© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-daily-llama Recent reviews written by member daily-llama en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_254598024836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - I had to give my awesome Dell laptop back after quitting my job, so I suffered computer withdrawal symptoms for a couple weeks. Thankfully, I had a layover in Dubai on the way home, and there wasn't a lot else to do except shop. It didn't take me long... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~254598024836 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:54:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_254598024836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_168318307972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - I like money so I'm working as a minimum wage janitor rather than a six figure management consultant. No wait, that doesn't make any sense. What I do enjoy though is reading about high-finance, or at least high-finance-high-jinks (I also like hyphenated... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~168318307972 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:47:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_168318307972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167709740676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Like the title says, Catch 22 is one of my favourite books ever. I've read it a half dozen times in its entirety (the second time, I read it in one sitting). Obviously, it's one of the books I'd take to a desert island. I've also carried a battered... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167709740676 Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:35:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167709740676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167711116932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - WARNING This review contains political content. I just couldn't write it any other way - so much of what makes this book great for me is its messages. If you're too damn closed-minded to deal with what I believe then you may as well just scroll to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167711116932 Mon, 3 Jan 2005 03:08:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167711116932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167292276356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - What's the point of having a laptop if you can't check your email in bed? That's right, it sucks! A laptop that has to be plugged into a modem is like a car with a great big chain attaching it to your garage. Well, maybe not, but I'm a big fan of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167292276356 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 02:36:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167292276356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167287557764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - I've finally joined the modern world, and got a computer that doesn't have the processor speed of a little hamster running around his wheel. The computer I ended up buying was an IBM thinkpad T21. So what exactly did I get for my money? The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167287557764 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:49:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167287557764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_135487721092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Well, I didn't think it would take this long, and at times I thought I would never make it, but this is it. I've written 49 reviews for epinions (well actually, I've written more, but I deleted some). So, when this one goes live, I'll join a not... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~135487721092 Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:59:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_135487721092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_135247400580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Someone once wrote that all good stories start with "what if?" What if the neurotic prince of Denmark discovered that his uncle had murdered his father to steal the throne and marry his mother? What if there was a ring of power that could destroy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~135247400580 Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:54:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_135247400580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133981572740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - I don't read much Science Fiction, but I accidentally picked up Forever Peace at the library a few days ago. It's not that I don't approve of Science Fiction. I've enjoyed both hard SF, space-opera comedies, and books in between. My problem is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133981572740 Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:52:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133981572740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133718118020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Since the discovery of fire, man has tried to find a portable source of light. Women, in general, have not, because they are too sensible to wander round in the dark. The first headlamps were rather cumbersome (not to mention painful when candlewax... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133718118020 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 06:37:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133718118020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133611490948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Climbing is a sport filled with funny little gadgets. The Petzl Reverso is one of the more odd looking, and versatile. My first thought on seeing a Reverso was "what the hell is that?" Which is a natural enough reaction - just look at it. It looks like... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133611490948 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 05:56:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133611490948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133717266052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - The humble carabiner is a very simple piece of gear. It clips on to things, and then it clips off them. In a perfect world, it clips on and off things quickly when you need it to, and doesn't do a thing when you don't want it to, Of course, this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133717266052 Fri, 19 Mar 2004 05:36:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133717266052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133594254980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Between bike helmets, my snowboarding helmet, and climbing helmets I seem to spend half my life in helmets. I definitely spend half of my recreational time with buckets on my head. So, when I was offered the loan of "the most comfortable helmet ever"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133594254980 Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:39:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133594254980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133512793732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - I like this stove. We'll get that out in the open. I've had mine for about two years now, and except for one brief period (which was my fault for using dirty fuel), it has worked perfectly. So why do I like it? Lighting the stove is always an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133512793732 Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:02:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133512793732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_120691134084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - This book can be summed up as travel advice for the paranoid or foolish. It also wins my prize for most blatant exploitation of the SAS brand (at least until the SAS guide to Knitting comes out). There is barely a single page in this book that requires... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~120691134084 Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:10:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_120691134084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_120612621956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - I have no idea why I picked this book up. I view shopping as an evil that is necessary when absolutely forced on me. I will buy (and stagger home with) a month's worth of food at once to avoid going to the supermarket every week. When buying clothes, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~120612621956 Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:51:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_120612621956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118506753668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - "We could be heroes, just for one day" - some song that I'm too lazy to google the lyrics for. Thankfully, this book is much better researched than my music quote. But then, it had to be, the people in this book are not well known. They are the one-sho... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118506753668 Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:23:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118506753668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118343110276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - This book is another attempt to cash in on the macho tendencies of businessmen. Lord McAlpine has tried to update Machiavelli for the modern world (specifically the business world). This is a worthwhile undertaking - Old Nick has plenty of worthwhile thin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118343110276 Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:50:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118343110276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118151155332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Warren Buffett is more than just "some rich old guy". In fact, he's the rich old guy (the only American with more money than him is Bill Gates, sometimes). It seems like everyone has heard of the Oracle of Omaha, the standard-bearer for Value In... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118151155332 Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:47:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118151155332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117677002372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - This is one of the classic works about strategy. Karl von Clausewitz is one of the military thinkers most often name-dropped. I mean quoted ;) On War did for strategy what Marx's Capital did for economics. I'm not just saying this because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117677002372 Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:53:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117677002372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117403324036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - This is one of those books I stumbled upon while doing research. I had a conference paper to write about the lessons we can draw from the British Army experiences in Northern Ireland. The conference was at the start of November 2001, I was asked to produc... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117403324036 Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:54:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117403324036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_115539611268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Michael Bane is a regular guy. The book jacket guffs about "traveling across the country and around the globe" and how he "literally risked life and limb to attack thirteen death-defying sports". Which ordinarily would be enough to make me put the book do... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~115539611268 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:32:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_115539611268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116575473284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - It is always a good feeling to find a new book by an author that you like. It's kind of like going on a second date. You think you like them, you hope you like them, but what if you don't? All those high expectations get smashed and you're left feeling ki... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116575473284 Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:40:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116575473284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116244188804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - The idea of buried treasure has an appeal to it that goes right back to childhood. It's more than just the lure of instant wealth, it's the connection with the past, and the thrill of (re)discovery. Or maybe it isn't. Either way, as Randle notes, "tales o... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116244188804 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:03:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116244188804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116023856772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daily-llama - Niccolai Machiavelli is one of those historical figures whose name everyone recognises. Most people can even tell you that he was a political theorist. His name has even been turned into an adjective. Which is a rare honour indeed. Incidentally, the o... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116023856772 Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:14:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116023856772?linkin_id=8003929