Epinions Recent Reviews for BillyBrack

Science is Our Best Hope as We Run Out of Oil

Sun, 2 May 2004 01:04:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - This is a short book, and the title says it all. The world is running Out of Gas, and The End of the Age of Oil is near. This book popularizes the notion of “Hubbert’s Peak”. In the 1950s at the height of power of the US oil...

Luca Turin: His Theory of Scent and Passion for Life, Science and Beauty

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:20:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - The Emperor of Scent is the “Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses” under the guise of a biography of Luca Turin. At the time the book was written, Luca Turin was a lecturer at University College...

One of the Important Books of the 20th Century

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:12:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - This is one of the important books of the 20th century. In Shattering Food, Politics and the Loss of Genetic Diversity, Gary Fowler and Pat Mooney explain how agribusiness is putting the world at risk by limiting the world’s food crops to a...

Psychological Profile of Robert Kennedy

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:45:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Ted Russell’s 1958 photo of Robert Kennedy on the cover of Robert Kennedy His Life by Evan Thomas caught my eye in the bookstore, and I bought the book. Epinions has reproduced this photograph here. A young Robert Kennedy seems to be staring...

NEC Versa LitePad (VL-PAD-933) Tablet PC: NEC Versa LitePad: Best Pure TabletPC Today; Will Get Better in Future

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:39:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - I’d recommend the NEC Versa LitePad Tablet PC to anyone considering a Tablet PC. As with all devices electronic, one can buy now or wait for prices to fall, bugs to be fixed or features to be added. In the case of TabletPCs in general and the NEC...

Broadbandits: Its More than Accounting

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:48:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - There is a Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times”. Certainly the telecom and dot com bubbles we just lived through qualify as “interesting times”, but you wouldn’t know it from reading Om Malik’s Broadbandits. The book tells the same story...

A Rafanelli Zinfandel: A Great Wine from California's Dry Creek Area

Wed, 7 May 2003 20:32:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Today (May 2003) 2001 Zinfandel is the current release. A. Rafanelli releases their Zinfandel in April when the wine is two years old. I’d be surprised to find the 1997 still on the market, but if you do the added age will just make it better. While...

Shiro’s: World Class Sushi in Seattle’s Belltown

Wed, 2 Apr 2003 20:44:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Shiro’s is considered by most guidebooks and reviewers as the best sushi in Seattle. For example the Zagat survey rates Shiro’s #1. It is widely reported that Shiro Kashiba and his wife came to Seattle 35 years ago and founded the highly regarded...

the foodtaster a fun view of the Italy in the 16th century

Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:54:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - The title of this book is the foodtaster by Ugo DiFonte translated by Peter Elbling.

The book takes the form of a diary written by a 16th century Tuscan peasant named Ugo who becomes the foodtaster for a local duke. Ugo is tending his...

802.11 Demystified: An Accurate Title

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:57:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - I wasn’t prepared to like 802.11 Demystified as I glanced through the book in the bookstore. It looked like shovelware. Shovelware is where you grab a lot of random stuff, shovel it into your word processor and ship it off to the publisher,...

Tour Belgium with Michael Jackson: Dine and Drink Well

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 00:15:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Michael Jackson is recognized as perhaps the best beer writer in the world. Combine his skill and love of beer with Belgium’s more than 300 different beers in an area the size of Connecticut, and something great had to result. Michael Jackson’s...

Exquisite Chinese Steamed Dumplings in Arcadia Strip Mall

Fri, 4 Oct 2002 03:51:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Din Tai Fung Dumpling House has branches in Taipei, Japan, and Los Angeles (actually Arcadia). I have only been to the Arcadia branch.

Din Tai Fung Dumpling House

1108 South Baldwin Avenue

Arcadia, California 91006

(626)...

Visit Japan in Gardena

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:00:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Kanpachi is my regular sushi bar. I have been going there since the early 80s even though it is a thirty mile drive in each direction.

In the “old days” (early 1980s) Kanpachi was located on Western Blvd. near the card clubs in Gardena, and...

Authentic Old West in Agoura Hills

Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:39:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - Tom and Barbra Runyon have run Old Place Restaurant for about 30 years. Tom does the cooking over an oak fire, and Barbra runs the front. Service can get slow if the place is crowded, but regulars will help with busing dishes or running the bar if...

Consider a Garden Room

Sat, 17 Aug 2002 20:54:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - I’m not going to write another complete review of the Royal Hawaiian. Others have done a great job. I agree with the characterizations of the hotel as outlined in other reviews. It really is one of the great hotels of the world. Everyone should see it...

Once Great; Today Nothing Special

Tue, 6 Aug 2002 05:48:49 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - I was last at Shibucho about three years ago with two business colleagues who were new to sushi. We were at a table drinking beer waiting for the sushi bar to open up. The waiter came up to us and asked us if we would order. We said no we were waiting...

Globe: Celebrities are Gone, but 72 Market Street is Better than Ever

Sun, 4 Aug 2002 21:59:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - 72 Market street is no more. Long live Globe!

72 Market Street was owned by Dudley Moore and other celebrity partners. We all miss Dudley Moore, and I have to admit the scene at 72 Market Street in the 80s was a lot of fun, even if nobody went...

Why Not Own The Best?

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 01:24:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - I bought my binoculars in the duty free shop of the Amsterdam (Schifpol) Airport. The Euro was 83 cents. The stock market was at an all-time high, and I felt like buying something expensive that would be of lasting value.

It was just dumb luck...

Chateau Laguiole 3000: Many Choices - Not for Everybody

Wed, 8 May 2002 23:01:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BillyBrack - This product is not for everyone. This is an old fashioned style of opener that takes some physical strength to operate. There are plenty of openers that give more mechanical advantage to those who may have small hands. I’m 6’ 5” and have large hands...