Epinions Recent Reviews for CodeBaloo

The Easton LX35 Reflex, a Good Quality Step-Up Bat

Sun, 1 May 2005 20:55:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Backstory This is my sixth season coaching youth baseball. I've followed my son John, coaching and managing his teams, from coach pitch to now, his final year in the 12-and-under division. During my coaching and baseball parenting "career" so...

DeMarini DXLF2, Great Bat for the Serious Youth Ballplayer

Sun, 1 May 2005 19:58:10 GMT

Not Quite What the Trailer Sold

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:34:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - My wife and I took the kids to see this movie last weekend. Based upon the trailer, we were expecting a light, silly comedy along the lines of Big Momma's House. Three things cause me not to recommend this movie: ALL of the movie's funny scenes...

New to Handhelds? What I Wish I Knew Before Buying a Tungsten|E

Mon, 8 Mar 2004 02:18:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - I bought my PalmOne Tungsten|E about a month ago. Of course, before I made my purchase, I read a variety of reviews at Epinions. While they were all useful, most seemed to be directed toward a different reader: one who is already a handheld computer...

Adobe Photoshop Elements: Step Aside Paint Shop Pro

Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:42:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Until now those who couldn't afford Adobe Photoshop went with Paint Shop Pro. Not any more.

Adobe Systems Introduces Photoshop Elements 1.0

With its Photoshop application, Adobe Systems can lay claim to one of the...

Polaroid Spectra Instant Camera: a digital camera would be a better choice

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 22:50:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - With the advent of digital photography the Polaroid Spectra camera, Polaroid instant film, and instant cameras in general are, like the cassette audiotape, becoming obsolete. In the recent past, Polaroid had a small but very loyal market for its instant...

Easton Black Magic Baseball Glove -- Working Yo' Mojo on the Field

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 00:37:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - The Easton Black Magic EX521 youth baseball glove is a decent compromise between quality craftsmanship and reasonable price, but perhaps more importantly to younger players, it looks cool. This glove is part of the Black Magic youth series of baseball...

The Hansol 701P monitor -- an inexpensive, quality piece of computer hardware

Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:30:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - About a year ago, I purchased the Hansol 701P 17" computer monitor, after reading several positive product reviews, for US$279, upgrading from a 14" computer monitor.

Shopping Experience

At the time, my two main...

Panasonic KV-S S55EX High Speed Duplex Scanner - Computer Hardware Review

Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:55:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Background & Perspective

I've been using the Panasonic KV-S S55EX high-speed duplex scanner 5-6 days per week for the past 14 months. Scanning emergency room charts, each day I run roughly 500-800 duplex (front and back simultaneous) pages...

Sheesh...Little Men??...What kinda movie is this for an 8-year-old boy??

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:53:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - There was a time when a trip through the video rental store was a relatively quick and painless process: a couple of "real" movies for my wife and I, a couple of animated Disney movies for the kids, and we were done. Alas, those days are gone. Our...

The Lexmark Z52 Printer: a High Quality, Inexpensive Inkjet Printer

Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:04:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - This review does not dwell on specifications: there are resources available to compare side-by-side printer specs if that is what you are after. This printer review focuses on the real-life stuff that actually matters.

For the most part, the...

Destined to be the Bible of Visual Design (for about $20!)

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 02:14:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Physicians have the stethoscope. Carpenters have the hammer. For every pursuit, there is one tool that was revolutionary. In graphic design, there is Jim Krause’s Idea Index.

This book is deceptively small in both size and price, at about...

All the Facts Fit to Forget -- Find 'Em Here

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:29:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Ever forget the formula for figuring the capacitance of a capacitor in picofarads? Or blanked on the density of gummite? Don’t ya just hate when that happens? What's the difference between a board, a plank, and a timber? Do you know? Do you...

Softice EZPad: Grizzled HTML Jockeys (who swear by NotePad) Rejoice!

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 19:33:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Real web authors use Notepad

I started learning HTML way back in the good ol' days, when backgrounds were gray, text was black, and the only way to change a font size was to use a heading tag. Most of you who are nodding your head in...

Web Design for the Design-Impaired

Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:43:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Introduction

To "surf" the World Wide Web, you follow a link from a web page, then follow a link on that web page, and so on. It's kind of an adventure, because you never know where you will eventually end up. To illustrate the...

Wondering How to Kill Someone? Then Check Out This Book!

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 01:27:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - It’s a fact of fiction: if you write any form of mystery fiction, chances are that a main character will end up wearing a toe tag in the county morgue, at the hands of another main character. The good news is that the remaining dialogue for the...

Into the Minds of Criminals!

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 01:18:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Who are the most memorable criminals in fiction? What about Hannibal Lecter? Or Norman Bates? Why do we remember them long after we’ve finished reading the novels in which they appeared?

We remember them because the character was developed,...

Need to Steal A Car? Or Scam Someone? Read This Book!

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 01:11:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Two familiar sayings. The first is: genius is in the details. Details can make or break a character, a scene, or an entire novel. Mastery of detail is essential to a writer.

Second, remember high-school English class? It is in the...

Voice It Personal Note Recorder: The Olympus V90 Voice Recorder is a Better Buy than the VoiceIt

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:56:58 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - I like to write. I like gadgets. And I like to be the first on the block to have a new toy. It was just a matter of time before fate brought the Voice It VT-90 and I together.

PROS

» Size: The VT-90 is about the size of a...

Bose MODEL 151 Main/Stereo Speaker: Bose Knows How Audio Flows -- the Bose outdoor speakers

Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:08:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Bose Audio has traditionally been known for indoor home audio speakers. Over the past 10-15 years, they have only introduced a handful of products outside that arena, primarily because the speaker product standards are so high. Therefore, when new...

Copernic 2000: The Gold Standard Search Engine Tool (and it's free!)

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 03:08:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - There are several meta search engines available on the web: MetaCrawler and Dogpile come to mind readily. These search services take the search term you enter and query several of the individual search engines, such as Alta Vista, Yahoo, and Google...

If you can write an Epinions review, You can make $$ online!

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:35:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Product reviews, E-zines, content-rich web sites, e-books, newspapers, and magazines -- the World Wide Web is a smorgasbord of places for writers to make money. Online Markets for Writers: How to Make Money by Selling Your Writing on the...

MetaCreations Headline Studio: MetaCreations Headline Studio v1.0

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:25:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Some are humorous. Others are sexy, thought-provoking, intriguing, or incredibly colorful. Admit it: there are some animated advertising banners that are very nicely done.

An animated banner is a GIF image file composed of a series of...

Student? Secret Shopper? Writer? You need this digital voice recorder!

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:26:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Ever had your pen run dry of ink at the exact wrong moment? Or have a professor or an interview subject talk faster than you could take notes? Ever had plot issues for your blockbuster novel suddenly resolve while you’re driving at 75-mph in traffic?...

Ray Dream 3D: Lara Croft's Chest & Buzz's Spacesuit

Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:01:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CodeBaloo - Ever wonder about those 3-Dimensional characters featured in games and movies? It must take a magician to create Lara Croft, Buzz Lightyear, and the worlds they live in, right? Illustrating in 3D is not as difficult as you might think; like just about...