Epinions Recent Reviews for asafono

A Book to End All Books?

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:49:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - MyBook is an external, independently powered hard drive from Western Digital. It currently comes in several size starting from below half a terabyte to 2 TB.MyBook is indeed about the size of a rather thick hardcover. It is made of a somewhat...

A Dark Workhorse

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:19:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - When news came out in the Spring of 2008 that PC manufacturers would be discontinuing offering Windows XP (per Microsoft), I rushed to buy (another) Dell SB notebook, a Vostro 1500. I have not regretted the purchase - here is why.SB in Dell-speak...

Dell to the N-th Dimension

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:45:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - It was with certain apprehension that I ordered a Small Business Dimension E521 from the Dell site this May. Since 1995 when I built my first PC, I always either had direct control over what parts that went in it, or at least knew exactly what those...

Good for an overnight family stay.

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:12:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Suitehotel Roissy is one of many hotels near the Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG). So many, in fact, that choosing can be non-trivial. TripAdvisor.com to the rescue, I picked Suitehotel for a single overnight stay for our family, travelling back West...

That's Mr. Vader Head to You!

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:23:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Good products (and concepts) are often born where ideas and disciplines disciplines intersect. The Darth Tater (TM) is a good example of such fusion - take the evil and menace of the Darth Vader, add the cuteness and goofiness of Mr. Potatohead, and...

Peopling of the World

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:57:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - You have your mother's green eyes. And perhaps your father's black hair. What you also inherited from you mother is a set of genes - mithochondrial DNA, or mtDNA - that is not a mixture of your parents genes (the technical term is recombination)...

Nothing is Sacred, or The Rising Pyramid

Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:51:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - When Parkinson's Law was published almost half a century ago in 1957, it took the world by storm. Today, it is largely forgotten; in my opinion, unfairly so. In this book, the first of a number he wrote, Professor Cyril Northcote Parkinson mixed a...

Gmail: Looking for the G-mail

Mon, 16 May 2005 20:08:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - 1. Pros 1.1 Security This is probably the most important one, at least for me. All data exchanges with the Gmail servers are encrypted on the HTTPS (HTTP-Secure) protocol, making them virtually impossible to decypher even if they are...

The Planetmind Will Speak to You

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:54:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Background Alpha Centauri is Turn-Based Strategy (TBS) game written in the late 1990s at Firaxis, the company Sid Meier and his team founded after leaving Microprose, where they developed Civilization, Civilization II and other popular games...

The Last Byzantine

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:40:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Dictionary of the Khazars A "lexicon novel in 100,000 words" written by Milorad
Pavic, a contemporary Serbian scholar, poet and author. The novel explores and exposes the Khazar...

2004 Chevrolet Impala: An economy full-sizer

Sat, 22 Jan 2005 08:36:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - This review is based on my recent 4-day rental Impala near Philadelphia - I do not own one. Background The Impala name has a long history with the Chevrolet brand of General Motors. For decades, it was the biggest Chevrolet car, RWD,...

Fuji Finepix 3800 - great outdoors, not so otherwise.

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:22:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Before delving into the review, I must make the following confession: I am a complete amateur in digital photography, and photography in general. Being also quite lazy, I never figured out this camera's manual mode (one justification being that the...

Only if nothing else is available...

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:53:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Originally scheduled to return to Minneapolis on Thursday, I had to stay an extra night in Philadelphia because Nortworst, gun-shy after losing a lawsuit for "unlawfully imprisoning" passengers on the plane for 7 hours, was extremely aggressive about...

Who art thou? Where hast thou come from?

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:55:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - It is a strange but undeniable fact that many, if not most, humans have a deep, almost instinctive interest in their ancestry (hence the somewhat pretentious title for this review, right out of The
Magus.) This...

A powerful, stylish... gas hog

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:19:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Experience ... and disclaimer: I do not owe an Altima; it was a 2-week business rental. Features I was given a 2003 Nissan Altima 2.5SL by Hertz. It is a top 4-cylinder Altima model; it comes with automatic transmission, like all...

Cyprus

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:36:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - History, population and politics Saying that Cyprus history goes back thousands of years may be a good catchy line for a guide book, but it is rather meaningless, as most places in the world can boast the same claim. What makes Cyprus special is...

skymall.com: Product does not live up to representation in catalog, good return policy

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:35:27 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Product does not live up to representation in catalog, Good return policy The required caveat for this review is that our household has purchased a total of one (1) item from SkyMall, even though we spent quite a bit of time perusing their catalogs in...

A sturdy Euro-engineered and produced trike

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:05:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Background When our son was about 20 months old, he started expressing a keen interest in his cousin's trike, and we knew it was time to look for one for him. We got a Radio Flyer trike as a gift around that time. We returned it soon, since its...

Lasted long, but needed many repairs

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:02:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - Background I bought a used 87 Sentra base coupe with about 48k miles from a wholesaler in 1993. I did not know much about cars or car buying at that time, and never determined later if the odometer was rolled back (mileage was low but not...

HoTMaiL: Sign up and watch the SPAM roll in...

Sun, 7 Dec 2003 23:25:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - I was a "forced" user of Hotmail and cannot comment extensively on the site's interface and ease-of-use. My short review concentrates on Hotmail's spam-management (non)features. I recently thought I had to sign up for Hotmail to use MSN Messenger (turned...

A solid but ergonomically flawed Eurostroller

Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:40:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - After looking at several budget stroller brands at a store, and pushing relatives' and friends' kids around in two of these, we decided we wanted a higher-quality product for our son when he started sitting up in a lying-position only perambulator...

Cameras and Electronics: Excellent price, prompt shipping, pushy salesman

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:51:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - I narrowed my choice of a digital camera to the Fuji FinePix 3800, and after checking the selection...

1996 Geo Prizm: 1996 Geo Prizm (base 3-speed auto)

Mon, 19 May 2003 22:30:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - 1. Why write (and read) this review? One might wonder why it makes sense to write a review on a 7-year old car that was never selling in high volumes, and which was discontinued completely in 2002. The answer - to me - is that it is one of the best...

Hilton Garden Inn Mountain View: Hilton Garden Inn Mountain View, CA

Thu, 1 May 2003 18:40:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - I have stayed at Hilton Garden Inn in Mountain View for 5 nights for a business/engineering meeting in April 2003.

1. Location.

Very convenient to central Silicon Valley - Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Palo Alto. Avoid the usual...

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:37:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author asafono - My review is based on 6 years I worked in a Computer Science graduate program at the UofM - no undergraduate experience there. In its teaching and research parts, this review concentrates on the CS department as the one I had a primary experience with...