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Never Again: Swissôtel Boston

Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:08:17 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caines - When they were handing out attitude, indifference and incompetence, the folks at Swissôtel Boston kicked down the door, knocked everyone in line to the ground and stormed the place. They scooped up bucketfuls of "I could give a rat's @ss," and, "Oh…you...

Cosco Potty Should Come With Safety Floor Mats

Mon, 3 Dec 2001 02:04:22 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caines - When my wife brought home this potty, traumatizing our two-year-old was not what she had in mind. Earlier that day, our daughter, in a fit of potty defiance ( "Don't wike it! I want diaper!!), managed trash the neat folding potty, which...

Camelbak Lobo: Fixing a Leaky Bladder Doesn't Come Cheap

Mon, 7 May 2001 20:59:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caines - I ride my bike a lot. When the season is in full swing and I am in shape I average 150 miles a weekend and whatever I can squeeze in during the week.

All that riding means a couple of things:

1] I like to carry as little as...

Odd Is Great, Odd Is Good... (National Bedtime Story Month Writeoff)

Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:47:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - Our oldest daughter has always been a compassionate one. So when at the age of three she fell in love with the story of a little girl named Velvet who was a bit of an outcast, I wasn't surprised.

And it's funny, because as smart as our...

Napster: Napster. I Know, I Know! A Copyright Holder's Five Minutes On the Soapbox

Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:43:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caines - Okay, I know I am the umpteenth voice to weigh in on this. But since you're here I guess you don't care. As a creative artist, music lover and copyright holder, I have been following the Napster brouhaha with a bit more interest than the average Joe...

It's Not Tough to Listen To - The Story of Jamaican Music (Box Set Write-off)

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 02:48:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - While I may be of Caribbean descent I am by no means an expert on Reggae or other Caribbean music. (And while we're trashing stereotypes, I am also 6'5" and could care less about basketball…)

So, I may not be an expert but I know what I like...

The Color Of Water: Colorful Stories (Black History Month Write-Off)

Mon, 19 Feb 2001 03:35:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - As I stood on the Manhattan subway platform, I watched as a tall, dreadlocked black man prepared to play his steel drum for the throngs of tourists and commuters at the 34th Street Station. Not more than twenty feet away a young Hassidic man dressed in...

Nick Drake: Pink Moon -- More Than A Car Commercial

Sat, 10 Feb 2001 04:25:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - I feel like a geek for just discovering Nick Drake. I’m usually the one telling everyone I know about unknown new artists. But everyone is suddenly on the Nick Drake bandwagon. And he certainly isn’t a new artist.

I do have the...

Hotel Monaco: Cooler and Classier Than Funky Cold Medina

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:17:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caines - We arrived during the worst winter storm in three years. Our ferry almost capsized. My family was trapped on Alcatraz for four and a half hours when the dock is destroyed by the storm. Days of rain and high wind. Threats of rolling blackouts.....

Canon Elura MiniDV Camcorder w/ LCD: Canon Elura MiniDV: Tiny, Sexy, Cool

Fri, 5 Jan 2001 02:06:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caines - You don't have to be a guy to find certain electronic toys sexy. Okay--you over there--get your mind out of the gutter!! I recently purchased a new toy that even my wife seems to like. (Again?…grow up!)

After much personal turmoil,...

Odyssey Into Idiocy with Telocity DSL

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 13:50:59 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caines - There's more truth to Telocity's tag line, "You ain't seen nothing yet," than they would like you to know.

I recently cancelled my Telocity DSL account--not that there really was much to cancel besides aggravation. My experience...

I'm Lovin' Gomez's Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 02:59:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - No one is happier than my wife that Gomez has released a new CD. I have played Bring It On and Liquid Skin to the point that the laser in my CD player is burning a path in the discs.

Oh, in case you haven't heard, Gomez is my new...

Make Mine Over Easy: Little Tikes DiscoverSounds Kitchen

Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:02:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - While our home is not the miniscule stereotype of a New York City apartment, it has its limitations. Two small kids and two parents with home offices and you quickly run out of extra space.

That said we want our girls to have all the...

Todd Parr's Do's and Don'ts: Don't Miss This Book

Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:51:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - Apparently, author Todd Parr has been listening in on my conversations with my Pre-K daughter. If not, he's just as goofy as I am.

Parr's series of fun, funny, colorful books are among our oldest daughter's favorite books. And how could they...

Bodum Coffee Maker: Make The Best Cuppa Joe You EVER Had

Fri, 29 Sep 2000 01:20:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - I've never been a big coffee drinker. I always liked the aroma more than the beverage. But in recent years, I've taken on a new career path where people are forced to work weird hours and feign being alert and creative. Coffee plays a big part in that...

CytoSport Cytomax: Sports Drinks Can Work And Taste Good?

Sat, 23 Sep 2000 00:46:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - When I began going to the gym regularly and doing century (100 miles in a day) bike rides, like most, Gatorade was my sports drink of choice. What did I know? Gatorade is as synonymous with sports drink as Kleenex is to facial tissue. I knew...

Gomez-Liquid Skin: Gomez is My New Favorite Band!

Fri, 15 Sep 2000 01:56:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caines - The sparse, beautiful, cryptic cover art should be the tip-off that once you slit the shrink-wrap skin of Gomez second release, Liquid Skin, you are in for an unusual experience.

How do you get information about a band that obviously doesn't...

Sonicare: My Teeth Are So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:30:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - My dentist doesn't rave about much, but the Sonicare toothbrush makes him giddy. My wife and I had been using the Interplak for years, and frankly, loved it. It was easy to use and kept our teeth clean.

One day my wife told me that she caught...

Wacom Intuos Tablet Series: That a Pen On Your Tablet Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:08:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - How many times have you wanted to pour flammable liquid on your mouse and set it afire? I know I have every time I was in the middle of a project in PhotoShop and my mouse decided to skip. You know that thing it does when you move it along your mouse...

The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff: The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff

Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:25:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - For me to buy a photo book, I need to get a rush from the images inside. I could buy a really nice dinner for what most photo books cost. So this was one of those rare moments. I was writing a treatment (a synopsis of a concept) for a...

Linda McCartney's Sixties Portrait of an Era: Photography Should be Her Legacy--Not Her Vocals

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 01:46:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - Not to speak ill of the dead, but I was never a fan of Linda McCartney's vocal prowess. Not a gifted singer, that one. Ironically, her true talent is what brought her and her famous husband together. That gift is beautifully chronicled in...

Incoming: You Are Now Entering Burritoville

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:42:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caines - A long time before I became a vegetarian I stumbled upon a little hole-in-the-wall pseudo-Mexican place in downtown Manhattan at 141 Second Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets. There were a handful of tiny tables, a counter where money and...

Photoshop X for Windows for Dummies: Okay...So Now I Just Put My Head On Denzel's Body...

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 02:14:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author caines - The first time I opened PhotoShop I nearly died. So many tools, buttons windows and…well…stuff!! I needed help and the manual wasn't going to do it. Adobe's PhotoShop, is the most popular image editing application in the world. Sure,...

Big Brother? Oh Brother!

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:20:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caines - Take MTV's Real World, destroy the clever premise by locking ten strangers for 3 months in a make-believe house built on a studio lot, allow them no outside contact with the real world, give them nothing to do, put cameras in...

Topeak Road Morph Bike Pump Will Pump You Up!

Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:07:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caines - I've been a lucky cyclist. I almost never got a flat...until I purchased my Bianchi road bike. Twenty miles from home on my first long distance ride with my new bike, I had three flats in a span of 5 miles. As it turns out it was faulty rim tape on my...