Epinions Recent Reviews for amol

Hotwire: Hotwire nabbed my $237, and I got nothing

Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:27:20 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author amol - I got a pretty good price on an SF-NY roundtrip fare which I booked 2 months in advance. Usually, it's ~$280, and this was $35 cheaper. Great. Read the other reviews to see what's so much fun about a cheap fare.

But then I had a work emergency...

FreeDiskSpace.com: The utility that will not die

Sat, 20 May 2000 16:05:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author amol -

Freediskspace.com seems great. 300MB of space. That's a lot. If you have a modem, it will take you the better part of your life to upload, file by file, 300 MB of stuff.

Most of the time, I find myself using Online Storage sites as...

Loud, lively, fun and French

Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:26:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amol -

I really enjoyed my late dinner here. Located near Union Square, Cafe de la Presse has a touristy French + newspapers ("the press") theme. It's both a cafe with all kinds of periodicals available, and a dining room. I didn't stop in on...

MUCH Weaker than Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs

Sun, 13 Feb 2000 06:10:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amol -

I saw this movie on video, since it never got me excited enough when it was in theaters. I found out why.

This movie much weaker. The characters lack the mesmerizing and charming eccentricity of past lineups. These are a bit harsh, a bit...

Shutterfly Online Store: Like Real Film Prints, Useful Even Without Digital Camera

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:07:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amol -

I ordered a couple of prints from Shutterfly, using their 200 free print offer, and I was surprised by the quality. I'd never seen a digital photo print before. They are as glossy, beautiful and sharp as the real film prints you're used to.
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Webvan: Easy, but do you really save?

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:57:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amol -

After seeing the Webvan trucks scurrying around all over San Francisco, we decided to give it a try. We ordered a week's worth of groceries.

Surfing around the site to choose everything we wanted took a fair amount of time. I started to...

The media missed the point--this movie is brilliant

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 06:32:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amol - The reviewers here have done a brilliant job--far better than the mass media critics mustered.

If you've seen the movie you get the joke. The plot is exciting, the production fabulous, etc.

More important, this movie accesses an...

Columbia University: Exceptional, a place to grow up

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 05:47:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amol - As Columbia's promotional literature will make clear to you, its location in New York sets it far apart from the other great American universities. This is the essential fact about Columbia: New York. The city is not only the best place in the world to...

Unexceptional in a bad town for Indian food

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 05:07:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amol - Maharani seems to be the *only* Indian food restaurant in this entire restaurant, so you take what you can get. The neighborhood is lousy and the exterior of this place blends in nicely. Prominently advertised in the window is the "Fantasy...