Epinions Recent Reviews for alan

Great to look at

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 22:18:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - CRTs are pretty much a dead product category in the stores. But you can still get them cheap online, especially via places like craigs list or ebay. Not only are they cheaper than new LCDs, but for some purposes they are much better. I...

Net10 Online Service - net10.com: Good prices, good cell phones, usable website.

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:18:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I've been using Net10 as my cell phone provider for about 1 year now, and I'm pretty happy. The cell phone was cheap ($30, and it came with $30 worth of minutes). It's nothing fancy - a black and white Nokia 1100 phone in the candy bar form factor. It...

good mixture of theory and usable code

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:55:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - There are a decent number of books out there on color science; what sets this book apart from all of those is that it also provides a good bit of code which you can use for monitor/printer/camera calibration and translation between all the major color...

Looks nice until you use it

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:53:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This grinder looks great on paper. It has an adjustable grind size suitable for grinding beans for French press and espresso coffee, and anything in between. The beans go into a air-tight container on the top so you can store them in the grinder...

frequent spills but otherwise usable

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:31:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author alan - It is hard to find a $20 coffee maker based on the old Mr. Coffee design these days. This was the best I could find, but I'm somewhat disappointed. Features: drip-stop - pot can be removed while brewing. Auto-off - pot heater turns off after 2...

Excellent compact camera

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:09:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This is a fairly old camera, and can be found on ebay for about $60 to $100. It's a 3.2 mega-pixel camera with 2x optical zoom, and is about the size of a bar of ivory soap. You might think that 3.2 megapixels is too few, but keep in mind that even the...

Lots of nice features but the ergonomics ruin in

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:52:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This watch has lots of nice features - a countdown timer, 5 independent alarms, stopwatch, phone number database, and enough buttons to make setting the time and using the other features relatively easy. Plus display is large and the digits easy to read...

Cheap, ok quality and sound but bad ergonomics

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:45:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author alan - These clip-on headphones allow you to listen to music or other audio without having to deal with a headband as you would with traditional headphones. That makes them great if you are wearing a hat or something else on your head. The lack of headband also...

Yahoo! Music Unlimited Online Service: Buggy software, and the worst customer service I've ever seen.

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:42:19 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I really liked the idea of yahoo's music service - for a small monthly fee ($6, currently), you get to listen to their entire catalog, on demand. From browsing their site, it seems they have a pretty good collection of artists; every thing I could think...

ZipZoomFly.com: Watch out - You may not get what you order.

Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:16:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I ordered a bare hard drive from this company. While their shipping time was reasonable (I got the drive about a week after I ordered) they sent me a refurbished hard drive instead of a new one. Their telephone support never picks up the phone, and they...

Kensington Optical Elite Mouse Easy Grip (72121f): Nice feel, nice? software, good price

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:21:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This is a fairly innovative intellimouse clone. It has left and right mouse buttons, like all other mice in the world (except apple!). Too that it adds an up/down scroll wheel (which can be clicked, at which point it can be a middle mouse button if you...

FinePix 2300: Good starter/kid camera

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:11:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This camera was released in 2001, so it's quite cheap online these days($70). It's actually pretty good, so if you are looking for a backup camera, or one for the kids, etc. it's worth considering. It can take images of up to 2.1 mega-pixels (that's...

Easy, friendly website for filing federal and state returns

Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:30:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I'm in the below $20k income bracket, so there are lots of free filing options out there for me. I first tried CompleteTax.com, and that worked just fine. But, they informed me that I had under-payed, so just to check, I tried H&N block's free filing...

Cute sweet and happy

Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:09:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - Overall: I liked this movie. It’s very cute and rather sweet. Often it’s clever as well, though sometimes it doesn’t feel clever or plausible enough.

The premises is that Mel Gibson, a man’s man, the crude and chauvinistic star of the movie,...

Cheap for a reason

Sat, 25 Aug 2001 16:46:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This book was quite disappointing; however, my disappointment was mitigated by its low price. Even new, it can be purchased for around $6 online. At that price, it's almost worth it.

This book is designed to prep the reader for the verbal,...

Crucial Technology Online Store: Worth every extra penny

Sun, 19 Aug 2001 10:56:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - Crucial is Micron's online factory direct store. The store has a pleasing interface, and does not require that you know exactly what type of RAM you need for your system. Instead, you may pick your system from a list, and it will tell you what types of...

Outpost.com: Outpost: fading fast

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:49:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I used to be a big fan of Outpost.com, back when they had free shipping. Their prices were not always the lowest, but one could count on them to ship their products quickly, and delivery time was top notch, as was customer service.

Now,...

Business-Supply.com: Excellent choice for business supplies

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:38:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - What can you say about a online vendor? Three factors seem the most important to me: Price, service, and site design. The world of online shopping changes quickly, however, so what can be said of a site today may not be true for long. For what it's...

Pair Networks: Excellent host in almost all ways

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:52:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I've used Pair networks since 1998. In that time they have never raised their prices, and have actually increased the level of service I've received (in terms of disk space, bandwidth, and management tools). Their prices are some of the best around as...

Now I want to read the book

Sat, 7 Jul 2001 00:37:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This is a odd movie. It tickles the same neurons that The Matrix, Memento, and Brazil did, though, I'm sure, for different reasons. None the less, if you liked those, see this.

Spoiler alert: later on I'll give it all away, but I'll let you...

Almost forgotten songs

Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:31:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - This release seems to have fallen from our collective memories. None of the songs are big 80s hits that one might hear on the radio today. None the less, for 80s fans, this is a solid release.

The Album starts very strong with Missionary Man...

Only watch the first two hours

Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:01:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author alan - No spoilers past the first 20 minutes...

AI is best characterized as a techno-fairytale. It exists to tell an interesting story and make you think about a world different from your own in a way that might make you see your own differently...

Best credit card but get a VISA as well

Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:58:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - I've had a Discover card for 4 years now. Never have they incorrectly billed me. Every time I have contacted them they have quick and helpful. The time I had to refuse a charge, all I had to do was speak with them over the phone. Their website is...

SAGA - Hampshire's Dining Commons

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:10:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author alan - You will hear two distinct opinions of SAGA (the dining commons on campus) if you ask, and three types of stories. Before I get to that, though, I should point out that at no college I've visited have I heard very positive things about the dining...

Housing: Pretty Good, if a little odd

Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:41:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author alan - Hampshire has a lot of different living options, for a small college. You can live in one of two dorms - dakin and merill. Dakin is mostly a first year dorm, but has some really nice features that makes it easy to get around, in it, promoting...