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DeluxeHire Blessing Taylor t/a DeluxeHire Last minute let down and failure to refund London, United Kingdom
*Author of original report: Eventually got the refund
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Anyway, my experience is this. We hired some stuff for an event. Within hours of the event beginning I was called with the news that my items weren't in fact available. Being a calm sort of chap I was more interested in dealing with it than getting annoyed so we agreed on a full refund immediately and I made other last minute arrangements.
After a few weeks of chasing I eventually received the credit note, but no transfer of cash. After weeks of chasing I eventually got a call with the story about cashflow etc etc. Being an understanding sort of chap I thought I would allow a bit of room to manoeuvre and lay off. After a further two weeks I sent another email as agreed and was roundly ignored.
I am not going to let this go - I can see this is happening to a lot of people and it is more than I am willing to stand for as a very small business. Paying back these sums should be the top priority because once the reputation of this firm is destroyed then that's it for everyone.
What really ticks me off is that 100 of the sum was a deposit which should have been ringfenced and thus been available immediately. I hope they sort this out soon. I am now starting formal proceedings.
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Eventually got the refund
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SUBMITTED: Monday, February 02, 2015POSTED: Monday, February 02, 2015
The credit note was honoured some months later when I was eventually contacted by Deluxe Hire.
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About this Vendor
Most precious moments beautifully captured
Serendipity Photography by Alice and Eric is a boutique studio based in Houston, Texas and available for weddings worldwide. We capture more than a pose, or a scene. We capture the emotion, excitement, and energy in the room and turn it into art--one that will bring back beautiful memories for life.
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Easiest part of the WeddingReviewed on 9/25/2014
We were referred to Serendipity by one of our friends (Vic and Muy) who used them for their wedding. For us, photos and video was the most important part of the wedding because that is all we will have to remember our special day. We saw the pictures Serendipity took for our... Read More friends' wedding and its just beautiful. They were able to capture the moments beautifully and most importantly naturally. I just wanna say that Serendipity was the easiest part of the wedding. Eric and Alice are super nice and polite. They are very good at returning emails and phone calls within 24 hours which is a must have for me. Alot of times it takes some of these vendors a few days to response, but Eric and Alice werent like that. If they didnt have an answer immediately they would still respond and acknowledge that they received your message and is working on getting an answer for you. It was really stressful planning, and Serendipity made everything easier. They were able to provide me with their list of trusted vendors and gave me advice through out the whole planning process. It was like having a photographer and wedding planner at the same time. Our family and friends loved our engagement photos. Eric and Alice was able to capture our smiles and laughter naturally. On the day of the wedding, my family met them for the first time and loved them (my sister is planning to book them as soon as she has a wedding date set). They were very professional and polite. They helped keep time and moved the wedding along. They remained calmed and professional throughout the whole process even in times of chaos. They were able to capture the important moments beautifully. The turn around time for the proofs was very reasonable if not alot better than some of the other photo vendors my friends booked. When we received our engagement proofs (about a week after the shoot) we were speechless. We just couldnt stop looking at them and it was just so hard to pick just 20 pictures. The pictures were really sharp and the colors were impressive. We were shocked to receive an app with the highlights of the wedding just a few days after the wedding. Serendipity truly captured the moments. The colors were vibrant and each shot was captured naturally. My family cannot stop looking at the pictures and talking about their service during the wedding. I love and appreciate everything they done for us. I would highly recommend Serendipity to anyone looking for a wedding photographer. They are the professional, respectful, and experienced. They are worth every penny we paid and the easiest part of the wedding.
Attentive and committed to quality and customer satisfactionReviewed on 10/05/2014 Jenny W
Because their skills as photographers speak for themselves when you look at the photos they produce, my review will focus on my experience with using Alice and Eric, founders of Serendipity Photography. every step of the way in the entire process, from answering questions, being... Read More flexible about the timing of telephone calls (I was living in Germany when planning the wedding), to seeking out the perfect spot for our first look, to finalizing the final touches on our wedding album, Alice and Eric were attentive and professional. Their goal was to ensure that we were happy with the service they provided along with the quality of the photographs. They really went the extra mile, especially since the wedding was a destination wedding, and we lived remotely. Never once did I feel that the distance with planning, execution, or wrapping up caused any additional difficulties in getting great service and a great product. The proved to be very flexible given our situation. I am completely satisfied with their service and absolutely love the end product. I would hire them again were I to do it all over again.
Alice and Eric were great and easy to work with. We picked them as our wedding photographer based on their work (that I've been stalking for years) and the variety package options they offer. They were professional and quick with their responses whether via texts or emails. They... Read More were so willing to work with our schedules and budgets. On the day of the wedding, we barely even noticed the camera crew was there at all. I really like that Alice was just there to capture the moments rather than bossing us around with all those posing :) And for all those picky brides out there (myself included), Eric and Alice will do what it takes to make sure that you are happy with their work. And I really appreciated that they listened to all my concerns/suggestions and tried to accommodate it as much as possible. Our wedding went smoothly and Serendipity was one of the reasons why it did. Make sure you check these two out before making any final decision on your photographer selection.
I recommend Alice and Eric (Serendipity Photography) without hesitation!! They are so easy to work with, prompt with communication and definitely know how to capture all the essential and best parts of a wedding! I could not have been happier with my daughter's wedding pictures!... Read More I will definitely use them again and I would encourage anyone looking for a wedding photographer to meet with them and see what they have to offer. You will be happy that you did!
Jeff and Miranda Wedding at First Evangelical Lutheran & Reception at House of BluesReviewed on 11/20/2014 miranda t
First off, we would like to apologize to Eric and Alice for being late with this review. Eric and Alice were GREAT! from the extra attention and brilliant creativity they gave us before the wedding getting ready at the Four Seasons to their attentiveness, attention to detail... Read More and assistance with suggestion at the wedding and reception. We looked at and spoke to at least a dozen photographers before we made the decision to choose Eric and Alice and without a doubt made the best decision! If you want creativity, professionalism and just good people for a competitive / reasonable price you NEED to hire Serendipity Photography! Jeff & Mirnada!
Awesome images that captured the best candid momentsReviewed on 11/10/2014 Kacy P
Working with Alice and Eric of Serendipity was easy-breezy! They are masters of their art and they seem to have fun doing it. We've already gotten our proofs and I couldn't be happier! So much of our wedding and reception were captured in the candid moments. I cannot thank them... Read More enough for their work.
So sweet and awesome to work with!Reviewed on 10/30/2014 Virginia B
I love Alice and Eric. They are a cute married couple that works are to make sure your wedding day is perfect. They always got back to me quickly, were so easy to work with, and really know how to capture a great shot. They have an amazing eye for detail. My photos were even... Read More featured in Houston Lifestyle Mag! Thanks Eric and Alice for everything!
INCREDIBLE PHOTOGRAPHS!Reviewed on 10/23/2014 Morgan P
Alice and Eric are the best! They were so incredibly easy to work with, accommodating and make sure that we got the exact shots we requested. You couldn't even tell they were there at the wedding. Our photos were better than anything we could have ever imagined. I took bridal... Read More portraits with them as well. My sister also used them for her wedding and engagement photos. I cannot say enough good things about Serendipity Photography and will gladly recommend them to anyone that needs a photographer. They are the whole package: Professional, friendly, and top notch photographs.
best photographers!Reviewed on 10/23/2014 Tina L
We loved working with Eric and Alice on our big day! They are professional, so easy to work with, and made our day so special. The photos also turned out to be amazing, and we've received so many complements from our friends and family! Eric and Alice are the best photographers,... Read More and I highly recommend Serendipity Photography!
Amazing photos!!Reviewed on 10/15/2014 Aimee S
I cant say enough good things about Serendipity Photography. We love-love both our engagement and wedding photos. In addition to that (which is the main point!) We had some very drunk groomsmen and both photographers were very patient with everyone. They also dealt with the... Read More annoyance of all the guests jumping in front of them to take pictures with their phones etc. (which is so annoying! Let the professionals do their job. Sigh.) They commincated well with me through the day and captured every moment perfectly and didnt miss anything.
Great photographers!Reviewed on 10/15/2014 Kimberly S
Alice and Eric were such a pleasure to work with. They made us feel completely comfortable from the very beginning with our engagement pictures and we have gotten tons of complements on the wedding day pics. They are both very professional, nice and do great work! Definitely... Read More highly recommend Serendipity Photography!
Attentive and ProfessionalReviewed on 10/06/2014 Thao T
My husband and I were really satisfied with Eric and Alice's services. From the beginning, they were such a pleasure to work with. Alice answered all of our e-mails promptly. They were also flexible with our package options since we already had our portraits taken in Italy... Read More during our engagement. Eric truly covered every moment and angle on our wedding day. He even pulled me aside during the reception and made sure he covered all of the portraits I requested. We received our proofs recently and we are very excited to see the finished product, which I'm sure we won't be disappointed.
My Perfect DayReviewed on 9/25/2014
We used Serendipity to photograph our backyard country wedding and I could not be more happy with my pictures! We did a lot of DIY since we had over a year to plan and they captured every detail! They got every shot I wanted and more. I hunted for photographers for months and... Read More met with many studios to look at portfolios. Serendipity surpassed their competition with their originality and quality. They are very professional! I didn't even notice that they were there and they were very respectful when us girls were getting dressed. I would hire them again in a heartbeat. After the wedding, all you have to remember the day are your pictures. If you want the best then choose Serendipity. We splurged to get them and it was so worth it. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing their pictures are!
Best photographers ever!!!Reviewed on 9/25/2014 Dorothy P
Alice and Eric are wonderful, creative photographers!! They have such a unique gift and amazing talents that far exceeds my husband's and my expectations. We are so awkward in front of the camera, but Alice and Eric makes us feel so much at ease. We love all the candid photos,... Read More their meticulous attention to details, their strive for perfection and passion to produce unique photos. They are so accommodating and know they best places to take photos. We feel so lucky and honored to have them part of our wedding, to capture wonderful memories that we will be able to share for generations to come. Thank you so much, Alice and Eric!! We love you both and your team!
Great!Reviewed on 9/02/2014 Kelly P
They were incredibly profession. Easy to get in contact with and quick to respond. The photographs are high tech and make everything easy to access. Very fast! Will take every shot you request. The photographers have a wonderful eye for what to be taking shots of. I would... Read More use them again!
The BEST!Reviewed on 5/16/2014 Josephine W
From when we first emailed them to inquire about prices, through our engagement photos and our wedding day, and after the fact, Alice and Eric have just been awesome. They are absolute pleasures to work with - and needless to say - are amazingly talented photographers. In the... Read More words of my father-in-law about out wedding proofs, "These are the best pictures I have ever seen." I'd also add that they are professionals to the utmost degree. Just for example, at one of our wedding events, which was held in Webster, Texas on a Friday at 6:00 PM (you can imagine the traffic), even close family members that were supposed to be there early came late, but Eric and, one of Serendipity's associate photographers, Quentin, were there right on time. One last tidbit - for those couples that might be looking for photographers with South Asian wedding experience, Serendipity has you covered there too for sure! We had a traditional Hindu wedding (I am not Indian), and so I had no idea what was going on more than half the time - but more than once, Eric was able to chime in when no one else was around and tell me what was up. ;) Needless to say, they're familiar with the flow of the events and captured all of the moments we were hoping would be captured. I couldn't recommend these guys enough.
Picture PerfectReviewed on 3/12/2014 Megan S
Alice and Eric are amazing photographers who captured every moment of our special day beautifully. They were always professional, yet fun, energetic, and creative. Their ideas molded to what you envisioned your pictures to look like. They are talented, trustworthy, and... Read More therefore ease any extra anxiety you have about your big day. Their ability to beautifully capture every moment is simply amazing. They do a superb job, and my husband, family members and I are so happy that we chose them!
Action-OrientedReviewed on 10/06/2013 Christina W
Alice and Eric really weren't kidding when they said they get great action shots! One of our favorite photos was of fireworks going off in the background. But they're also very talented in still shots. I had a horrible makeup trial that made me look like a circus vampire and yet... Read More they managed to make me look decent. They took maybe like 800 pictures, and I think I liked over 200 pictures, which is pretty amazing for me. Very timely, very curteous, quick to respond to questions. A little pricey compared to some of the other vendors we considered, but it's your wedding, and mine went by in a blur and I really needed the pictures to remind me of what happened, so I felt this was good money spent.
Joy to work withReviewed on 9/25/2013
Alice and Eric are young, fun, hip, and completely professional. They are laid back and easygoing to work with, and help put you at ease during your photo shoots. They find great light and take beautiful photos. On our wedding day, they also took several fantastic photos "behind... Read More the scenes" that I didn't even realize until the proofs came out -- and worked quickly and efficiently throughout the day, catching lots of great candid shots. They worked so efficiently that we were even able to get in an extra impromptu "bridal portrait" session at the church on the day of the wedding. We really appreciated how quickly they got all the photo proofs to us for both our engagement session and for the wedding -- it only took a couple of weeks each time. In addition, just 3 days after the wedding, they sent us a wonderful gift of a wedding photo highlight album that we could share with family and friends. Everyone in our wedding party was impressed with their work, and we have gotten amazing comments to the photos on Facebook. :) Serendipity has a number of different wedding photo packages that can suit a variety of needs. I also enjoyed their initial presentation where they displayed their mad photoshop skills. :) Very highly recommended!
My wedding - forever reminders of my beautiful dayReviewed on 9/23/2013
After interviewing several photographers in Houston/Sugar Land area, I fell in love with Eric and Alice. When you conduct interviews, you aren't just critiquing them for their skills, but how they connect with you on a personal level... and that's exactly what Eric and Alice... Read More did for my husband and I. We connected. They were people that I could see being my friends and also knowing what I wanted to capture on my special day. They did a great job capturing emotions that I want to look back on and remember and relive every time I look at the pictures. It was a team effort to be able to look great and have beautiful pictures taken at the very right moment. Because of Eric and Alice's talent, I can always look at my pictures and remember my special day. If you want a team that understands what kind of pictures you want and has a very talented eye, Serendipity is the one!!
Better than we could have imagined!!! 'MUST-HAVE' Photographers!Reviewed on 9/15/2013 Morris T
Serendipity Photography exceeded all of my expectations from the engagement photos to the wedding photos. Eric & Alice were wonderful to work with -- not only taking wonderful photos and capturing so many 'just at the right time' special moments that we didn't even know were... Read More being captured, but being simply wonderful people to work with. They made us feel totally comfortable & were so easy going. It was so effortless, yet yielded absolutely BEAUTIFUL results. We were so pleased with our choice and I would definitely say, go with Serendipity if you don't want to worry about anything when it comes to your photography. They are so professional and made everything so easy. Our photos looked AMAZING - better than we could have imagined!
Absolutely the bestReviewed on 9/12/2013 Linda L
I've known Alice and Eric for almost 8 years and knew even back in 2006 that I wanted them to be my wedding photographers...once that day came. Seven years later, that day became a reality! Even in their earliest days, their photography always absolutely amazed me. I read... Read More every blog entry and couldn't wait to see every new beautiful photo - my computer could never load the images fast enough! Not only are we so blessed to have know them for so long - they are a wonderfully sweet and funny couple, but just as I knew they would, they captured our big day absolutely beautifully. I am really camera-shy and never think I look good in any photos, but they totally pulled it off - I actually think I looked really pretty in the photos! So many wonderful photos! I love them all. We even had our two dogs and my huge family at the wedding and we got the most *perfect* family photo EVER - even the dogs were smiling and facing the camera! All our photos will be treasured forever, but that photo definitely holds a special place in our hearts. Moments like that are only captured by a true professional. Serendipity Photography is absolutely the best!
Sweet memories captured beautifully forever!!Reviewed on 9/11/2013
We are very happy to have Serendipity on our big day. We love Alice and Eric's passion and profession for their amazing work!! Great services, great artistry, and most important of all, they have great and caring personality! During our discussion prior to our wedding, they... Read More brought up tons of fresh ideas and tips to help and guide us. We feel so strongly supported on our wedding day knowing that we have Serendipity with us to capture our most beautiful moments. Our photos turn out so beautifully and even comes with a neat app for us to view them on the mobile devices anytime we want. :) We love it!!! They are so professional, very experienced, and fun to work with! I highly recommend them!! They are the BEST!
Beautifully Captured Our Treasured MemoriesReviewed on 9/03/2013 Rebecca K
Eric and Alice of Serendipity are gifted artists, and we feel blessed to have had the pleasure of working with them for our only daughter's wedding. The quality of the photography is flawless. They are amazing professionals, and they were able to take all of the wonderful... Read More moments of our very special day and capture them in such a beautiful way. Eric and Alice also did an exceptional job on our daughter's engagement photos and bridal portraits. They were extremely fast in developing the 2 chosen portraits to be displayed at the reception. Several guests at the reception asked who our photographer was and commented that the portraits were exquisite. Not only are they talented artists, but they are very sweet and personable. I highly recommend them.
TriCarReviewed on 9/02/2013 Caroline P
I always knew I wanted Serendipity as my wedding photographer way before I got engaged. A really good friend of mine, who was also my officiant, had Alice and Eric photograph their wedding. Their pictures were so gorgeous and after looking at the rest of their portfolio, I... Read More knew I had to meet them when I started vendor shopping. Honestly, they were the only photography vendor that I met with and I knew right after our meet and greet that I wanted to sign with them and I did! Alice and Eric are a wife and husband team and when you work with them you'll notice right away how well they work together and the number of ideas they bounce off of each other. Their photos are modern, but timeless. They did our engagement session, tea ceremony, and wedding. What's so great about them is that not only you have the standard staged posing, but their candid photos are just as amazing. We received so many photos from every event. Alice and Eric were great in making my husband feel comfortable during our engagement photos. During the wedding, they were totally non-obtrusive and still delivered AMAZING photos. Also, because of my culture, there were a lot of changes that were made during the process and Alice and Eric were very understanding AND accommodating. That is a huge plus in my book! They were answered all of our questions and concerns in a very timely manner. A couple of days after the wedding, we got this neat mobile app that had some highlights of the wedding day. I thought this was a cute way of getting a sneak peak into some of our photos :) We highly recommend Alice and Eric for your next wedding. Their work is phenomenal; if you want photos that will last a lifetime, book Serendipity!

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Members Similar To You
The calculation to determine similarity is extremely complex -- and takes into consideration all the movies you've seen and rated, and how other people rate those movies to find weight, and then looks at the various kinds of overlaps with another person. To take you and compare you to every other subscriber would be CPU prohibitive. To compare you to every reviewer is slightly easier, but still takes many minutes. We use this complex algorithm for you and your Friends since you only have a (relatively) few Friends. But with the larger Community we had to simplify the calculation a little. It's simply not quite as refined as the variation we use on your Friends. The result is that, for the moment, a "very similar" stranger is in going to be in the 70-80% range (i've not seen a 90+ yet) and that's about 10 points below what I get with my most similar Friends. We will continue improving the speed and accuracy of the similarity calculations.
The block of four selected here is not necessarily the four "most similar" people to you. We use a number of quick assumptions to narrow down the field of reviewers we will compare you to, then run the faster similarity calculation on them, and finally randomly select four from the group at the top. This way, it will change a bit from time to time. If we find that people like this block, and enjoy exploring people who are similar, we will expand this kind of feature (maybe get a whole page of similar people, or be able to search for folks, or other interesting things); but first I'd like to see if a lot of folks are intrigued. (And as we know from blog comments here -- a lot of you simply don't care about strangers, so it is most certainly not assured to be a valuable feature). But we're listening. Whatcha think?
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In my case, the fact that the reviewer's listed in my movie display page block have similarities that are all over the map basically mean I completely ignore the similarity rating there.ReplyDelete
The block of four people most similar is an interesting way for me to find potential movies, but when I look at that person's 5-star movies, a bunch of them show up in the 3-star range for me. In which case those maybe aren't so great for me.
As a customer who has rated almost 2400 movies and has written zero reviews, my question is, would i get better similarity results if i started to write reviews? Or that doesn't matter, and it only matters what others have written?ReplyDelete
First off, I think I will like this feature. But, what I think it is lacking is that when I click on one of these high sim% people, I get their main "reviews and lists" page. That doesn't quite help me answer the million dollar question of "Why is this person similar to me?" It would be nice if clicking on these people's name takes you to a page specifically devoted to showing you why you are similar - then, if you want to go from there to their main reviews/lists page, you can.ReplyDelete
Just my two cents...
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Honestly, I'm not too interested in any of the new stuff you've got on the community page. It's all pretty irrelevant to me. I like what friends has to offer, especially if more improvements get made. Now, the communitity page is just one more link I need to click before I can reach my friends area. I realize you guys are going to integrating more of the Friends into Community, but in my opinion I'd rather have a direct link to Friends from the main menu... if I want reviews I can always go looking for them but I really don't have that much of an interest in strangers lists or what other people in my area are watching.ReplyDelete
i have my theories, but i'd like to know the correct answer...ReplyDelete
when I add a friend to my friends list, they tell me Oh! we're 84% similar!
but on mine, they only show as being about 60 some percent similar.
are our percentages measuring not only our direct commonalities but also in comparison to the other folks i have in my friends list?
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 11:16 AM
I like the most similar feature, but I'd rather have a longer list.ReplyDelete
I'd also like to change or delete the "local favorites" feature. The people who live near me must be idiots. :)
Any chance some of these features could be mix-and-match like a My Way or My Yahoo page?
At any rate, thanks for everything Netflix does.
I agree with Shaun about the way reviews are presented to you once you click on a member in the block. I also would like to hear an answer to nuuuu's question as I am the same in that regard. Finally I think that there should be a way to lump those people i find to be really similar to me in a group that i can go back to easily, and be able to see what they've recently reviewed. Keep up the good work, I like what you've done thus far!ReplyDelete
- michael, from netflixAugust 1, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Nuuu (and the rest of you): Sim% does not look at reviews -- rating movies is the core of sim% (and if you don't rate many, rental history and queue are included as required). And once you've rated as many as y'all have, there are diminishing returns (that is: if you've rated plenty, rating more won't change things too noticably).ReplyDelete
Your other suggestions are good, and very much in line with the way we think of things too.
rikkisixx: See old post entitled "A Guide to Similarity %" where this is described in full.ReplyDelete
Hey Michael,ReplyDelete
In regards to what other people are saying, I like what "Anonymous" said:
"I'd also like to change or delete the "local favorites" feature. The people who live near me must be idiots. :)
Any chance some of these features could be mix-and-match like a My Yahoo page?"
I agree with both of his suggestions. I hate my town ;) and don't want to know what people from it are watching. I'd rather have more space for people who are similar to me. And I also believe that the Community pages should be like the new iGoogle Homepage. Everything drag-n-drop like the queue. That way we could delete features we find unnecessary, and move around stuff to fit our needs.
Does anyone else agree with that?
Please keep the similarity area, and the "Newest reviews". Those are definitely awesome.
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Is anyone else feeling something ofReplyDelete
a need to spruce-up all their reviews so as not to horribly disappoint our new Sim% pals!? I jest (I think), but for anyone who's uncomfortable with this rather more focused judging of our worth than in the regular review context, does the 'privacy' option take one out of the pool of potential match-ups?
I was excited to find movies I might like based on the ratings of similar members. I've come across two problems after I get to the similar member's profile, though:ReplyDelete
* I can't filter out the movies that I have already rated like I can when viewing my friends' activity.
* Once a "top 10" list has grown past a certain number of movies, only the titles of the movies are shown. I'd like to see more info on the movie without having to click or hover over each of the links. At the minimum, it would be useful to see the box art, synopsis, and my predicted rating.
One more thing:ReplyDelete
I am noticing as the "Newest Reviews" scroll by, a LOT of people are using their reviews to say: "My disc wouldn't even play, movie scratched, blah blah." Now on one hand, your review is NOT a place to write that, but on the other hand, WHY is that happening at Netflix? It seems to be happening a lot, because I'm watching the reviews roll in as we speak. It is a disturbing trend, and it better not ever happen to me.
Also, is using a URL IN your review to promote your own website legal on Netflix? I saw this one guy who starts every review off with "netflixreviewer.com rates this movie a 1.5... blah blah." Someone needs to start moderating reviews on Netflix. Or at least add a spell-checker to the box where you type reviews. It is bad.
This seems a bit odd to me...ReplyDelete
I took a look at some 5-star lists of a person with 82% Sim (the highest I have seen) and another with 13% Sim to see how my ratings compared.
82% 5-star list vs. my ratings:
Movies Rated: 224
Movies they rated 5 stars: 42
I rated 5-star: 4
I rated 3-star or less: 8
I rated "Not Interested": 3
Movies I havn't seen: 19 (0 in my queue)
13% 5-star list vs. my ratings:
Movies Rated: 168
Movies they rated 5 stars: 41
I rated 5-star: 14
I rated 3-star or less: 9
I rated "Not Interested": 0
Movies I havn't seen: 4 (1 in my queue)
That was almost the complete opposite of what I had expected to find. Maybe I am a perfect match with the 82% persons movies they rated less than 5 stars, but still looks odd. I have looked at several other high % people and seen similar things.
Though I have found one person (79%) that does seem to match up pretty good. I'll be adding a few movies off their 5-star list.
- michael, from netflixAugust 1, 2007 at 12:53 PM
REMEMBER: it is not a pure numbers game -- all movies are not equal. Rating a popular movie the same is less impactful than rating a rare or polarizing movie the same.ReplyDelete
I am noticing as the "Newest Reviews" scroll by, a LOT of people are using their reviews to say: "My disc wouldn't even play, movie scratched, blah blah." Now on one hand, your review is NOT a place to write that, but on the other handReplyDelete
Yeah, and a lot review the wrong movies or different versions of the movie. Would be nice if Netflix added an option for those in their "Flag this review" feature.
WHY is that happening at Netflix? It seems to be happening a lot, because I'm watching the reviews roll in as we speak. It is a disturbing trend, and it better not ever happen to me.
Most bad DVD reports are actually because of bad DVD players. I have 8 DVD players. 2 of them will only play about 80% of the movies all the way through. I put the DVD in another player and it plays without a hitch. My better DVD players have no problems with about 98% of the movies. Aside from broken or cracked DVDs (very rare), I almost never get a DVD that won't play in any of my players.
baff: 8 DVD players?????ReplyDelete
REMEMBER: it is not a pure numbers game -- all movies are not equal. Rating a popular movie the same is less impactful than rating a rare or polarizing movie the same.ReplyDelete
I thought about that, and forgot to mention that the 4 5-star movies we had in common all had 4+ average customer ratings and certainly aren't rare (Blade Runner, Alien, The Shinning, Toy Story).
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 1:39 PM
I like the similar toU feature. Sometimes I'm able to find an interesting movie to put on my Q. but when I read people's pages, there's not much info about who that person is. I know privacy is a concern, but how bout an option to provide more info about membersother than movie ratings(ex. whats on their Q, recently watched, etc.)ReplyDelete
8 DVD players?????ReplyDelete
Heh, not quite as odd as it sounds.
3 in computers.
3 hooked up to 3 tvs.
1 old cheap one (that actually plays just about all dvds)
Playstation 3 that plays dvd and blu-ray
Also have a Playstation 2 that I've never played a movie in, so 9 actually.
2 of the computer dvd players are the most finicky, though I have had them play movies that the better players wouldn't, go figure.
I keep hoping that the percentage of similarity will lead me to a kindred spirit. It would be comforting to know that some anonymous person out there shares my goofy taste in movies. Alas, all supposed matches thus far have been WAY off. Very few of my favorite movies make the lists of supposedly similar people and their lists are often dominated by genres that do not interest me.ReplyDelete
I have no adivce on how to improve your algorithm. I can only report that it is not working for me.
thank you shaun!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 8:26 PM
Has anyone yet seen any of their own reviews scroll by?ReplyDelete
I used to do High Performance Computing for a living... excuse me while I geek out with not enough information to be useful.ReplyDelete
6.3 million subscribers works out to 39.69M compares, but since each is bidirectional, you only have to do 19.845.
Assuming there are 1,000 calculations in a compare, thats 19845M calculations, and (adjusting for database lag) you could do 700 a second on a spare-parts class machine, or one full revolution in 328 days. You'd need 46 spare-parts class machines to crunch everyone once a week.
Which sounds like a lot, but its not that bad. It'd cost about $20/day to run (accounting for air conditioning), about $900 initial investment assuming you have the machines, and I'd imagine probably about two FTE weeks to get rolling.
You could cut down the number of compares pretty drastically if you first look at each persons rental history and preassign them into groups: scifi, romance, foreign, etc... then only run compares between members of each group.
Anyway, just some thoughts. I could be off on my assumed numbers...
How about changing to a 10 star system for more accuracy? It's pretty rare to see a 1 or 5 star movie, so everything ends in the 2-4 range. I'm fascinated to find if there's someone close to 100% similiar to me out there!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 9:30 PM
The Community Page contains some interesting and potentially helpful items. I have found some films to add to my queue from people with similar ratings.ReplyDelete
It would be good if we could replace "local favorites" with another zip code. I live in rural Pennsylvania, but the top movie choices in New York City and southern California are more useful to me for getting ideas of films to watch.
Keep up the good work here. This will be useful to members and will also increase the "stickiness" of Netflix and, I hope, help retain and grow subscribers.
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 10:53 PM
My only puzzlement, having read many hundreds of feedback blogs over the last few weeks, is that I don't ever remember reading one single post that requested any one these 4 particular items. Which may account for the relatively lukewarm reception. Maybe if the many Watch Now issues, queue issues, review issues, Firefox + Linux issues, and half-star issues that I keep reading about had been addressed first you might be receiving the accolades that you rightly deserve for your great efforts and obvious concern to improve the 'Netflix Experience'? We love ya, but wonder if you're REALLY hearing us.ReplyDelete
- michael, from netflixAugust 1, 2007 at 11:01 PM
(provoked to respond!)ReplyDelete
I'm sorry if you feel that by not seeing your suggestions immediately implemented that no one is listening. Remember that I am not building the whole website: i'm responsible for features directly related to creating and exploring community at netflix. I've been working on it for a long time, longer than i've had this blog, and a lot of stuff takes a long time to build. I think most of you know I have lots of sources of input - the blog is one, but not the only one. It's a fun one, and a direct one between you and me, but it's not alone. I like your suggestions but I would be misleading you if you believed that everything suggested here is simply prioritized and executed. You'll see stuff executed as it fits into the big picture.
As for non-community features-- 1/2 stars or Mac-based Instant Watching or Queue things -- those are being built by other people who read your comments but aren't necessarily keeping you quite as posted as i happen to be. (I think they're watching to see how distracted i am from working by tending to everyone's interests! or perhaps, how little sleep I get while posting).
I thought everyone would be interested in contributing and discussion (and a little inside information about how we work here). Is that still the case?
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 11:17 PM
I LOVE the similarity block, and actually i love the whole community page. Great idea, great concept, great execution. Keep the 'community' features coming.ReplyDelete
ps, I am one of the users who WANTS to be able to be contacted by strangers. Love the idea.
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 11:20 PM
Hey 'anonymous' from 4 posts above this one...you CAN replace local favorites with another zip code. Peek around...it's real easy to do.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2007 at 11:21 PM
Micheal...I feel your pain. But hey dude, it's the internet...you didn't expect all these people to be sane and rational, did you?ReplyDelete
This "similar to you" feature might just give some insight into why the ordinary recommendation function is so bad. (I don't remotely agree with your system's judgement of who is similar to me, and I've rated more movies than all of my friends who use netflix, so I don't think its from lack of data on my part.) It seems your system really has no grip on my tastes at all. If I've ever seen a movie in my "suggestions" list that I actually was interested in I can't recall it. To state something that should really be obvious, if a well known movie (think any james bond movie) has been out for 20 years and I haven't watched it yet, odds are pretty high I'm not interested.ReplyDelete
What's more, just because I thought a movie was great when I was 10 doesn't mean I'm interested in seeing something similar today.
I know it's possible to make a better recommendation system, because amazon has one, though it has it's weaknesses as well. In amazon's case I believe the similarity calculations are at the heart of the suggestions engine.
Here it seems to me that the rating system is at the heart of the problem. I am convinced there has to be a choice for "apathy" I didn't like it I didn't dislike it. I have no strong feelings one way or the other. I tend to use 3 stars for indifference. But other people I know use 2. To me 2 stars is I want my time returned to me, and quite possibly didn't finish the movie. People find their own ways to work around the overly limited options, and the result is that your actually basing similarity on completely different rating systems. For example how do you rate a movie that you know is very good, but just doesn't interest you? I can't rate enjoyability and quality separately so which way do I lean? Which way does the next guy? The result is incompatible rating systems.
What it boils down to, is that I really think some improvement to the rating system should take priority over all this community stuff, whether it's 10 stars, 5 with 1/2s or whatever. (And clearly marking something as no-opinion or "i don't care" the way you mark the stars now dislike, like, etc. is important too.) Until the rating system is fixed recommendations and similar users aren't likely to work very well.
- Insane and IrrationalAugust 2, 2007 at 12:37 AM
Michael, I tried hard to express my great respect and appreciation of what you personally are doing, but since you're the only Netflix representative available to us when we're asked for feedback (at great cost to your REM cycle and family, I've no doubt) I'm not sure where else we can express our concerns. I just didn't see what gap this community feature was filling, when there are other rather more obvious ones. But maybe if Steve, Todd, et al were to step up to the plate a little more often and let us know what was going on with their projects, even if completion is 6 months away, that might help. I'm no more fond of the many bratty posts than you guys must be, and am sad to have come across as one of them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 1:26 AM
Absolutely effin ridiculous that you will let us mark DVDs as "private", meaning other people can't see that I rented it, yet MY CITY AND STATE ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE to anyone on my "Friends" (which in no way means the people on this list should know that much about me), as well as my full name. Pretty backwards, Netflix.ReplyDelete
If your full name is showing, then change your nickname. You set that, not netflix. Click on the Community tab on the top, then click on the Profile tab on the right, then you can change it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 7:33 AM
There are times when your real name and your nickname are both visible, but I'm assuming that only happens on your own PC/Mac, yes?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 8:40 AM
Only your nickname is visible to other people (not friends). You can cut off the URL to see how others see you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 9:03 AM
Thanx much. Makes sense, since our 'Friends' presumably already know our name!ReplyDelete
I have clicked on at least 3 of the similar 4 and for the life of me I don't know why we're similar. One guy seemed to give 5 stars to each movie I gave 1 star. The differences are pretty wide. I had hoped to find interesting movies, but I'm not sure I can trust the ratings. I do love finding new and interesting movies, but I think I will stick with my friends for now.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 12:00 PM
I like the "similar" features but:ReplyDelete
1) I agree with others that the way you calculate the similar % is off.
2) While reading reviews, I see people with higher similar ratings than the 4 people in my "similar to you list"
I also agree that knowing what people in my zipcode are watching is meaningless to me.
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 12:02 PM
With the site becoming ever more dynamic and responsive, especially the brilliant and pretty much instantly self-updating review program, the once a day (midnight?) update of 'helpful/unhelpful' votes seems a bit 'last week's technology'. Are there any plans to have them be more current, especially with so many more potential eyeballs on the reviews now? Congrats on and thanks for keeping it interesting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 12:06 PM
RE: Members who are similar.ReplyDelete
Im only interested in members who write reviews.
anonymous 3 posts ago: Michael had said in an earlier comment that the people in the "Similar to you" box are not necessarily the 4 highest sim% of all people, and that it changes. So it's definitely feasible that a review would scroll by from a user with a higher sim% than someone in the similarity box.ReplyDelete
I think this makes sense, because I don't want to see the same 4 people there every day; otherwise, I think the feature would get boring real quick.
(side note: what's with all the anons? it makes it hard to reply to you guys...)
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 1:10 PM
Similar to me is great.... but are there just not that many ppl out there w/ similarities to me? seems like i only get 1 person typically in that box.ReplyDelete
Secondly is there a way to direct some of those top 10 lists? Seems like i keep getting only horror ones and would like to seem some action film lists.
I really thing that "Similarity Percentages" are based highly upon the two users having seen the same movies at some point. It doesn't matter whether both users liked it or one hated it...ReplyDelete
I say this because I've clicked on some 80 Percentile Similar members and where it says "5-Star rated movies by this user", they had rated a ton of the same movies I have rated, yet probably only half or 1/3 of them I would have also rated highly.
I wish Michael would post a new topic, I thing we've all gotten our Anonymous ;) points across by this point. There is nothing left to say.
what's with all the anons? it makes it hard to reply to you guys...)ReplyDelete
We're shy. And then there's the fear of public humiliation at the hands of pro bloggers such as yourself - yes, we've all seen the word-riddled corpses of bird-brains like me lying by the side of the page! But I think we're all agreed that the sim% are at best a general indication of movie compatibility, but nonetheless a very helpful one. I'd maybe just get the algorithm to reduce all the #'s by 10% to better reflect reality.
I didn't mean to suggest that anonymous is bad... then again, you could always just pick a random name like "frankenstein" so that we have something to call you. :)ReplyDelete
- Frank N. SteinAugust 2, 2007 at 5:48 PM
@ Shaun : No offense taken whatsoever; just trying to inject a little humor into the proceedings. And don't think we haven't noticed that you're quick to come to the aid of those less well versed in these matters than you clearly are. Thank you for that.ReplyDelete
OK, completely off topic but in response to "I didn't mean to suggest that anonymous is bad... then again, you could always just pick a random name"ReplyDelete
The sad part is, he actually registered a Blogger username of "anonymous" just to be funny. Har har.
I think the sims are O.K., I like to look at other custom lists. It would be cool to leave reviews about someone's lists. I think knowing someone's top 10 tells me more than a list of 5 stars.ReplyDelete
- Harhar D. HarAugust 2, 2007 at 7:31 PM
This is becoming awfully tedious, but yes you're right : I can only dream of having been able to come up with a name with the gravitas of 'mcwhammer'. Lighten up!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2007 at 10:52 PM
Just wanted to let you know that I am enjoying the new community page. I am also a user that wouldn't mind getting in contact with strangers or strangers getting in contact with me. I would also love to search for friends that have netflix accounts that I was unaware of and add them as friends. Basically I would like to see similar MySpace contact and search features built into the Netflix community page. That would be very helpful. In the meantime, you're off to a good start!ReplyDelete
It would be great if the "similar to you" changed every time the page is refreshed.ReplyDelete
That, or implement the 'similar to you' search you mentioned in the post.
Great to see this moving forward!
I'd love to be able to search for people with very high similarity. My sister and myself were talking about this the other day (oddly, right before the community page hit - definitely a start!) and we both wanted to be able to search and add friends with high similarity... it would be a nice way to find new movies (as good as netflix's recommendations can be, it's nice to get them from other humans as well). The community features need to be expanded -- there is so much Netflix can offer in the community space that is just completely lacking elsewhere (like a Facebook app!).ReplyDelete
Add half stars, a facebook app for Facebook and a way to search for similar people on Netflix and I'll be quite happy.
Michael, I think the bug with the similarity box may still be there. Mine is working sometimes now, but I'm still not sure that it's always right. When I looked at it yesterday it only had two people in it, and whet I checked it this morning it didn't have any. Then when I went back later this afternoon it was full again. Does the similarity algorithm only run against a small subset of users (small enough that sometimes nobody is returned)? Or has the bug that was there only partially been fixed?ReplyDelete
On a side note, I found someone who was 83% similar today, and I grabbed 5 or 6 movies off their 5-star list to add to my queue (movies that I very likely wouldn't have found otherwise). That alone makes the new features worthwhile to me.
Hey everybody. I've been posting for quite some time as an anon, thought I'd finally come out into the light, after some of you made me feel like a lurker with the anon comments! :)ReplyDelete
A few random things, plus some responses to what has been brought up here:
I got someone with an 88 sim% today. I thought that was notable.
Anyone wanting to hold on to sim% friends--while you won't be able to contact them in any way--just Favorite or Bookmark their ratings page. Seems simple and I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it, but there you go.
I've tried putting my "Invite a Friend" URL into a Review. It won't let you. :)
Amazon has a better reccomendation system because the numbers are only happening One-Way. They aren't comparing what you buy or view against all these other Amazon users. Sure, sometimes my high sim% people don't make much sense, but there's alot of complex, multi-angle math going on there. Besides, I already know what I want to watch, and I bet you do, too.
We need a flag on reviews for people complaining about scratched discs, etc etc. These reviews have no place on that movies At-a-Glance page. And guess what people. these are DVDs, they are gonna get scratched, there's no way around it, and I don't think Netflix has time to watch every movie we return to make sure they're still playable. That's just a hazard of renting DVDs, either through the mail or in-store.
I rather enjoy seeing what people in my home town are watching. Please don't get rid of this feature. And people, please, for the hundreth time: you CAN change the zip code and view other cities!
I think that's all I have for now...
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Excellent! or, as Bob Altman used to say after a particularly good take : "That was adequate". And since we're already far off topic, I totally agree that Netflix can't be expected to power-wash every DVD. The problem is that when they first came out they were billed as indestructible, but they obviously need to be treated almost as gently as vinyl records, if anyone remembers those - i.e. only held by the edges and returned to their sleeve right after playing . And for cracked ones we should be using 'report shipping problems', NOT a movie review.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure if this is the right place to suggest this but I would love it if you offered a section on netflix that was like a personal profile. That way people reading your reviews could also get a little bit of your personality and you could also use that information to help suggest movies.ReplyDelete
I could post this on a more appropriate entry, but I'm not going to. :)ReplyDelete
There are still bugs with Top Ten Lists. For instance, I can't add "American Beauty". It makes me add some movie called "The American Beauty". No matter what I try, I don't get an option for the movie without "The" in the title.
Also, adding television series seems difficult. It will let me add Season 6 or 7 of "That '70s Show", but no matter what I try I can't seem to get any of the other seasons.
What about films with the same name? I know this has been brought up before, but it's still a problem...I want to add both versions of "The Wicker Man" to a list (yes, I liked the remake!) but I only get one option. How about multiple listings, with the production year after the title (eg, "The Wicker Man (2006)")?
does eney one a b movie 80sReplyDelete
suspence drama crime-con
2 cupels meet at a swing party
both cupples leve were not into it
become frinds end up staying with them for what ever reson
cupel #1 starts becoming suspicous
good ending
pleas help me find it
does eney one a b movie 80sReplyDelete
suspence drama crime-con
2 cupels meet at a swing party
both cupples leve were not into it
become frinds end up staying with them for what ever reson
cupel #1 starts becoming suspicous
good ending
pleas help me find it
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2007 at 11:29 PM
Maybe get a good night's sleep and try again tomorrow, Joseph?ReplyDelete
@Seth - As a workaround, you can go to the page for a movie and add it to a list from there. There is a link on the left side "+ Add to Top 10 List".ReplyDelete
Baff...thanks, don't know why I hadn't thought of that!ReplyDelete
Joseph--despite your Cummings-ish plea for help, i think i understand. The first thing that popped into my mind was the Ice Storm?
No offense to the guy running this blog... but I wish that netflix would spend more energy adding "watch instantly" movies than wasting time on this community crap.ReplyDelete
It seems like every website is trying to jump on the "community" bandwagon, but I seriously don't care. Just give me the feature that you promised me months ago. The "watch instantly" feature is a big part of the reason why I didn't canceled netflix and switched to blockbuster, but now it's looking like it's never going to be worth it.
And yeah, sorry if you don't want to get these types of comments here. Welcome to the internet.
really not interested in community features except for my friends, thanx!ReplyDelete
i guess i should add that i do like this blog thoughReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2007 at 5:40 PM
Please make these strangers go away.ReplyDelete
The old friends section is great. To overload us with lists not in my interest and people with less than 50 percent similarity isn't that cool.
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2007 at 6:32 PM
PLEASE oh please give me a list of users that have a high % with me so I can cruise for new movies!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2007 at 8:08 PM
Definatly an very complex but interesting ideaReplyDelete
do as much as you can , and give it your all as I feel the concept is pioneering, not to mention your job.
I love it, would like to see it improved
Please, please, please get the "recent reviews" ticker to slow down. It's just to fast, and quite frankly, I click off the main community page as quickly as possible to avoid the eye-annoying scrolling. I'm thinking that us clicking off the page as quickly as possible isn't what you want to happen?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2007 at 8:44 AM
I ignore the similarity feature, because after checking out the people who are purported to be similar to me, I find that they are not. AT ALL.ReplyDelete
The only thing is they have rated more movies than I, so perhaps they overlap a little, but checking out what is in my 5 star list and theirs, I really see NO similarity. Not even a bit. They love the movies I hate. I love the movies they hate. And we have a very small amount in common. Movies almost everyone loves.
I just think, how is this being determined? It's completely inaccurate.
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2007 at 8:46 AM
I'd also like to be able to see if I hate the same movies as other people, but it doesn't allow you to do that.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 14, 2007 at 11:58 AM
A great addition! I love being able to find others with similar taste. I've already added a number of movies to my queue that I had overlooked or forgotten.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 14, 2007 at 9:05 PM
I like the "members similar" section. cool!ReplyDelete
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King, I am very glad to learn of your experiences and training when you were so young. Having that background gives you a real advantage. Knowing about soils, the pH factor, sun exposure, and different watering needs gives you a head start now.
I had the pruner over Tuesday and he commented on how healthy my soil is. I have spent 40 years growing excellent soil, the plants are able to do their work and I get the benefits of beauty and the crops. I have a worm farm and use the liquids that drain off of it to pour nutrition by the quart onto plants. I put well composted steer manure on my beds every year. I have soaker hoses and use no overhead watering. Lady bugs take care of the aphids. The wild birds take care of caterpillars. All the beds have a heavy layer of mulch to hold in the moisture and reduce weeds. My walkways are of two inch chunks of wood bark which does create problems with fungus, relatively easily controlled by not putting soaker hoses near the walkways and stirring up the wood chunks with a rake.
Fungi in Mulches and Composts. Especially difficult is Shotgun or artillery fungus (Sphaerobolus),which killed my weeping cherry tree. I now use the dead stump as a place to put ears of corn for the birds and squirrels.
Well, King, I hope you find a really delicious white free-stone peach that will flourish in your garden.
King, I have several white peach trees in my yard. They taste a far cry from the yellow ones. Plus, they ripen in September. Sadly, there won't be any peaches this year because of the abnormally cold winter. :(
King, to find out your USDA hardiness zone, go to
Which says your Indiana Plant Map hardiness zone is 5a.
Indian Ecoregion is 55b - Loamy High Lime Till Plains.
Indiana Average First Frost Map, Oct 21-31.
Current Drought Conditions, Abnormally high.
Learn about the horticulture of peaches from your
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Now that you know this information, you can start looking for peach trees that will fit these conditions. One thing you have to look for is first frost date. If your peach tree is in bloom when a frost hits it, the cold could kill the blossom and you will have no fruit. The late frost doesn't matter.
I live in eastern Washington state, in zone 5 and I gave up on peach trees. The early frosts killed the blossoms for too many years and I just chopped it down.
Your local county extension agent can advise you, or a good nursery. Or, if you know of someone who successfully grows peaches, they will have advice. I like freestone peaches best and that may make a difference.
If you want to Google for information, use keywords. i.e. peach, freestone, USDA Hardiness Zone 5a. I may be wrong on any or all my information, but at least this is how I go about picking a species of a plant in my garden.
I look forward to what you find. Please keep us updated. Good luck!
and does anybody know any good hardy white free stone peach types
and i have family with lots of fruit trees
ok back to cuttings when do u take the cuttings cause i want to get some furit trees and im fine with full sized tree they will fit in with the oaks better that way
I should plant some. I do remember they add spice to a sandwich.
Or radishes? Just thought of those. That's most likely what they are. You can tell I haven't eaten radishes in many years.
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I am doing some sort of object-mapping in JAVA.
I was thinking that storing the definition of my objects to be mapped within an XML file would be ideal.
I use Xerces DOM.
My problem is that extracting the information from the XML file I have created, I was expeting to find ONLY nodes of type "ELEMENT_NODE" and "ATTRIBUTE_NODE" - I however get also some "TEXT_NODE" :o(
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its ok, a little bit funny with a sprinkle of anger, kinda hard and fun at the same time, not band and infact i like it!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Nice! Nice game dude even though its not original Good work!
Rated 0 / 5 stars
this game sucksssss if u hit sumthin yu will lose a body part!