Epinions Recent Reviews for cwkemp

HP Compaq nc6400 - my new working buddy

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 03:20:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - My work laptop was recently upgraded to the nc6400 model from HP Compaq from a Dell Latitude C series. The experience has been a good one so far with about 2.5 months of use under my belt. One key note: This machine is was provided to me by my work...

David Gemmell: A British Hidden Gem of an Author

Sat, 4 Dec 2004 23:08:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - My introduction to books by David Gemmell started several years ago by chance when I stumbled upon a book by Mr. Gemmell while waiting in London Heathrow airport prior to a business trip back to Canada. Cracking the book in the waiting area, I found...

Kohan II: Kings of War for Windows: Kohan 2 - Tactical Macro-Managing Fantasy Medieval Warfare

Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:52:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Having played Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Ahriman’s Gift and being pleasantly surprised, I was happy to see the release of the third installment in the series: Kohan 2: Kings of War. Overview Kohan 2 is a real time strategy...

Antec LifeStyle Sonata Piano (DSANTSONATA) ATX Mid-Tower Case: Shsssh! Be bery bery quiet...I'm hunting cases

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:48:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Ironically, as I launch into a set of reviews on the components of my home grown “Quiet PC”, I find myself typing on what is arguably the loudest keyboard I have ever used. About the only keyboard which is comparable was a IBM 3278 mainframe...

Nero OEM SUITE Latest Version CD / DVD Burning Software (NeroExpress 6 and new utilities (neroxpress): Authoring CD/DVDs - Ahead's Nero or Roxio's EasyDVD

Sun, 4 Jul 2004 02:22:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Likely the biggest adjustment I had when I purchased a new computer back in November was the shift from Roxio (Adaptec) Easy CD Creator to the Nero OEM Suite 6.0 which came bundled with my Pioneer DVR-106D DVD/CD Writer. I had been an EasyCD...

Bzzzzz....SLURP! Magnetic Mosquitoes!

Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:00:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - The May "Two-Four" long weekend in Canada is famous for cottage parties, sunburns, packs of twenty-four cold ones (from which the holiday gets it's colloquial nick-name of "May 2-4") and unfortunately ... bugs. Depending where you live in...

15-2, 15-4, and an 8 run is 12! Kings Cribbage

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:54:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Sad but true, I spent my New Year’s Eve 2001 playing a board game called King's Cribbage. “Why?” you may ask, well the most obvious reason would be that I have no life ;-). Another reason might be that I had a bit of the stomach flu...

Hardscape, Softscape, I just want to Landscape

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 01:03:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Owning a two acre property on which we built a house two years ago has required my wife and I to know more and more about landscaping recently. Having long been a wary proponent of the “Dummies” series, my wife and I thought we would pick up the...

"You've gotta have a swing" swing

Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:29:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - After my wife and I took the plunge into the parenthood realm, we discovered one universal truth - parents of all sizes, ages and opinions LOVE to give advice. Not to be left behind, I decided it was time to venture into a review of one of the many...

InterVideo WinDVD 4 (WDVBF41614000) for PC: A good attempt, but not worth burning to disc

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:43:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - So I have purchased a new computer and it has a brand spanking new toy: a DVD burner. Included with the ASUS motherboard purchase was an OEM copy of Intervideo's WinDVD suite featuring WinDVD 4.0. Please note that even at the time of this review...

The Eye on Canon

Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:48:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Being a frequent traveler, I had recently given up lugging my SLR camera bag around with me on trips (opting for my little Nikon digital camera which is a bit out of date but still gives excellent photos for web publishing).

Of course this was...

A product which really SUCKS! ;-)

Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:40:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - I am happy to finally get to use that title legitimately! ;-)

The Ridgid WD1665 Blower Vac ended up being my vacuum of choice yesterday when I had to clean out drywall dust from my duct-work and vents. I guess I was sucked in (this could be...

Doesn’t measure up!

Mon, 24 Dec 2001 14:56:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - After recently purchasing a piece of land in order to build a house, we needed a 100’ tape measure in order to start getting ideas of how and where we could situate the house on the property.

A quick trip to the Home Depot left us with the...

Stealth Mode Travel

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:38:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - For the past couple of years I have lugged a laptop around the world with me on business travel.

When I first started this exercise, I was using a arch typical leather laptop bag. My biggest criticisms were that this leather bound monstrosity...

Design the house of your dreams...maybe

Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:58:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Fairness dictated that I write a review on the original 3D home design program I purchased years ago when we started our quest to design and build our own house. The program is the Broderbund 3D Home Architect Deluxe and 3D Home Design Suite...

5in1 is good, but better get Professional

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:07:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - We are currently designing the custom home of our dreams for a plot of land we purchased earlier this year. The land has a ledge with an elevation of about 10 feet in the middle of the lot. Modeling the topology and house floor elevations required more...

Samsung SCH 3500 CDMA / AMPS Cellular Phone: Sleek, stylish & durable mobile phone!

Fri, 16 Mar 2001 02:40:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - From the title, you can probably tell I like the Samsung SCH-3500 cellular phone.

This fact is actually kind of funny as I originally went kicking and screaming into the purchase of this cellular phone.

You see, my work decided...

The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra.

Tue, 6 Mar 2001 18:58:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - I’ve owned my King Cobra II Steel Hump Shaft irons for about 2-3 golf seasons now and I wanted to share some of my experiences with the clubs with you.

A little background...

I started golfing around 5 years ago and after...

Aeroplan has some catching up to do...

Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:27:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Last year Air Canada bought Canadian Airlines.

This long drawn out saga (for which I will spare you the gory details), ended with Air Canada purchasing Canadian Airlines and kicking off a 180 day quality customer service commitment to it's...

Devil's Ridge - Sinfully exquisite golf!

Mon, 5 Feb 2001 04:18:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Let the boys trip begin!

In the October/November time frame, eight Canadian golfer wannabes take a now yearly sojourn that finds us flying from Ottawa to Raleigh North Carolina in order to start our three hour drive to the Eastern U.S. golf...

SNUBA in Eilat

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 05:09:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - Twice last summer I lucked into visiting Israel's southernmost city Eilat, which is a beautiful resort town located on the Red Sea.

My first trip was really only a brief stop on the way to see nearby Petra in Jordan (BTW Petra...

Ye Olde Bible for Marine Aquaria

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:02:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - When I first started getting into marine aquaria years ago, Moe's book was touted as the proverbial bible by many an aquarist on the newsgroups.

After about eight years of experience keeping reefs, I can safely say that many of the techniques...

RS Berlin: 5 years & counting

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 06:36:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cwkemp - I was actually a little hesitant to write this review until I read some pretty unfavorable comments regarding the Rea Sea Berlin Skimmer in another reviewer's opinion. Personally I have had the opposite experience and I am quite pleased with the Rea Sea...