Epinions Recent Reviews for amykhar

Advenio MacGourmet 2: Geek-2-Live in the Kitchen: Macgourmet Creates a Powerful Recipe Database

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:32:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - I am relatively new to the OS X world - I’ve been using a Macbook Pro for about a year now. So, I’m probably getting all bubbly and happy about features long-term OS X users take for granted. But, I am totally in love with Macgourmet. Macgourmet...

All My Music and Movies in the Palm of My Hand

Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:16:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - My primary computer is a laptop, which means I have very limited hard drive space. So, a while back, I moved all of my music and movies and other similar things to a 250GB external USB hard drive. Because I really only used my laptop at home, this...

Personally, I'd Wait or Buy Sure

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:33:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - All I want is a freaking button. For $100, is that too much to ask? Last month, I bought an i
Phone
and gave my 30GB iPod to my brother-in-law. The iPhone is a wondrous thing , but it does not play well with...

I'm Glad I Didn't Wait - Updated after price change

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 16:37:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Maybe I should have waited, but then I'd be missing all this joy. I am an early adopter, and sometimes this has burned me. I bought an Apple TV recently to have them come out with a better version three months later. I bought a Playstation 3, and now...

1-800-FLOWERS.com: Miserable

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:21:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Generally, I judge a store based on an average performance and am pretty forgiving when a company slips up, but 1-800-Flowers.com managed to lose all my good will with one bad experience. I have used the company several times to order gifts for my...

Techspansion VisualHub for Mac: Drag, Drop, Convert, Play

Mon, 21 May 2007 12:00:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - For about $24, Visual Hub is an easy way to convert your digital video into formats that can be viewed on your Apple TV, Xbox 360, Ipod, Tivo, DVD, and more. Since purchasing my Apple TV, I have been converting some of our older content over for...

Apple TV Wireless Digital Media Streamer MA711LL/A: Apple TV Won Me Over

Tue, 1 May 2007 14:27:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - The Apple TV, for the uninitiated, is not a television set at all. It is a device that will connect to your hi-definition television set and allow you to view some media content from your computer on your television. Initially, I was skeptical of...

Wash, Rinse and Hopefully Never Repeat

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:54:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Color me impressed. Last week, I was tinkering with an 8-GB USB 2.0 flash drive I had purchased on Woot for about $35. I loaded it with a portable web server, ftp client, file editor and browser and my work data so I could work on a project at home,...

How Do You Eat a Whale?

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:36:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - It’s not often I get the opportunity to review a book that has changed my life, but Getting Things Done by David Allen has done just that. The book doubled my income and got me back into mainstream life, leading me to recommend it to anybody who is...

Easy, Pretty and Impractical for Use on a Business Network

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:14:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - When I recently bought my first Mac, I decided I needed a native Mac word processor. I understood that OpenOffice.org was available for me to install for free, but wanted something that was designed specifically for OS X. So, I went with iWork, which...

Perfect

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:28:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Perfect. That one word sums up my feelings about my new Tom Bihn Super Ego laptop bag. Perfect. It is the right size for my 17-inch laptop and all the “stuff” I have to carry with me to the various meetings that I cover for the newspaper...

Hot, Sleek and Sexy

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:46:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - I’ve waited most of my life to own a Mac. When I was 12 years old, an Apple store opened in between my home and school. I fell in immediate lust with their machines. Unfortunately, price has always been a huge barrier for me when it comes to buying an...

Tom Bihn Online Store: Tom Bihn's Has a Great Assortment of Stylish Laptop Cases

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:10:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Last week, I became the lucky owner of a 17-inch MacBook Pro computer and discovered that a plain, black laptop bag just wouldn’t do at all. A MacBook Pro is too pretty to put in a generic Dell laptop bag. And, a 17-inch version is larger than most...

Super Warehouse: Super Warehouse Delivered Adequate, But Not Exceptional Service

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:59:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Based on my own experiences, I have no complaints with Super Warehouse, but other reviews temper the enthusiasm with which I would recommend them to others. Last week, I ordered a hard drive for my Thinkpad. I chose Super Warehouse not so much for...

A Clean Room and Friendly Service Made Up for the Bad Points

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:01:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - The Best Western Convention Center Hotel on W. 38th had poor water pressure in the shower, a lousy view and was in a neighborhood of parking lots, But I still recommend it. This past weekend, my daughter and I attended the Epinions meet and greet...

Cingular Accessory Superstore: Adequate, but not great, service

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:00:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - The one purchase I have made from the Cingular Accessory Superstore was adequate, but not exceptional. On January 20, I ordered a usb cable for my Razr phone. I wanted to be able to transfer pictures from my phone to my home computer, which does not...

Obsolete Model But A Good Buy if You Can Find One

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:51:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - One of the bad things about having two jobs is I have little time to do the things I like to do, like read horror novels. One of the good things about working two jobs is that it allows me to review three computers for Epinions. By day, I am a...

For the Business Geek on the Go

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:06:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Once upon a time, there was a computer geek who was working two jobs, doing a little freelance web programming on the side, competing with a family of six for an aging desktop computer, and trying to handle her Epinions category lead responsibilities...

The Ring Two - Creepy and Scary Without the Gore

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:36:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - The Ring Two, directed by Hideo Nakata is never going to win the Oscar for Best Picture or Best Director. Nor will you remember it as one of the scariest horror movies you’ve seen. But, it does have some good jump out of your skin moments, and it...

Everyone has a Price. What's Yours?

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:50:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Money and ethics can be hard to balance at times. The Book of Horrible Questions by Smith and Doe is a thought provoking, conversation starting look at what people are willing to do for money. Would you eat a human foot with the bones...

South River Technologies WebDrive: Simplify Your Web Site Maintenance Tasks

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:20:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Review in a Nutshell South River Technology’s WebDrive software is the way Windows XP should work out of the box. It makes my web development tasks easier and more intuitive. It is well-worth its purchase price if you regularly edit files on...

Weird

Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:15:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - There is no other way to say it. The Boy on the Bus by Deborah Schupack is weird book. Even the post-it review stuck to the back jacket flap said so. I should have believed the one-word review. But, hey, I'm weird too and I'm not all bad...

Blockbuster Entertainment Online Store: Blockbuster and Netflix Go Head to Head

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:38:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - I’ve been a happy Netflix user for a couple of years now, but when Blockbuster offered a free two-week trial of a similar service, I had to check it out. I did not cancel my Netflix membership, but instead used both services concurrently. After...

Cheaper Than Dirt Online Store: Low prices, rather high shipping costs, good but could be better.

Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:52:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - Not so long ago, my only boy child played with blocks, legos, action figures and tickle-me-Elmo. This year, he wanted an Airsoft German Champion pellet gun with laser. Now, Mom doesn’t buy guns that actually shoot things. Visions of personal injury...

VCDiscounter: Great price, Great service, I'm a fan.

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:18:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author amykhar - There are few things scarier than making a large purchase at an online store that you’ve never used before. It’s difficult to trust some unseen entity with your debit card number when you know there is a chance that a scammer could be behind that...