Epinions Recent Reviews for anitar

Woks: Flat-bottom wok for electric stoves

Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:54:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - In my ideal world, I'd have a dedicated stove for my wok, supersized gas ring and a faucet over it, just like in a chinese restaurant.

But in my real kitchen, I have an electric stove.

My iron wok with a flat bottom works just...

Green Pajamas: Green Pajamas - Seven Fathoms Down

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:16:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - The Green Pajamas are a psychedelic revival band that's been performing and recording for fourteen years. Their songs (most written by lead singer Jeff Kelly) are haunting, charming, catchy!

I listen to this at work, the evocative lyrics...

Browse Titles/Other: Bill Elliott - Swingin' the Century

Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:32:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - The most recent CD from the Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra (aka BESO) is a grand one to round out the century with.

- the opening title tune, "Swingin' the Century", is secretly a tribute to my favorite Century Ballroom in...

Browse Titles/Other: Bill Elliott - Calling All Jitterbugs

Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:36:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra (BESO) is one of the best present-day swing bands. No "ghost" band, they mostly play originals written by Bill, and his compositions are truly fine! Danceable, catchy, very clever lyrics.

The band's...

Education General Interest/Other: The Lifestyle -- swinging, not dancing

Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:30:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - This documentary exceeded my expectations. I was expecting something with a lot more sensationalism and sniggering, but there was blessedly little of both here. Lots of humor, and the people depicted are treated respectfully.

The folks in the...

T/Other: Titanic Town -- Northern Ireland but not depressing!

Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:26:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - I'm usually reluctant to see films set in Northern Ireland. Too sad! Too violent. But I did enjoy this film.

Julie Walters is wonderful as a Catholic mother who gets fed up by the skirmishing and shooting between the IRA and the Brits, all...

Foreign Films/Other: Lautrec -- lavish, fun French biopic

Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:19:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - A French biography of the painter and graphic artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (in case you thought it was about someone else with the same last name). Very lively and lavish, and I was glad that they gave him more of a love life than Moulin Rouge did...

D/Other: Dead Letter Office -- touching Australian dramedy

Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:14:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - This gentle film might already be available on video, according to the IMDB. It stars Miranda Otto, whom I've really liked in Love Serenade and The Well.

A young woman, whose father took off when she was a child, takes a job at the post...

love, sex, and betrayal

Thu, 7 Oct 1999 15:02:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - I liked this non-linear story!

The writer/director, Mike "Leaving Las Vegas" Figgis, said at the Seattle International Film Festival that he wanted to structure it as a group of short stories (though there were continuing...

The Crystal Ballroom Swings!

Wed, 6 Oct 1999 21:33:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - The Crystal Ballroom is an large old place, three floors up, run by the McMennamin group. It's a fantastic place for dancing! (Sunday afternoon and evening are swing; they have lessons for beginners and intermediate level. I think there are other dance...

Utilities/Other: Favorite Tray Tool

Wed, 6 Oct 1999 20:19:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - I love the tray! (that's the small recessed area in the taskbar, in Win95, win98, and the various flavors of NT).

The handiest thing I use there is ClipTray. This was available internally at MS for a long time (I was contracting there), so I...

Larabee State Park, near Bellingham

Fri, 1 Oct 1999 22:06:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - On the coast by Chuckanut Mountain, just south of Bellingham, almost as far northwest as you can get in the lower 48, Larabee State park is super!

I was there for a weekend campout with a group of friends in September of 1999. There's a...

Slacker: Austin's finest

Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:54:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - I had no idea what was coming, the first time I saw Slacker (at the 1990 Seattle International Film Festival). A guy looks out the window of a greyhound bus, as the sun rises. Then he starts talking to the taxi driver. Oh, he's the main character,...

Anime: Ghost in the Shell

Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:11:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - This cyborg-cop story should appeal to science fiction fans and anime fans. The animation is great! It's based on a Manga by Masamune Shirow. His eye for design and detail makes even the robot-tanks that help the cops interesting characters!

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Microsoft FrontPage 2000: Buy the upgrade CD for Image Composer

Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:04:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - Although FP 2000 doesn't mangle your code as badly as earlier versions (and you might want it for site management reasons, and use your editor of choice for coding), the stand-alone version (and earlier versions) does come with Image Composer included...

Microsoft Image Composer: Image Composer is hidden treasure

Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:56:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - I've been using MS Image Composer for several years now. I use it for almost all the images on my personal website, including a new set of graphics for my journal every month. I love it!

It took a little bit of getting used to a...

Victorian drama and romance

Fri, 24 Sep 1999 02:13:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - Minnie Driver is a Jewess from London in the 1830s, forced by family circumstances to masquerade as Christian and take a governess's position on a remote estate in the north. She helps her employer, a scientist experimenting with early photographic...

Indigo Swing: Red Light

Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:52:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - This is the third CD from Indigo Swing.

They might be considered jump blues, rather than a classic swing band. Most of their songs are originals, very catchy and danceable, with a good rhythm and lots of breaks.

Love's...

Henry Fool

Thu, 23 Sep 1999 03:28:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author anitar - I love Hal Hartley! Flirt, from 1996, wasn't so good, but he came back in a big way with Henry Fool!

A quiet garbageman, living with his extremely sexually active ("slutty" is such a loaded word, isn't it?) sister and...