Epinions Recent Reviews for camworld

Flat and beautiful

Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:31:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - South Dakota is not known for its tourism industry nor is it a well-traveled state when compared to locations that have more to offer. However, should you find yourself in a car headed west (likely to Wyoming) across the dusty plains of South Dakota, you...

Wonderfully bizarre and imaginative

Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:32:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - Lives of the Monster Dogs can only be described as a wonderful and magical book, with sensual characters, and an inventive plot.

For a first novel, Kirsten Bakis has given us a world occupied by a strange race of dog-man creatures,...

The softer side of King

Wed, 13 Oct 1999 02:03:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - Hearts in Atlantis is a transitional book for Stephen King. For decades, he's entertained his audience with such horror classics as Carrie, The Shining, and It.

With Atlantis he has written a book that delves...

H/Other: Hey Mr. Producer!

Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:47:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - Okay, I admit it. I'm a sucker for musicals [and the music composed for them].

In my rapidly growing collection of CDs and MP3s, I find myself returning again and again to CDs like Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Cameron...

Try to get out of London

Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:54:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - I get upset when American friends of mine come back from their vacations in England. The conversation usually goes something like this:

"So you just got back from England, huh?"

"Yeah, it was great! We saw Big Ben,...

Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark

Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:31:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - My father was one of those parents who packed the kids into the station wagon every summer and drove across the country, stopping at every historic landmark, national monument, and national park on the way. Every time he turned down a road that was next...

Yellowstone in Winter

Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:46:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - Every once in a while you hear about some ambitious young couple who plans to spend a week or so winter camping in Yellowstone National Park. Often, these ill-prepared people end up in the hospital in Jackson Hole, almost six hours away by sled,...

A classic not to be missed

Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:36:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - I first saw 400 Blows in a film appreciation class in college. The professor was a huge Kubrick fan so I was surprised to see this film included in his class syllabus.

400 Blows is truly a classic of the French cinema period. The story of a...

Island paradise

Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:18:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - There's an old joke that I learned as a kid while living on the Samoan islands and it goes like this:

Two mainland pilots are landing a 747 at the island's airport (notorious for it's short runway). As the plane makes a very abrupt landing,...

It's so good I fell asleep

Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:15:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - The only thing different about this movie is its gimmick. I missed out on seeing this movie in the theatres, but recently watched a full-length screener on VHS from Artisan.

Given the amount of hype surrounding this film, I expected a lot...

Short and sweet, but could be better

Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:51:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - A surprisingly short book for King, who is known for his massive tomes of horror and intertwined storytelling, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a quick read that can be read from cover to cover on a long road trip or a long afternoon. The story is...

Great product, but needs better typographic control

Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:23:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - Adobe has done an awesome job tying their two flagship products together. I'm talking about Photoshop, the bitmap image editing program of choice, and Illustrator, the vector graphic image editor slash drawing program.

The serious designer who...

Nudist tells it like it is

Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:48:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - The biggest disappointment about Po Bronson's new book, a non-fiction diatribe about Silicon Valley and the culture that secures it, is the amount of the book that I had already read.

Bronson is a well-known contributing writer to such new...

Very reliable, high productivity

Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:40:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camworld - I have three computers I use every day. I work as an Interactive Designer for a very large e-commerce web site.

My computers consist of an entry-level Pentium II, an old Mac 7100 that's been converted into a Linux box, and a PowerMac G3. The...