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Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by dan

dan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:33:55 +0000

yeah i got the error message (problem #2) and when i try to open the photo viewer it says that the USB device is not recognized and gives me the same damned message over and freakin over. not much help from the manual or any forums. would be great if the product worked properly right off the bat, right?

Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by Penny

Penny — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:46:06 +0000

Hi,

I, too, did not get the disc with my keychain. You sent an e-mail to Terry who had that same problem. Can you help me?

Penny

Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by Joe

Joe — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:06:31 +0000

Kristen,

Ours requires that you hold the on button for several seconds for it to come on.

Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by rifkind

rifkind — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:52:23 +0000

Kristen,
It sounds like the internal batteries are dead.

Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by Kristen

Kristen — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:16:54 +0000

I bought my Mom a miniDIG1.5, installed the software and synched about 20 photos to the device. When the keychain is connected with the USB, everything works fine — I can set the clock and view all the photos. I left it to charge overnight, but when I unplug it from the USB, it powers off and will not turn on when I press the On button. Please help!!

Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by rifkind

rifkind — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:48:51 +0000

Terry,
The install disk should have come in the box when you bought the keychain.
I sent you an email.
Look for the subject line : MiniDIG 1.5 Digital Photo Album

Good Luck,
Rifkind

Comment on MiniDIG 1.5″ Digital Photo Album by Terry

Terry — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:58:28 +0000

My wife has a minidig photo keychain without the software. is there someplace i could download it at? Terry

Comment on Are we LOST yet? by rifkind

rifkind — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:59:39 +0000

Hummmmmm
Yes that IS something to think about!

Comment on Are we LOST yet? by DebS

DebS — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:47:22 +0000

I have also wondered if the black smoke was Jacob. I am inclined to believe that. Here is a tidbit to add to your theories. In the bible Jacob was descended from Abraham and had twelve sons–the youngest of whom was named Benjamin. Think on that!

Comment on Are we LOST yet? by rifkind

rifkind — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:55:56 +0000

The black smoke.

Well it is strange.. when Locke saw the smoke the first time, he associated it with the island and that it was the HEART of the Island, and he felt that it was beautiful.
So we were thinking that the smoke ‘monster’ was OK..
Then it kills Mr. Echo…. it appeared that the smoke took on the avatar / physical representation of Mr. Echo’s brother…. and then the smoke grabs Mr. Echo and beats him to death!
WTF! OK, so the actor wanted off the show.. but is this really the “personality” of the smoke creature? It seems like the creature is far too judgmental of our human mistakes and frailties. If Mr. Echo deserved to die.. why didn’t it kill Sayid and Kate? There were lots of folks on the island that had shady things in their past! There were also lots of ‘bad’ things that went on with the folks even after the crash on the island.. the torture of Sawyer.. the kidnapping Claire and Charlie and almost killing of Charlie by hanging… lots of nasty and shady things were done by some of the crash victims and the Others, and yet the cloud monster doesn’t kill them.

Later the smoke grabs Locke and starts dragging him through the jungle… I think that at that point Locke WAS SCARED of what was happening, but was still trusting and would have been OK with it dragging him underground. Lock was still holding on to the belief in the goodness and FATE of the island.. He seemed really angry that Jack “saved” him from the smoke by throwing dynamite down the hole in the ground and the smoke creature flew away.

In a later episode, it appears that the defense perimeter will keep the smoke OUT of the housing compound area. Ummm, why doesn’t it just go OVER the energy field? Kate and the others were able to go OVER the barrier.

I found it interesting that in the flash back to John Locke’s childhood when Richard Alpert went to the foster home to “test” Locke, they had a quick flash to a child’s drawing… black and white,,,, of the cloud creature and a person. Was this from John’s past life?

Then there is the whole situation where Ben is so pissed off about the murder of his daughter Alex, that he sends the smoke creature out to take care of the men in the jungle.
At that point the smoke creature IS IN THE COMPOUND, and Ben has a way to communicate with it and ask / tell it to kill those men…..

More things that make you go hummmmm

I think that the smoke IS Jacob, and it has the ability to take on the physical form of people that we know. I assume that this is so that it can clearly communicate with ‘us’, and so that the person doesn’t completely freak out because of the strange physical body of the creature.
There also does seem to be some interesting characteristics of the island and “Jacob”. Remember when Locke was shot by Ben and was in the pit dying? The image of Walt showed up (assumed to be Jacob/cloud creature/representation of the Island) and Locke was magically healed?
The island does have some healing powers.
So far we know that Rose’s cancer has gone into remission
John was able to leave the wheel chair behind.
Jin was able to father a child

The island doesn’t magically heal everyone. Look at all the folks who have died while on the island. It seems strange to me that some folks are saved and others are allowed to die. Not all the folks who died were BAD people.
hummmmmmmm