping retail prices nominal. Even right now because of my distrust in Apples' walled garden. I have no Music or Videos stored locally on my iPad. Sugar Sync, Evernote, Drop Box, and of course Gmail rounds out my storage albeit virtually.
Thanks for another great analysis! Reply
mblair - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkThe RIM playbook is a game changer. The slick, easy to use interface and true multi-tasking make it a dream to use. Its Flash execution is flawless. I was surprised how many times I needed Flash. It made my Ipad almost useless some of the time.
The best feature for me is Blackberry Bridge. A Wi-Fi tablet but with my blackberry in my pocket and Bluetooth, I can operate 3G. I can't do that with my Wi-Fi only Ipad! And I don't need two user accounts or an extra monthly fee.
It did not take me long to get used to the Blackberry paradigm. Now I take it everywhere, it is small enough to be truly portable. Battery life is OK, not spectacular but pretty good. The video rendering is world class.
I use gmail so the browser is all I want or need most of the time. I have my Blackberry for email from work and when tied to the Playbook I can use the larger screen seamlessly. The Playbook gives me all I want.
Good bye Apple. It has been a slice.
I love it. I have given my son the Ipad. He wants a Playbook. Maybe later.
Michael Blair Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Friday, April 22, 2011 - linkThis is a screenshot from a flash game running on IE9: http://grab.by/9WxQ
There are huge gray sections that are failing to render or whatnot. The sections grow over time. It looks really bad. This doesn't happen on firefox. But the game does run faster on IE9, for whatever that is worth... obviously not much. Reply
exprimarelibera - Monday, July 18, 2011 - linkI bought one today, more than four months after this article and still no email application available. I'm pretty disappointed, after all that's what made RIM what they are.
http://www.exprimarelibera.ro/2011/review-m-am-juc... Reply
No Netflix Streaming - Sunday, November 27, 2011 - linkThis tablet DOES NOT STREAM NETFLIX. The Netflix app only queues discs. Contact Blackberry Before You Buy and Demand a Netflix Streaming App. Reply


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Fired copper carbinate rubbed off! Why?
Posted 16 November 2012 - 12:49 AM
Posted 16 November 2012 - 01:05 AM
I often use copper carbonate painted on & then sponged off after bisque firing to emphasize detail in my sculptures, with fairly predictable results whether firing at 06 or 6. While 2nd-firing some bisqueware finished with copper carbonate, my pyrometer stopped working mid-fire. After the kiln had been firing for several hours at a setting that usually produces 010 to 07 temperatures, I turned it off. When I opened the kiln the next day, I was shocked to see that instead of the usual white ceramics with brown/black copper carbonate in the crevices, EVERYTHING was completely jet black and very carbon-y looking. The carbon rubbed off on my skin while unloading, so I washed everything. It took repeatedly scrubbing with a fingernail brush and then rinsing in torrents of water to remove all the 'loose' carbon, leaving a lot of uniformly (ugly) grey work. What happened here? Did I guess wrong on the temperature, and the kiln didn't get hot enough?
Let me phrase that question better: Did the kiln not get hot enough to -- what? What happens in the kiln that turns copper carbonate into a permanent coloration as opposed to a sooty black mess?
Posted 16 November 2012 - 02:23 PM
Posted 17 November 2012 - 04:46 AM
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Posted 17 November 2012 - 05:34 AM
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Posted 17 November 2012 - 07:55 AM
Was there any wax in there?
No, but your question intrigues me and leaves me wondering about what role wax would play.
Posted 17 November 2012 - 08:00 AM
Electric kiln or gas kiln? It SOUNDS like you actually did have soot, which should just burn out if you refire properly. I've only played a bit with copper carbonate, but that really sounds like you didn't get hot enough.
It was an electric kiln, and I've washed off all the soot. which left behind lightly dyed "grey" ceramic. I think I'm going to try refiring with more cc, although I still don't have my pyrometer back from the repair guy. This sculpture needs to make the 3-hour drive to the gallery next Wednesday. Wish me luck!
Posted 17 November 2012 - 08:04 AM
Sounds like improper mixing; try ball milling the ingredients.
Lucille, I always simply add water to a tablespoon or two of copper carbonate. Thinking back, I did make this mixture a little thicker than usual. I'm ashamed to admit that I don't measure; I just judge its correctness by the thickness of the mixture. Hmmm. I wonder if too much cc in ratio to water, instead of the temperature, could be the culprit.
Posted 17 November 2012 - 10:37 AM
This is based on Val Cushing's underglaze ^04 base. It is good for making a wash to accent the texture.
Posted 18 November 2012 - 01:06 AM
I think you need to add the cc to something as a binder. The most simple in my mind and what I use is copper carb. with a grit 3110 and epk.
This is based on Val Cushing's underglaze ^04 base. It is good for making a wash to accent the texture.
Thanks, Marcia. I'll try that.
Posted 19 November 2012 - 06:11 PM
i also suggest using it as underglaze (or close to/different ratios) to help fuse it to your clay. remember, you can always change the frit also if you're looking for different colorways since copper is easily influenced by its flux.
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ASUS P8P67 Reviewby Brendan van Varik on 9/8/2011 10:45 AM EST
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DanNeely - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkHow are raid 5/10 supposed to work on the two gray SATA6GB ports? You need 3/4 drives to implement those levels. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkThe ASUS website suggests you can build an array across all the PCH SATA3/6 ports, just not the controller ones.
Ian Reply
JonnyDough - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkWell that seems silly if your array only runs at SATA II speeds... Reply
LtGoonRush - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkHow many people are going to be building RAID arrays out of more than two SATA600 SSDs? No HDD can even approach SATA300 speeds so it's not really an issue . Reply
etamin - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkHDD burst speeds (reads) can surpass 3gbps. I just saw an article showing the Hitachi DeskStar 3TB 7K3000 can burst to about 5gbps...and just because you don't use more than two drives in a RAID array doesn't mean other people don't. Reply
WillR - Saturday, September 10, 2011 - linkHe didn't say other people don't. He implied only few do. This is a $150 board, not an enthusiast model. Anyone willing to shell out a couple grand on their SSDs alone should look elsewhere for a board, or more likely an add-on PCI-e x8 card with REAL RAID support, to better suit their needs. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkOk, that would make sense. The review could be clearer on the point though. Reply
Taft12 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkmdadm Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkSoft-raid is completely chipset irrelevant. Reply
hurrakan - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkThanks for the review.
But I wish it was a review of the P8P67 Pro... specifically the new 3.1 revision with USB 3 controllers by Asmedia (instead of NEC).
I prefer single-card graphics anyway - my GTX580 is enough for now :) Consoles have been holding back PC gaming for too long - PC games aren't very demanding on hardware these days :( Reply
Etern205 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkWhy bother reviewing this board?
Why not review this board when everyone was excited about Sandy Bridge?
Is it because you guys are too busy with mobile products like smartphones that you guys have forgotten your roots?
This same board you guys review on 9/8/2011 was also reviewed by Bit-tech on 1/12/2011!
That's 8 months apart and this article made it seem it's just fresh off the factory floor!
I used to come to this site and every time it's fill with interesting articles that sometimes I'll read it more than once, and even print it and read on my couch. Now it's the opposite.
Mobile phone review- yawn
Case review- semi yawn, most cases interior are similar, it's just the brand you like to pick, cable management, and appearance
SSD- major yawn! It's all about speed, blah blah blah. Nothing special, just buy the one fastest within your budget.
About this board, who every buys it for CFX is a idiot. The 2ne PCIe x16 runs at x4!
You buy a pair of $800 dollar HD6990 to run quad CFX on x16/x4?!
Enjoy your cripple quad CFX setup!!!
Bawhahahahaha!!! Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkWe've unfortunately had this board in for a while, but other products have been taking priority, meaning this one got delayed until a spot became available. Though it's worth a look just to see how such a product can still battle it out with the newer models. In other release related news, both Brendan and I on the motherboard team have full time jobs elsewhere, and you'd be surprised how much time has to go into even a single motherboard review, otherwise you get criticised for not examining every feature or might miss something critical, and of course it has to be up to AnandTech standards. We've done 17 motherboard reviews this year, which is a hard graft when every manufacturer wants to send you their latest and greatest on every chipset (P67, H67, H61, Z68, A75, A55, A50M, 990FX, 990X, 970 and so on), which means some you get sent just end up waiting a little while.
We have got some AMD lined up over the next couple of months which we hope the readership will enjoy.
Ian Reply
Etern205 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkYes!
Please please post interesting articles on BullDozer
Can't wait! :) Reply
MrAv8er - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkNow there's the problem Ian. You both have full time jobs elsewhere. You both know how fast things change in the Tech arena. Reviewing a product that's been out for 8 months is a waste of time, unless your re-reviewing after a major fix for comparison. If something is sitting around for that long, it's time to simply pass on it and select an item that is more current. That being said, perhaps Anandtech needs to staff up... Reply
JonnyDough - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkDespite my understanding (I'm in the Air National Guard, have a daughter, and am about done with my post-deployment vacation) - I have to side with the commentators here. It would seem that a review on this board is a bit post-due, especially considering that it has a mature bios now compared to newer board releases which may not. Reply
Mumrik - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkHonestly, it's still a relevant board (cheapest 8 SATA port P67/Z68 board in my part of the world at least), so I'm fine with it.
Actually, I really want Anandtech to do two things:
1) Review more motherboards! You're doing several times more smartphones than motherboards at this point, and while the phones are fine, motherboards are closer to the core of what I come here for.
2) Review motherboards that aren't top-of-the-line enthusiast boards. Most people never do use more than one GPU and it's often not really clear what else is there to justify paying 60-100% extra. Also, NOBODY is reviewing the mid or lower midrange boards! It's all about the pro and deluxe versions that the manufacturers push. Reply
Mumrik - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkAlright, maybe not "several times", but I really would love more comparison articles of relevant ATX motherboards. Reply
ryedizzel - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkEtern205, show a little more respect for a website you visit for FREE. Also face the reality that tablets and cell phones are mini computers and are quickly becoming the platform of the future. And while you personally yawn at SSD reviews, I think you fail to realize how much this website has contributed to the success of that technology while helping various manufacturers.
Now don't get me wrong, I agree this particular motherboard review is a little late, especially considering its a P67 chipset. At this point I would only hope to see reviews on Z68 chipsets. In fact I had to get most of my recent buying information regarding Sandy Bridge from Tom's. So maybe ASUS paid Anand to shine light on older products in attempts to move inventory. But unfortunately that is how review websites make the money they need to operate (in addition to ad revenue). So again, unless you are a paying customer you are in no position to complain. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkIf I worked at AT I'd find your accusation of payoffs way more insulting than his original complaint about the coverage... Talk about lack of respect. Reply
A5 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkLOL, yeah for real.
"Be respectful!
Oh yeah, I totally think they're getting paid off for reviews!" Reply
ryedizzel - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - link@Impulses: Saying they might be paid to review an older product is COMPLETELY different than saying they were paid to give it a favorable review.
@Etern205: No you don't have the right to spit on their work just because you factory tours and home theater setups more interesting. They do a great job and everything here is free for you, so if you don't like it then gtfo. Reply
Etern205 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkIf a site is going down hill then it's going down hill, why are you kissing @ss?!
I have my right to express my opinion/complaint as I wish because this site was uber awesome back in the old days. I've entered this field back in 99 and been reading here ever since (Anandtech started back in 97) because it's filled with interesting and fun to read articles that fills every one of my neurons with technical knowledge.
This site became what it is today because of articles that attract enthusiast and power users. If they review consumer based product for the average Joe and Jane, will they ever be here today? I don't think so!
About those tours they're leisure articles and yet still attracts
enthusiast and power users. For Anand's home theater, you should actually take a look at that awesome article before telling others to GTFO.
If you like to read on smartphones and other nonsense products, then there are plenty like Cnet or PCWorld. Reply
Etern205 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkYep, I yawn at SSD reviews because the main purpose of getting one is to speed up your apps or for those who thinks the sky is falling when they can't wait even a single second!
You see reviews on SSD and are amazed by it's blazing speed, is it within your reach? Sure the price of SSD has dropped as you can get a 120GB Crucial M4 for less than $200. While sub $200 is quite a price drop for SSD and it's larger than 64GB, the price is still too high for some.
And who says I can't complain? You work for Anand for what?
This site use to have the most awesome articles, I hope their articles on BullDozer will turn this site around.
Some of the articles I enjoy were the factory tours and especially Anand's personal home theater setup. Reply
JonnyDough - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkThat's why if you're money savvy you bought a 60GB Vertex II when they were hovering $100 after rebate. :) Reply
Amazing2u - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkGeez... Stop yawning, you're putting me to sleep.
I'm happy that Anandtech and it's writers have more diversified articles then "other" hardware sites that only publish boring stuff you see everywhere else.
I happen to like those Smartphone and whatnot reviews.
Keep up the great work! :)
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RussianSensation - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkWhile it's doubtful anyone with a $1500 GPU setup (HD6990 CF) will be using this board, there is nothing wrong with running say HD6870 / 6950 CF on this board. In fact PCIe 2.0 4x produces about a 7-8% penalty for a faster GPU like the GTX480:
Not only that but HD6950 2GB setup in CF is more useful at 2560x1600 too, where PCIe limitation is only around 5% (see link above).
LegitReviews even performed CF testing on this board to show that the difference is not as much as people believe: 2x HD6950s in CF tested in P8P67 (16x/4x) vs. P8P67 Deluxe (8x/8x):
The performance difference at 1920x1080 was:
- 5.3% in AvP
- 8.5% in Metro 2033
- 2.9% in STALKER: cop
Certainly not 30-50% less as some people probably imagine. For a budget board around $135, there weren't many boards better.
However, I feel that Asrock has really stepped up their game with:
1) Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 - $125 on Newegg
2) Asrock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 - $154 on Newegg
I agree with you that AnandTech stopped focusing on motherboard reviews which is a real shame since if you review CPUs, you should also review motherboards since CPUs have to be inserted somewhere :)
Cheers. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkProblem with this particular model is there's other equally economic models from other manufacturers that will do 8x/8x... I love ASUS, last three mobos before my current one were ASUS, but lately I think they've been allowing prices to creep up too much and/or introducing too many damn models. Everyone's guilty of the latter, but ASUS is the worst.
As far as mobo reviews in general... Meh. I agree that they're a staple of sites like AT, but if it weren't for the P67 recall and the late introduction of Z68 almost every review of this generation of Intel boards would've read the same.
There's just not anything all that exiting about mobo introductions anymore imo, just find a model with the integrated components that you need from your preferred manufacturer amongst the top 4 and look up one or two reviews to make sure it runs and OC reliably. Nothing really earth shattering or new to it... They're almost a commodity now like HDDs for data. Reply
RussianSensation - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkYa, like I said the Asrock Extreme3/4 series are very attractive. But again in the marketplace this board goes for $135 (Newegg) and I am sure it will be below that shortly. For someone who wants to run a single GPU, this $135 board has a lot to offer vs. the competition. You get 12+2 power phases, Bluetooth, the best UEFI imo, and 3 year warranty (of which the 1st year is advanced replacement so they send you a new board first).
If you want to run 2 GPUs though, the Asrock Z68/P67 Extreme Gen3 series is far superior for $130-155. Reply
Metaluna - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkAnd that 7-8% performance hit will be on only one of the two GPUs, so it will be even less significant to the overall graphics performance. And, if you put the lower-performing GPU in that slot, the impact is even lower.
People really get way too hung up on abstract specs like PCIe lanes without taking time to evaluate what they actually mean in the real world. Reply
gramboh - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkThis board can be found for about $135CAD right now, really cheap compared to higher end P67/Z68 boards which are $180-220ish.
Thanks for posting this, I was interested to see that it could hit 4.7+ GHz overclock. Reply
Blaster1618 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkI am so tired of LGA-1155 being portrayed as an "Enthusiast Board"
-Dual-channel memory.
-Narrow PCI Bus.
-Virtually fixed core clock.
-and the stake to the heart....on board graphics.
Wait...wait LGA-2011 and i7 3-series will spice up the M-board review business. Reply
zero2dash - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkTroll much?
Onboard graphics has no performance penalty on a 2600K (let alone a 2500K) so throw that piss poor reason out the window.
Narrow PCI bus? Yes, because that's clearly dragging SB systems through the mud. So is the dual channel memory.
Fixed core clock? Who gives a crap? Yeah, because a locked core clock with an unlocked multiplier is a worse option than an unlocked core clock and a limited amount of multiplier options.
Have fun paying for those quad channel ram kits. Reply
A5 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkA) Memory bandwidth has very little discernible effect on non-benchmark applications. Modern CPUs are so good at cache management that there is almost 0 reason to chase memory bandwidth. Ironically, the 1156 CPUs probably need the bandwidth more (due to the onboard graphics) than the 2011 CPUs will.
B) If you need more than two PCI-e x8 slots, then you're the kind of person who will drop the cash on LGA-2011 anyway. This is a legit knock against P67 and Z68, but it also only affects the hardcore enthusiasts, the top 1% of the top 1% who are running 3 or 4 GPUs.
C) LGA-2011 is going to have fixed clocks too. With multipliers unlocked, this is kind of a moot point anyway.
D) Considering P67 doesn't even allow you to use the onboard graphics, I don't see how this is a valid complaint.
I think P67 is a perfectly acceptable "enthusiast" product, and honestly I'd be surprised if there is an LGA-2011 version of Ivy Bridge outside of the server space. Reply
RussianSensation - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkYou should leave him alone :)
He is probably going to future-proof his LGA-2011 setup with 32GB (4x8GB) for $1200:
....because 32GBs in Quad-Channel LGA2011 Pawwwwwwwns all! Reply
Blaster1618 - Saturday, September 10, 2011 - linkNot Hating... but I figured as soon as the Z series board was out, the H&P series boards would drop, rightfully so, in the bargain bin.
I obvious to me that the 2nd generation i7 have an internal memory architecture limitation. (ie they were not designed for enthusiasts) Cut and paste old North Bridge architecture on the die. The bandwidth(bitwidth) of the internal communication 3rd generation chips is nearly twice the 2nd generation and it has 20 Gbit DMI 2.0.
If you don't believe bandwidth matters, I have a bin full old 64 bit Geforce cards for sale. I play games on my X-box, My computers for Solid modeling and Finite element analysis and surfing pron.
I was under the understanding the issues with the base clock adjust-ability were issues with the on board GPU's sensitivity to frequency. I am hoping the base clock on the I7 3820 will have 30-40% overclock like the LGA1366 or my old E6600.
At <$300 the i7 3820 should be quite a deal ps my business picks up the $1,200 for the 32 GB of Corsair XMS. Reply
RussianSensation - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - link2500k - $220
This board - $135
vs. i7-990X
Care to explain how a $355 mobo+cpu setup trades blows with an overclocked $999 i7 CPU on "enthusiast" LGA1366?
I hope you enjoy your $300 LGA2011 Motherboard + $500-1000 CPU for 1 quarter until IVB launches and obsoletes LGA2011 for anyone but workstation users. Reply
Etern205 - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkpfff....
Yep, have fun waiting for that Ivy Bridge of yours....
http://vr-zone.com/articles/the-upgrade-path-to-iv... Reply
CharonPDX - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkIf you've used any Intel Desktop Board in the past three years, you've used a UEFI-based configuration utility. It's just one designed to look like an old fashioned 'BIOS' screen. (P.S., technically it hasn't been a "BIOS" in a while, it's been a configuration utility.) Reply
Concillian - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkSo why is the P8P67 consuming 20 more watts at idle than the P8P67 Pro in it's review?
Shouldn't the less featured board be using less power? Reply
Mumrik - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkI looked around for a relatively cheap motherboard with 8+ SATA ports for a 2500k and this board was by far the cheapest. Reading up in forums (especially at the [H] where Asus is active) and at Newegg I got the impression that there was an unusual amount of problems with the generation of Asus boards, so I chickened out and picked up an Asrock instead. Reply
pc_void - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkI'm in the middle of rma with a different Asus board atm that has to be counted by [gasp] months. Reply
zero2dash - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - link[shrugs]
I bought mine despite all those NewEgg reviews and [H] negativity (although that's primarily towards the Pro) and I've had 0 problems with mine.
Very happily running @ 4.6 with 16GB of ram (ie all dimm slots populated). No problems whatsoever.
Pick a board, there's always a problem here or there, it doesn't matter who the manufacturer is.
re: Asrock - I had an Asrock X58 Extreme die after Folding@home 24/7 for 2 months; after RMA'ing it I bought a Gigabyte and sold the Asrock. First and last time I'll buy an Asrock board. Reply
pc_void - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkBtw, Asrock boards are also made where Asus boards are made @ Foxconn - that says quite a lot right there. Reply
faizoff - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkI have the Pro version of this board which I got for around $140 on a very short and quick sale on Amazon. Having owned this board for more than 5 months now I'm really enjoying it's overclocking performance. At first the board wasn't stable and I guess I tried to do too many things before letting it settle in. I remember many sites, when SB came out, most of the ASUS versions. At the time of my build I initially bought a Gigabyte UD3 board which turned out to be a decent overclocker. I regretted at that time for not getting an Asus board that had glowing reviews and ridiculous overclocking stories.
After the board recall, I took that opportunity to turn the Gigabyte board in and switch to an Asus one. I think something may have gone amiss with the B3 stepping version of many P67 boards. I first got the Deluxe version and had to RMA that. From the getgo it would crash and hang, just when going through BIOS options.
Getting this board at first also wasnt smooth sailing. After managing to find a stable mini OC at around 4.0 Ghz, I have now OC'd it to 4.5 while maintaining the same temperatures on Hyper 212+ cooling (mid 30s C at idle and mid 50s C on load) and core voltage at max of 1.384 V.
I'm very happy with the board at the moment 5 months on and hope that it continues this way. I certainly hope to keep this computer for another 4-5 years at least. I went from a system with 2.0 Ghz E4400, 1.5 GB DDR, 128 MB Radeon 9600 XT AGP 8x, 15" monitor @ 1024 x 768 that still works 4 years later.
Upgraded to
Intel i5 2500k OC 4.5 Ghz
G. Skills Ripjaw series 8 GB 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM
Asus P8P67 Pro
Crucial 64GB C300 SSD
XFX 6870 1 GB Radeon HD
Asus 23" monitor @ 1920x1080
Rosewill 630w Single +12 V rail
Corsair 600T case (In the process) Reply
gramboh - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkMan, that is a serious upgrade, I took pleasure reading your post thinking how awesome it must have been to power that new machine up for so long, must have been mind blowing how much faster it was, especially upgrading from a low res monitor to that, lol. Reply
Ratman6161 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkIts pretty well known that increasing bclk doesn't work well with socket 1155. With my Asrock Z68 Pro 3 and 2600K, ANY increase in bclk makes the system unstable. Lucky I have those multipliers to play with.
With your max overclock you say: "I was able to successfully boot up at 46x103 which gave me a final clock speed of 4738MHz. The system was nowhere near stable but it would get into Windows and run a few tests before crashing."
I bet if you had backed it off to 46x100 = 4600 you might have gotten it stable and the extra 138 Mhz are rather meaningless anyway. Just a thought. Reply
cactusdog - Thursday, September 08, 2011 - linkI have to agree with the guy about the reviews on here lately... too many smartphone reviews and random stuff most of us arent interested in. Reply
jecs - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkI have this MOBO since day 0 as it was almost the only ASUS option in CompuUSA back in January 8.
I am using a 2600K with this and I've been very happy with the performance and stability. Basically 0 fails. Also 98% of the time this machine is isolated from the internet with very specific software and system updates.
Ok, I read about 2 previous reviews about this ASUS MOBO, but my point here is how good it is for 3D applications for the price and all you care is gaming. Great!, no complains just an observation.
Also I am using 2 graphic cards I don't care about the limit in the second card as in my case I am using an entry level Quadro 600 for pro 3D viewport applications and for the 8X I am using a 460 GTX 1GB for a few games and game engines. It works very well for me and also for a new rendering application still in beta called Octane. This is my exclusive 3D machine, but I knew very well what I was going to do with this motherboard. Reply
jecs - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkAs many of you I don't like the direction the computer industry is taking with tablets and smartphones, but I understand for the massive market a desktop PC or even a laptop is not the best option. Ouch, I hope not to see a considerable increase in prices for desktop parts in the next years.
I like to think of this as a happy time of coincidence when power users benefited from the growing consumer market needs. But that ship is not with us anymore. Reply
just4U - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkI don't really see the point of this board anymore. At $140 it's not really one of the cheaper boards out there.. and for 20-30 dollars less you can opt out for the better performing Z68. (Sure it might be MATX but even so) It doesn't really have a place in the current lineup unless they lower the price down enough to make it make it interesting. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkI'm not trying to be sarcastic --I'm just wondering why it seems like the P67 chipset is being reviewed (in some cases, even hyped) by tech sites and a lot of users I see in hardware forums now that the Z68 chipset is out.
For almost every price tier of P67 chipset, I can find a Z68 chipset board within $10-20. The ASUS P8Z68-V is only $15 more than the $150 price of the P8P67 here, and it has more features. There are also lower-priced variants (the V-LX and V-LE) and the higher end V-Pro to round it out.
I'm just confused as to why the P67 chipset is relevant now that the Z68 chipset is available. Reply
faizoff - Friday, September 09, 2011 - linkI agree with others that reviewing a P67 board at this time is moot. I'd rather read reviews on the Z68 series and see what I'm missing out on. :-)
But sometimes it's nice to look back on boards and see how they've fared months after release. Reply


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Posted 11 December 2012 - 06:12 PM
There are 2 temp wheels on them that go from 0 - 100.
Could anyone tell me how to set these to fire.
When I bought the Kiln there were no instructions with it.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 07:09 PM
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Posted 11 December 2012 - 07:42 PM
having never fired a cress, i can only give you experience with "manual/kiln sitter kiln" firing, and they all fire basically the same. the two dials you refer to are the controls for each section of elements. it's pretty safe to assume that "0" will be "off" and "100" will be "high/full power" for the infinite switches/dials controlling each section.
giving you specific instructions with regards to how to fire this kiln will be difficult since it will vary depending on what you are doing, what goes inside, and also how this kiln fires.
in general, this might be a good place to start:
- set your stack and set your cone in kiln sitter (making sure to set the plunger/contact block)
- set your limit timer to a safe time setting without going too long or short (6-8hrs might be a good start)
pre-heat and ramping up:
- small kilns have a good amount of power/volume, so setting low w/o blowing things up is sometimes difficult. i'd probably set bottom element/dial on low setting (maybe 1-20) with the lid cracked open via soft brick wedge. this setting usually keeps kilns below 200-250* depending on kiln and how much gap is left open/chamber size/mass of work inside.
- once pre-heat is over, and piece is dry, close the lid. just closing the lid might raise temp 100-200* so that might be considered your first "ramp" for the climb in heat.
- 2nd ramp might be to set the top dial same as bottom, at a low setting (like both on "low") - kiln might climb to the 300-500 range. if you have a handheld pyrometer, this will be the best way to determine what your kiln does at each setting. always double check that moisture is gone before closing it up and increasing the heat so you don't blow your work up....or DO blow your work up so you learn faster and learn how much heat can be safely put into a piece of clay without disaster
- if your piece is good to go then now you can start ramping up your kiln. since you have such fine adjustment with your controls (vs a Lo-Med-Hi/3-settings) you could divide the 100 into 3-4 settings for less confusion. either way, you'll want to adjust both sections when turning it up. personally, i like to do a 3-stage (Lo-Med-Hi) or a 4-stage ramp with the dials and make the adjustment about every 1-2 hours or so -- really depends on what it is you are firing and how the kiln fires.
- once you get the kiln to Hi/full blast, you may need to adjust your timer so it doesn't go much past your expected stop time. once you fire a few times you will kinda know how long your kiln takes to reach temp once you put it on Hi. until then, set it at a few hours and keep track of how long it takes.
for safety, since its a new kiln to you (or even for a seasoned artist), just remember to always be present for the firing and especially at the end to make sure kiln shuts down without issue.
good luck!
Posted 11 December 2012 - 10:00 PM
Neil Estrick
Kiln Repair Tech
L&L Kilns Distributor
Owner, Neil Estrick Gallery, LLC
Posted 16 December 2012 - 01:12 AM
I know you are very much politically correct and do not want to put any company that produces kilns down, but
maybe you could give me an advice which kilns are the most reliable? I am interested in firing up to coin 6, middle size,
electric, any voltage.
Thank you in advance.
Posted 18 December 2012 - 01:55 PM
Hi Neil,
I know you are very much politically correct and do not want to put any company that produces kilns down, but
maybe you could give me an advice which kilns are the most reliable? I am interested in firing up to coin 6, middle size,
electric, any voltage.
Thank you in advance.
I sell L&L kilns because I think they are the best built, longest lasting, easiest to maintain kilns on the market.
Neil Estrick
Kiln Repair Tech
L&L Kilns Distributor
Owner, Neil Estrick Gallery, LLC
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We rent 3 beautifull rooms in a traditional Portuguese building, on the old heart of Lisbon.
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Camera ampia e accogliente in posizione vicino al centro .
Difficoltà di convivenza con altri ospiti in quanto non proprio ordinati
Amazing hosts, lovely room, everything was clean, everything worked fine, very near to the center, I could go on like this...there was nothing negative! One of the best rooms/hosts I ever had.
Chambre chez l'habitant. Bien placée pour visiter LISBONNE. Carlos le propriétaire est très sympathique et à l'écoute de ses locataires. Salle de bains à partager avec les colocataires.
Nice apartment, centered, easy access to tourist sites: by walking, like Alfama; by tram, the 28 is nearby. The host is very welcoming and friendly. I would definitely come back! Thanks Carlos and Claudia! A very special Thanks for Carlos, who was very helpful in clearing up many doubts.And an extraordinary person as a human being. Loved to know you!
warm and welcoming reception, thanks a lot Carlos ! See you next time.
Best wishes,
Andreas and Nelly.
La casa está muy bien, así como la situación en la ciudad. No conocimos a Claudia, pero Carlos, el chico que se ocupó de nosotros, fue muy amable.. Todo muy bien, sin ningún problema.
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