Epinions Recent Reviews for Brian_Igo

Dog lives in the details, too.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:31:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Of all the things you can do with a cell phone beyond making calls, is any more natural, more right, than listening to music? It's easy to imagine a Reese's-style ad with a phone and a MP3 player smashing together while happy music swells. Two great...

COOLER MASTER COOLER MASTER ATC-110SX1 (SILVER) ALUMINUM MID TOWER (PENTIUM 4 READY) NO POWER SUPPLY 4x5.25" 2x3.5" 5x3.5"(hidden) ATC101SX1: The Price of Everything, or the Value of Nothing?

Sun, 9 Feb 2003 23:15:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Let’s dispense with the obvious first. This is a $255 computer case-and that’s if you shop around. The suggested retail is close to three bills. Neither price includes a power supply. And it goes on sale about as often as George W. Bush is...

Smooth Operator

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:01:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - This is it.

This time they really, really, REALLY mean it: 2003 is the final year in the reign of the CD drive. The computer magazines and online pundits insist we’ll soon toss aside our archaic CD-RW drives for DVD burners. All we need...

A Kit Car, A Knock-Off Prada Bag, and Thou…

Fri, 27 Dec 2002 06:12:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Anyone who has been to a large flea market or stood next to a fiberglass replica of a famous car knows that a great design can’t overcome bad execution. The Yamaha CDR-70 Spyder portable CD-RW drive is more evidence in support of that truth.
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Style With Substance

Sat, 11 May 2002 09:23:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Note: This is a relocation of a review posted (long) before Epinions added the Altec Lansing ATP-3 to the database. Originally published June 18, 2000. -BI

Not surprisingly, speakers were the first computer accessory to break the beige...

Exit Laughing

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:11:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Do they still play the blues in Chicago,

When baseball season rolls around.

When the snow melts away do the Cubbies still play

In their ivy covered burial ground?

When I was a boy they were my pride and joy.

But now they...

'95 Taurus SHO: Smarter And More Fun Than A Mensa Kegger

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:57:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Americans travelling in Europe for the first time often have a moment of culture shock when they hail a taxi and a Mercedes E-class or BMW 5-series pulls up to the curb. In America, these cars have been icons of intelligence and success for more than a...

They Play A Game With Which I Am Not Familiar

Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:52:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - This was the year for the venerable Links series to take their game to the next level. It has remained the most popular golf game for the PC through the challenge of the Jack Nicolaus series with its course designer and the Tiger Woods entry that brought...

Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice: A Switch Only The Pentagon Could Love

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 03:03:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - For being led by the best and brightest of a generation, computer and software makers sometimes make me wonder if they actually use this stuff?

It's a frequent question for most users. For years, my favorite example has been needing to get...

Don't Forget The Problems With Keeping An Italian Mistress

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 04:59:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - The phone rings.

It is a friend who's bikes I've worked several times. He is calling to put more money into my wallet. "A guy I work with just got a used Ducati 916. You know your way around those?"

"Yeah."
...

Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe For Windows: C'mon, You Always Wanted To Be Pappy Boyington, Didn't You?

Sun, 22 Oct 2000 18:11:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - I was a kid who's favorite TV show was "Baa Baa Black Sheep" in the 70's. I built models of Pappy Boyington's Corsair and tuned in every week just to watch the airplanes. As I got older the interest grew into reading about the real air war in...

For The Walter Mitty's Among Us

Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:32:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Until just a couple of years ago, fans of flight sims had two choices for controllers: Either suffer with an affordable joystick with very few features, or invest more than $250 for a stick and throttle combo from Thrustmaster or CH. There was nothing in...

Archived Autos & Motorsports Reviews: Ten Great Bikes You Can't (Couldn't) Read About On Epinions

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 03:01:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - If you haven't noticed, the model database for motorcycles at Epinions is a little on the thin side. Not only were there great bikes made before 1999, some of them are better than the newer models that took their place. And all will cost you less money...

The All-New, More Huggable Rabid Pitbull

Sat, 16 Sep 2000 22:37:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - If you hang around long enough you can see a gradual state of evolution in sport bikes. The Yamaha R1 redefined the open class when it landed three years ago. But if you'd spent time on the Honda CBR-900RR a lighter and stronger open class bike like the...

An Argument For Watching A Movie On Television

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:05:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - At the risk of being branded a heretic, Grand Prix is the “Lawrence of Arabia” of racing films. Epic in scope and lovingly executed, it is a movie we will not see the likes of again. (Sylvester Stallone-a passionate fan of Formula...

A Flat-Screen Monitor At A Best Buy Price

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:32:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - When I put together my first homemade computer system last winter, my shopping list for a monitor didn’t include the Samsung 900IFT. Despite reading a half-dozen computer mags every month, I didn’t know it existed.

The monitors I started out...

My Vote For The Best Rock Album Ever.

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:31:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - ”I took a ride with a sadist on a Saturday night,”

So begins David Baerwald’s remarkable musical and personal journey through urban Los Angeles and the national nightmare of drugs, corruption and indifference to both in his 1993 album,...

Diggin' The Dot

Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:47:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - This is part two in my search for the perfect mouse, or, is Brian an anal-retentive cretin who will never be satisfied?

Long-time readers will remember that I thought the search for the perfect mouse ended when I bought a Logitech Cordless...

Almost Absolutely Brilliant

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:37:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - The Honda V-4 has been tagged as an old gits’ sportbike for so long it’s a wonder they don’t have "VFR Parking Only" areas at the neighborhood senior center, or that Honda hasn’t bought massive blocks of air time on The Weather Channel to...

Beat Me, Whip Me, Make Me Write Bad Checks...

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 04:31:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - “You’ve been a bad, bad bike haven’t you? Well, what do you think we should do about that? Heh heh. Heh-umm…”

Oh. Hi there. Sorry about that, umm. Okay, look-I might not have all the french fries in my Happy Meal but I don’t spank motorcycles...

1983 Mazda RX 7: 1983 RX-7: Flight Tested, Teenage-Idiot Approved

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 00:31:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - I graduated from high school in 1983 and began working on my first unpublished (alas, for many good reasons) novel. But I didn’t really want to be a writer. Cranking out a book every year or two for a mountain of money seemed a better career move than...

"No More Mr. Nice Guy" (The Pat Boone Version...)

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 15:52:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - The Honda CBR and I go back to the first year both of us were in motorcycling. In 1988, I almost bought a CBR600F Hurricane instead of the Kawasaki EX-500 that eventually won my heart and wallet. And because Honda 600’s are only a little less common than...

More Like A Rat

Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:14:29 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - This is a product I wanted to love. But the Logitech Cordless MouseMan Wheel evokes a feeling normally reserved for women who could be models (but aren't) and trendy restaurants: It reminds me that I'm a miserable fashion accessory.

From afar...

275 NART: The Tifosi's Ferrari

Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:59:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Author's Note: As Epinions has greatly expanded their database on classic and exotic cars, I can't resist the temptation to share my love for some of the great cars of the past. This is part of an occasional series of admittedly self-indulgent...

Stumbling Into Armageddon

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 05:52:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brian_Igo - Hard to believe it's been seventeen years since I had a night when I couldn't sleep like this. Tonight I logged off early and laid down to watch TV before going to sleep. I was surfing the channels and stopped for just a few seconds on a station I don't...