Epinions Recent Reviews for Antoine

Shockingly realistic

Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:29:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - This film is truly remarkable for its accurate retelling of one of the twentieth century's great struggles for independence.

A little background is in order: France colonized Algeria, a North African country, in the early nineteenth century...

Stoll, Clifford: Geek thrills for everyone!

Sun, 27 Feb 2000 03:41:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - You may think computer stories are deadly boring, but "The Cuckoo's Egg" is an absolute thrill! This true story starts when the author, an astronomer, investigates a 75 cent accounting error in his lab's computer center. Little does he know...

Best Mexican in Philly?

Sun, 20 Feb 2000 05:03:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - Mexican restaurants usually rate pretty low on my scale, as most of them share the same gaudy décor and the same tired menu (burritos, tacos, enchiladas...).

Tequila however raises the standard. The setting is definitely Mexican but not too...

Chart writing 101

Mon, 15 Nov 1999 04:15:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - This is a handy little manual about creating business charts (or slides, or viewgraphs, or whatever your company calls them).

The author, Gene Zelazny, is Director of Visual Communications for McKinsey and this book is clearly intended to...

Don't miss the Italian market!

Tue, 9 Nov 1999 04:00:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - The Italian market is a staple of South Philly and the center of the Italian neighborhood. It's a great place to wander around by foot for a couple of hours. The atmosphere is truly incredible, and if you're like me you'll start to picture Rocky Balboa...

Real Networks RealJukebox: Great concept, but crashes too often

Mon, 8 Nov 1999 01:13:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - RealJukebox is an incredibly powerful concept: this piece of free software will create, manage and play your entire music collection right on your hard drive.

The most impressive feature is the copying of CDs. As soon as you pop a CD into your...

Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000: Comprehensive and easy to use

Sun, 7 Nov 1999 01:28:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Antoine - PhotoDraw 2000 is a great value: this $100 (or so) package allows for all common graphics tasks, whether drawing, retouching photos or creating graphics for the web.

Tutorials for typical tasks (e.g. "enhancing a digital photo") will...