Epinions Recent Reviews for Schinjay

Microsoft Office XP Professional (26904508) for PC: Microsoft’s product activation will dip into your garage sale till

Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:14:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - The days of getting a little green for your old Microsoft software may be fading fast as it becomes more and more evident that Bill Gates and his Microsoft empire have finally created a way to control the software aftermarket and your garage sale profit...

Watch your back with Bank One!

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:39:36 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - You just never know with this organization. Bank One looks big and professional on the outside, but it is all too human on the inside.

Bank One merged with the bank of my childhood in Dallas, Texas many years ago. This was the bank I had...

Juno: Juno’s moving into a computer near you soon!

Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:05:43 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - It may happen while you’re sleeping. It may happen while you’re awake. But rest assured if you are signed up for Juno’s “free Internet” service, some time or other one of the nation’s leading Internet service providers will be utilizing your personal...

Microsoft PowerPoint: A little click & drag makes PowerPoint sit-up and do tricks

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:24:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Every Microsoft PowerPoint power user knows what a wonderful selection of pre-designed templates this program comes with. But sometimes you need to make up a design of your own like a diagram or a flow chart of how the stuff hits the fan when things go...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows Swaps Monster Files For the Cost of Burger & Fries

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:37:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - I know you’ve had this pain in the rear if you rely on your laptop when you travel. You just spent the night in a strange town putting together the most convincing PowerPoint presentation of your career. You are exhausted. Your laptop is smoking. But you...

Bicentennial Man is a True Hidden Gem

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:20:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - If you only relied on the TV ads as a recommendation to see Bicentennial Man you are either in for a wonderful surprise or a sorrowful disappointment. The ads lead you to believe you are going to see Robin Williams at his best, exploiting his wonderful...

Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: Web walls have Web Bugs with ears!

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:41:06 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Next time you burst into a web room you’d better keep your voice down because the walls have bugs and they might hear something you don’t want them to.

With all of the horror stories wafting through cyber space these days about luvworms,...

Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: Yahoo Wants Too Much Credit!

Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:23:45 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - If you’re one of thousands of web surfers using Yahoo’s free E-mail and other web services these days, you’ve probably been approached by the Internet giant for some very interesting information lately. Haven’t you? And if I were you I wouldn’t give it...

"The Disappearance" Will Leave You Breathless!

Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:21:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - “The Disappearance” is my first J. F. Freedman read and it won’t be my last. I dug this book out of the family reading bag this summer. It seems I’m the last in our extended family to finally get around to this book. I’m extremely irritated that no one...

Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: Internet Big Brothers are Watching You!

Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:48:13 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Internet Big Brothers Know Who You Are

They Know Exactly Where You Have Been

OPTOUT Helps You Give Them The Boot

As if the Orewellian aura of an oppressive Big Brother wasn’t enough to scare the bejeebers out of us. Guess what!...

Meta Medic: Meta Medic And Other Great Tools Help Tune Up Your Webpage

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:36:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - You’ve Got a Web Page and Bowser’s Got Pups

These Web Tools Help You Get The Word Out

So, you’ve got yourself a web page. You bought some fancy page building software; you rolled up your sleeves and you came up with a virtual...

AOL (America Online): AOL Customer Data Is Being Hacked Up and Spit Out!

Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:40:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - While You Were Sleeping

Your AOL Data Got Hacked Up and Spit Out

Remember all that talk about Luv Bugs and the end-of-the-world a few months ago? Remember how any sane, halfway educated person learned not to open suspicious e-mail...

Rising Phoenix Proposes the Deadliest Social Program Yet!

Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:40:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - I have to admit that the first thing that grabbed me about this book was Tom Clancy’s name on the front cover of the paperback. Clancy lent his name in the form of a review for the novel.

I am an avid Tom Clancy fan, and his name attracts my...

BrowserTune 2000: Tune Up Your Web Browser with BrowserTune 2000

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:44:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Have you ever found yourself sitting in the oppressive dark of 3 a.m., cursing your computer as it crept along the seemingly empty and dreary late night virtual highway at snail speed?

How could this be? It’s 3 a.m.! There’s nobody out here on...

Worldspy: WorldSpy ISP Sells Out To Juno

Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:18:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Say it Ain’t So Joe

The End Has Come

For Free ISP Favorite WorldSpy

The end has come and there is a soul in my Internet soul. My favorite free ISP WorldSpy has given up the ghost and sold its customer base to free ISP...

Microsoft Outlook Express: Microsoft Changes Its Outlook, Making E-mail Somewhat Safer.

Sun, 21 May 2000 14:04:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - As The Nursery Rhyme Goes

Microsoft Changes Its Outlook

The worms came in. The worms came out.

The worms wreaked havoc without a doubt.

Got choked by mail; couldn’t catch their breath.

The servers died, an untimely...

Microsoft Outlook Express: Avoid High Risk Outlook! Stop those Luvworm Blues!

Mon, 8 May 2000 19:09:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - My daddy used to tell me, “Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me.” I usually got a dose of this witty little ditty when I would burn my finger twice on the stove, or stub my toe again because I was running around barefoot. “See,” he’d...

Microsoft FrontPage 2000: FrontPage 2000 Gets you on the Web fast!

Sun, 7 May 2000 19:25:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - With Microsoft FrontPage 2000

Even HTML Dummies Get On Web

For years I had wanted my own web page on the Internet. But I had no idea how to create one. I don't know HTML. I don’t speak Internet language. But after opening Microsoft’s...

Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm MF: Don't Just Take a Picture. Create a Postcard!

Fri, 5 May 2000 17:27:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - One thing I learned 28 years ago, when I started capturing my world through my 35mm camera, was the value of a good wide angle lense in my camera bag.

My first wide angle lense had a been a fine standard Vivitar 28mm that I loved like a pet...

Wrigley Field: Take me out to Wrigley! Take me out to the crowd!

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:25:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - I tell ya, when they wrote the song "Take me out to the Ballgame", they were writing about Wrigley field, home of the Chicago Cubs.

One of those ageless shrines of America's favorite pastime, Wrigley should be shrink wrapped and...

Ballpark in Arlington: Great Ballpark! But Old Hero Memories are Best!

Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:23:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Juan Less Texas Ranger

Juan Less Egg to Fry

I have never been in a baseball park more beautiful than The Ranger's new Ballpark in Arlington. I'm probably very partial. I'm sure fans all over the country think that their new retro...

Breckenridge: Gotta Get Away to Breckenridge!

Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:40:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Man, this crazy world is just whirring around me too fast for my mind to keep up with. I'm going to close my eyes, lean way back, and transport myself back to Breckenridge, Colorado. We spent a magical white Christmas there last year.

Whoaa!...

Use It! Abuse it! It Keeps on Clicking!

Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:40:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Having just settled in for a nice nap after an exhausting round of golf with my "always 10 strokes better than me" brothers-in-law, I suddenly bolted upright with the thought, "Oh my God! I left the camera on the bumper of the...

Iomega Jaz family: Free Factory Replacement Cures Death of a Jaz Drive!

Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:36:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Help! I have Jaz drive "Click of Death! It’s choking me! I can't retrieve any of my data anymore! I'm dying! UUUUGH!

My Iomega Jaz is dead. It has succumbed to "Click of Death" syndrome. It was so young. So full of life. So full...

Hotmail: Tarzan say, Hot mail Good! Smutmail Bad!

Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:00:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Schinjay - Tarzan just want good, free email. Tarzan not want Jane see bad smutmail.

Ok, Tarzan agree, promise of free email suck me right in. But only because it had something to do with word "FREE". Tarzan's preferred mode of email.

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