Epinions Recent Reviews for Windowphobe

The littlest HD

Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:57:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - The terms "widescreen" and "20-inch" tend to collide in the mind, but if you can accept the idea of a small-screen set that has a fair amount of big-screen performance, this may be your HD TV, at least as a secondary unit. As delivered, the picture was...

Serenity on wheels

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:26:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Luxury cars? Not for me. I'm the sort of person who eats pot roast and drinks iced tea and generally keeps it simple. Then my beloved Mazda 626 was destroyed by one of Mother Nature's dumber creatures and suddenly I found myself car-shopping, and I...

Dreamhost: Dreamy, but occasionally flaky

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:34:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - I switched my blog to Dreamhost at the beginning of 2002. Migration was a snap, and the DNS updates were speedy. In the three and a half years since then, site downtime has been minimal (maybe 72 hours). Adding a content-management system - in my...

The easy way to record your old vinyl

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:15:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - It's no particular trick for a computer geek who started out as an audio geek to record old LPs and 45s to CD. But the vast majority of us aren't geeks of either variety, which is why there ought to be a tremendous market for the Teac GF-350. The...

T-Mobile Phone Service in Oklahoma City: No regrets

Sat, 8 Sep 2001 14:12:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - I swore I'd never get a wireless phone - it took me until the 90s to get a cordless phone - but planning this year's 4400-mile road trip suggested that maybe I ought to have one of these contraptions after all.

In addition to consulting...

Think cheap

Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:57:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Now that everyoneandhisbrotherinlaw.com has his own domain, it was inevitable that low-priced Web hosts like addr.com would crop up. And part of keeping that price low, apparently, is offering as little technical support as possible. I'm pretty handy...

Brilliance on a budget, Part Deux

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:04:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - When last you heard from Your Humble Narrator, he was giving four stars to the '93 626, a car which he found to be a worthy getter of groceries and a decent freeway flyer, two goals which are not always met in the same vehicle. And in the fall,...

The Direct approach

Sat, 15 Jul 2000 23:36:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - When my previous insurance carrier (we won't mention any names here) raised my rates for the fourth time in five years, despite my semi-pristine driving record - the last time I got a ticket, Jimmy Carter was President - I got on the phone to GEICO, and...

Cambridge Soundworks Model 88 Mini System: As good as it gets

Sat, 1 Jul 2000 18:51:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - The designs of Henry Kloss have been part of my life for over a quarter-century. I'm still using KLH Model Thirty-Eight speakers, a slightly smaller version of Kloss' original two-way acoustic-suspension system, which I bought way back in 1974. The...

Forte News&Mail Agent: One step above

Sun, 13 Feb 2000 07:58:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - I have yet to see a T-shirt that says "Whip me, beat me, but don't make me read Usenet on the Web." I figure, though, it's just a matter of time; if your interest in the world's most extensive collection of discussion groups is more than...

Looking for middle ground

Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:37:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Computers being binary devices, all ones and zeroes, it's no surprise to me that reviews of ISPs tend to be either valentines or vituperation. Can I find something in between? Let's see.

The original Prodigy service, which was so old Al Gore...

The right relationship

Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:40:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Chase's current slogan is "The right relationship is everything." I'm not quite sure precisely what the "right" relationship between customer and bank ought to be, but Chase and I seem to be getting along pretty well.

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Having one's Phil

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:42:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - The basic fact about Phil Spector is right on the cover of this expensive but nicely detailed box: the biggest print is used for his name. While Spector was a talented musician - he plays and sings backup on "To Know Him Is To Love Him",...

ABKCO Records: Mostly disinKleined

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:14:32 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - ABKCO stands for Allen and Betty Klein Co., which establishes that Allen Klein is a devoted family man. He's also a music-industry legend, and has been for decades. His particular specialty has been finding hitherto unpaid royalties for acts under his...

Just World-ly enough

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:12:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - PC World has a difficult row to hoe. It's not really a magazine for novices, it's not tech-y enough for the True Nerds who actually make this stuff work, it lacks the snarky wit of its rivals at Ziff-Davis, and often as not, the only really...

Just One of many

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:27:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Bank One's move into Oklahoma took two passes. The first bank they acquired was a smallish local operation that had been, up to that point, fiercely independent and renowned for its service. The change went through without a whole lot of notice. And...

From bong to boardroom

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 04:35:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Once upon a time, there was a magazine called PC/Computing, with a slash embedded in its name. It was a fiery, feisty, take-no-prisoners kind of magazine, apt to say almost anything and hang the consequences. Perceiving, quite correctly, that...

Daily Oklahoman: A 20th century paper at last

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:36:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - The Daily Oklahoman is an enigma among big-city dailies. It gets definite points for not being just another chain newspaper - its owner, the Oklahoma Publishing Company, owns a total of two dailies - and for trying to present a consistent point...

C/D and me

Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:12:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - I have subscribed to Car and Driver for over twenty years, making it my longest single magazine relationship. (I finally dropped Stereo Review after it mutated into Sound and Vision in year twenty-nine.) And originally, it wasn't...

Brilliance on a budget

Sun, 9 Jan 2000 15:36:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Windowphobe - Mazda has always been one of those Other Brands, something you hear about from time to time but never quite at the forefront of consumer consciousness, and the 626 contributes to this lack of image - while the 626 is as worthy an automobile as you can...