Epinions Recent Reviews for ajuliano

It ain’t broke—but, hey: let’s fix it anyway!

Sun, 6 Feb 2005 17:41:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - In Reengineering the Corporation, Michael Hammer and James Champy say that changes in the marketplace and the speed at which these changes are occurring demand that companies must completely reinvent themselves or perish in the wake of the their...

Great Big YES

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 01:11:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - One of the great album titles of all time, and my favorite album by my favorite group as well. When it's good, it's as good as the feeling you get when you fall in love in junior high. When it's bad, it's like hearing fireworks on the Fifth of July...

Who Buys This Cheese?

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:53:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - William Byham and Jeff Cox’s HeroZ is a fable that seeks to show how employee empowerment can turn a static, stale company into a dynamic, successful team. Peppered with dragons (crises), castles (manufacturing operations), and kings (corporate...

Samsung's Unsung hero!

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:54:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - My wife and I were slow to wade into the pool of DVD ownership, primarily because we already owned a VCR and quite a few VHS tapes. "Why buy a DVD player," we thought, "when we don't own any DVDs and we already have a precarious pile of electronics?"...

Seren-kind-of-dippy

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 01:52:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I really wanted to like Serendipity. Honest I did. Then I read what the critics had to say, and I thought I wasn't going to like it very much. After all, it was another hackneyed, meet-cute, love story about perfect yuppies whose biggest problem...

Let's get crazy and get beef instead of burgers!

Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:16:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Arby's isn't as bad for you as most of the other fast food choices, but it isn't exactly going to add years to your life, either. That being said, I have to give the place credit: they do offer something different, and most of it tastes better than the...

For the baseball scholar

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:16:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Baseball America is not for the casual fan. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about baseball (translation: I know who Luis Pujols is), and there's a decent amount of stuff in the average issue that I could do without. Still, if you're...

The Graduate for the 90s

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:00:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I compare a lot of movies to The Graduate. Sometimes it's a compliment; other times it's to show how bad the movie is. With that in mind, let me say this: Good Will Hunting is The Graduate for the 90s. And that's a very good...

eBay: “e” as in “e-gads is this cool!”

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 17:39:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I’ve used eBay as both a buyer and a seller, and I’ve enjoyed both sides of the transaction. eBay’s ease of use, reasonable fees, and huge audience make it easy to see why it’s one of the true all-time “killer apps” to hit the net. It’s as much a part of...

Did someone order a hero?

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 16:26:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - There aren’t too many true heroes in professional sports today. Drug abusers, wife beaters, and braggarts abound, but it’s rare to find an example of an athlete who embodies the spirit of competition, the joy of winning, and the hard work that goes into...

iWon: You can't lose (although you'll probably never win, either)

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:53:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I’m not usually big on sites that offer a giant wad of cash in exchange for my eyes, but iWon is a little different. Unlike some of its competitors, iWon actually has some fairly cool features. It’s a lot like a watered-down version of Yahoo!—which is...

The USA Today of Wackiness

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:09:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Just how good is The Onion?

A few days ago my wife received an e-mail from one of her irate, zealous Christian co-workers (not a rare breed in these here parts) that spoke about all the horrors of the Harry Potter series of books for...

It's baby jail!

Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:27:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I have to preface my opinion by stating that my wife and I use this product in a low risk, low traffic area--namely, a two-step entryway just outside our kitchen. My opinion is based on experience in this environment alone, so read other opinions...

Graco LiteRider Stroller: Swanky yet affordable

Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:35:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - My wife and I always look for the highest quality at the lowest price (novel concept, huh?), and we've been very pleased with our Graco Lite Rider. The model we chose is very attractive (with a swanky plaid fabric), and it's proven very durable after 12...

Stick with the original

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 21:08:27 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - It’s a shame: if the producers of "The Jackal" had just put in a few more hours, their film could be mediocre. With some minor story board shuffling and a new title, they could have produced something no worse than the usual dumbed-down,...

Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 02:50:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I spent a few days in Cooperstown, New York this summer to watch Carlton Fisk's enshrinement into the Baseball Hall of Fame. If you're looking for a trip that catches the essence of what the Big Apple is all about, Cooperstown isn't for you. But if...

Kids, schmids! Get one for yourself!

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:26:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - I have a kid. I also have a Rawlings Radio Control Power Pitch 'N Hit. The two are not necessarily related. My son is just a year old, you see, so this baby is all mine for another few years.

I first saw a radio-controlled wiffle ball/bat...

Isn't this also Applebee's?

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:02:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - You'll never have a bad meal at Chili's. Unfortunately, you'll never have a GREAT meal at Chili's either. And while this consistency isn't such a bad thing, you may find yourself sitting in Chili's and wondering if it's actually the same place as TGI...

Snapfish Online Store: Something's fishy...

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:36:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Snapfish does a few things very well: where else are you going to get virtually free film developing (you pay $1.69 postage for one set of prints; duplicates/enlargements are also available at reasonable prices), PLUS free scans that you can copy and/or...

Yahoo! Mail: Jerry Yang RULES!

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 02:09:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - The fine folks at Yahoo! have made it possible for me to do many things, and e-mail is just one of them. But since e-mail is probably the one that's the most important to my everyday web use, it's the one that most frequently makes me scream "Jerry...

Scan in your family photos and give everyone a cyclops eye

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 01:01:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - There's a great piece of modern art floating around on the old 'net: it's called "In-A-Gadda-Da-Oswald" (check it out here: http://www.tw-zone.com/cosmo/photoshop/oswald.html). The work in question is an adaptation of the famous photo of Jack...

Money for nothing and your auction transactions for free

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 06:36:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Ever won an online auction and said: "Boy, I wish I could pay by credit card!"? No? Ever said: "Boy, I'd like $5 for doing nothing!"? The good news is that Pay Pal does both these things, and it does them very well.

When...

27 guys can share a name, if they're all named Fred!

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 06:06:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - "Bear in the Big Blue House" is my kid's favorite show, and it's my favorite kid's show, too. Bear and his puppet buddies are nice and generally well-behaved, but they're not Barneyesque in their niceness. In other words, they're not cheesy...

Bloody funny if a bit long in places

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 05:46:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Bryson's book is a nice little meander through England: he takes you through the cities and towns of our mother country (my apologies to non-U.S. readers) in a manner that reflects his mode of travel. Bryson walks in Notes from a Small Island. A lot...

A watered-down version of the book

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 05:14:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ajuliano - Don't waste your time: read the book. The movie tries to consolidate waves of emotion and layers of meaning into two hours, and it just doesn't work. What we get are cliches, a soundtrack that foreshadows everything (so that any drama is over before it...