The Ultimate DVD Database

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Absolutely none

...that even then my movie collection was out of control in respect of knowing what I do or do not have. On the odd occasion I?d actually purchase a DVD only to later discover I already had it. I tried keeping a log in one of those Black & Red books, but I found I was filling the book with only half my collection in it. My other half suggested I built a database using Microsoft Office. This was a disaster, so I asked someone to build one for me. While this looked great, it actually was a disaster as none of the searches bought up the wealth of knowledge I needed. In a last ditch effort I typed into Google DVD Database, and the result took me to collectorz.com. Collectorz.com don?t just offer DVD database programs, they also offer CD, Book, MP3, Comic, Videogame and even photo databases. The cost £14.99 (now £24.95) then, for each database...

sghawken 30.04.2007 · Read review
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odessey and oracle The Zombies

Advantages: sublime pastoral elegance
Disadvantages: all too brief

...Its seems rather unfortunate and at least unfair that The Zombies are regarded as little more than a footnote to pop and rocks golden days of the 1960,s ,true they did have to compete with the Beatles and The Kinks and The Who just for starters ,but of course this thing of rare and singular beauty could never have been borne from the triviality of competition or catch up ,at the heart of "Odessey and Oracle " are a centurys dead and the mist of a n English autumn in an English town ,its melancholic sounds echo the crumbling beauty of summers end and the yearning loss of summers endless promise ,never delivered ,lost in hibernation as winter like love sometimes gets colder leaving just a memory ,of course i could go on but you would have no real idea of what this breath taking record actually sounds like . The clarity of this...

terriano 02.02.2008 (01.02.2008) · Read review
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Oracle of Ages

Advantages: great graphics, can be linked to seasons, great storyline
Disadvantages: none

...This game was released in conjunction with another Zelda Oracle game - Oracle of Seasons and both were released in Europe on October 2001. The two games are linked but can be played in any order, and although they're similar to each other they both have different stoylines. The main distinguishing features of the games are the characters involved and the colour of the packaging- Oracle of Ages has Nayru as one of the main characters, which is also the name of a Zelda goddess and is blue while Oracle of Seasons has Din another name of a goddess and is red. In this Ages game you meet Nayru who is possesed and kidnapped by the villian Veran, and since Nayru controls the ages Veran can maipulate time as she wishes. This leads to Link - the Zelda hero - being able to travel through time from the present to the past. Completing challenges...

Lauren89 14.09.2007 · Read review
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ORACLE overview

Advantages: Explains all the aspects of Oracle
Disadvantages: Far too vague

...Oracle ? A Beginners Guide ? attempts to explain all the areas of Oracle under one cover, and doesn?t do a very good job about it. While it gives a fairly decent background into Oracle, and has separate chapters on Installation, SQL, PL/SQL, Forms, DBA and Tuning, each chapter is very vague and not dealt with in any great depth. Therefore, this book is not suitable as a reference tool or to look up correct syntax. I also felt that the presentation and layout of this book could have been better, and there appeared to be a number of Typos and inaccuracies. Unless you are completely new to Oracle and are looking for a background in its entirety, I wouldn?t recommend this book....

Bluecat 02.08.2000 · Read review
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Druidic Shamanic divination Oracle

Advantages: beautiful pictures, quick guide to meanings, 'silk' wrapper; focus on 'story'
Disadvantages: cards very large, could be unwieldy

...meanings are first given, both upright and reversed, and then it explores a few stories about the animal. This can help you extrapolate and develop your own interpretations. It is a well laid out book, (with a pretty border around the text.) very accessable and easy to use. It is a very good oracle; I have recieved and given some excellent readings with it, have gained new insights and perspectives on situations. However, for the more academically puritan: some of the gaelic pronunciations are wrong, with some gaelic words mispelled, and it jumps between Welsh, Irish and British stories, as well as jumping between extremely different time periods and cultural mileau. it is also non-reflexive, containing no self-critique, which renders it a bit dogmatic. It could also use a bit more 'common sense' observation on each...

emmacha 13.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Druid Animal Oracle - Philip Carr-Gomm, Stephanie Carr-Gomm

Shopping & Leisure Together

Advantages: 90+ Retail Outlets, 22+ Restaurants & Bars, High Cleanliness
Disadvantages: Seasonal overcrowding, expensive car parks

...The Oracle shopping centre is located in the heart of Reading, Berkshire. It opened in 2000, after being developed by Hammerson Plc, and since then offers the best combination of shopping and leisure facilities around. The Oracle boasts over 90 top name retail outlets and over 22 contemporary and family orientated restaurants, bars and cafés. It also hosts a 10 screen Vue Cinema that can be found on the Oracle Riverside. The Oracle Riverside is the epitome of delight, and along its 270 metre promenade surrounding the River Kennet are a selection of restaurants where outdoor seating is also provided for when the weather permits. There are two bridges spanning the river, to allow easy access for both sides of the promenade, one of which is the uniquely designed Delphi Bridge, in the shape of an ellipse. The bridge has seating all...

kelr101 04.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of The Oracle, Reading

IT'S PAYDAY ..... YIPPEE

Advantages: Everything under one roof
Disadvantages: Car parking fee

...Nothing like a bit of retail therapy, especially when you have someone on hand to carry your bags. Makes you feel like you have bought nothing because you are not the one being weighed down by 2 pairs of shoes, a pair of jeans, two tops, underwear etc. Well, after exhausting Guildford I headed out to Readings relatively new shopping centre The Oracle. Reading is just of Junction 11 of the M4, and The Oracle has sign posts from all directions. My only grumble regarding the car park is that it is £1.00 per hour from Monday to Saturday and £1.00 for all day Sunday, and the ticket price can soon mount up if you have lunch at one of the many places to eat. The Oracle is situated next to the canal which has been beautified dramatically with Cinemas, Restaurants, creche for the little darlings and Bars! On entering the Oracle you...

Zoe30 02.08.2002 · Read review
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For the shopaholic

Advantages: wide range of shops, eateries and facilities
Disadvantages: decent shops spread between two malls at opposite ends of the high street

...The Oracle has achieved the impossible. My dear mum does not like shopping. (I think I'm adopted). However, even she can be persuaded to come shopping with me in Reading, which is handy, because as the ever-doting grandmother, she pushes my double buggy, leaving me free to shop till I drop. Fantastic. Access-wise, the town of Reading (or is it a city? Sorry if I've inadvertantly offended any patriotic residents) has a major train station with lifts over the platforms. A godsend. If you have small children of a pushchair-requiring age, you'll understand. As a non-driver, this is a massive bonus. If you do drive, I think it's junction 11 on the M4, but you'll probably want to check that on a roadmap. Whatever. It's got good road and rail links. My husband likes to go shopping in Reading, as it has a good variety of shops selling...

KTDouthwaite 07.12.2004 · Read review
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An adequate database

Advantages: Great for beginners to learn about relational databases
Disadvantages: Not great for multi-user databases with more than 10 users

...This review is really for Advanced Users – even so I have still limited my opinion – if you want to know more information, please do not hesitate to email me, or buy a book!!! MS Access is really an enigma to me. I have watched the development of this relational database tool over many years and have seen some good parts and some major pitfalls. MS Access 95, the first time I really got into Access, was very buggy and had to many problems to be considered a useful tool. Even with all the patches that became available it still had many problems. Microsoft finally released Microsoft 97, and I was initially pleased with the product. Access is a relational database that uses a Jet engine (not the type you are thinking)! You do have the ability to read other database types (such as SQL Server DBASE etc) but this...

Simoncook1 30.01.2001 · Read review
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A MATTER OF SURVIVAL

Advantages: Well written and a compelling read
Disadvantages: Slightly complicated structure

...I'd come across Paul Auster's work before but not many of his novels. I'd seen and enjoyed a couple of films 'Smoke' and 'Blue in the Face' which he had written the screen play for, in fact 'Smoke' was largely based on a novella that Auster had written called 'Auggie Wren's Christmas Story' and I 'd promised myself that I would get around to reading some more of his books. 'Oracle Nights' tells the story of Sidney Orr a writer who is recently recovering from a life threatening illness. While still convalescing stuck at home with only reading and short yet taxing walks around the neighbourhood to pass the time he starts thinking about taking up writing again. While out on one of his daily walks he passes a small newly opened stationary shop the Paper Palace run by an enigmatic Chinese man called M.R Chang. There he finds and buys...

Mauri 27.03.2007 · Read review
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