Epinions Recent Reviews for dboyes

E320 wagon ... style, and hauling

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 08:39:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - I have the station wagon model of the E320, which replaced a C220 (my first venture into the world of Mercedes cars). I had leased the C220, and when the lease ended, I went looking for a replacement that was as comfortable as the 220, but had a bit...

good basic tool

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 07:59:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - The KSB3 is yet another one of my replacement appliances, supplanting a early 1950s Waring bar blender left over from my college days that finally hung up it's towel and went where all good blenders go at the end of their lives. I've had it for about...

Back to Bread

Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:56:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - Well, I seem to be reviewing everything else in the kitchen cupboards on this trip (flights to Hong Kong are great for this sort of stuff), so I might as well chime in on the bread maker scene as well.

I got the Zo (as we call it) as a...

Simple, but somewhat awkward

Mon, 8 Jul 2002 01:26:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - I'm normally a fan of the Kitchenaid products, but when my vintage 1950's 25-cup church coffee urn finally went to the Great Beyond and as I no longer have to make coffee for large herds of people at home, I decided to replace it with something a little...

It's so close, but ....

Mon, 6 May 2002 19:49:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - When I started traveling heavily in Europe and Asia, I needed a phone that worked both in the US and in GSM-supported areas (most of the rest of the world). After trying the rent-a-phone thing and trying to deal with switching phones between trips, I...

Tough and durable.

Mon, 6 May 2002 18:33:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - We bought this coffee maker for an office full of caffeine-heads -- people who make and drink at least 4-5 pots of coffee a day and are used to coffee that is strong enough to lift weights and kick over hot dog stands without assistance. We'd demolished...

Humminbird Piranha Max 20 Fishfinder: It's a trooper.

Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:07:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - I've been cooking for myself and my family since I was 16 (oh, those many years ago). When I was growing up, I used to envy the folks in the commercial kitchens with those 47-bazillion gallon Hobart mixers, and wished for something that could handle...

Honors Program

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 12:49:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - Personally, the UO Honors College program surprised me. I originally attended the school as a general admission student -- I didn't even know the program existed until I reached campus and started hanging out with the people in the dorms that I found...

Morals vs Money

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 12:00:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - Notre Dame has a lot of prestige and pomp associated with it -- I took a job there due to it's position and reputation for self-introspection and considering what the nature of a Catholic university should be in the 20th century. I expected a...

Nextel i1000: Network Capacity, rather than phone

Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:28:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - I'll prefix this note by the fact that I have worked on the insides of several iDEN (the core Motorola technology behind the Nextel network) installations, and so my perspective is from the switching side of the network as well as using the phone.
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Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: Travels well, but is a bit heavy for the functionality.

Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:10:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dboyes - As a consultant who travels world-wide, I have to depend on getting equipment that is reliable, well-supported, and hard to break as it sees it all -- jeeps, airplanes, trips to West Borneo, etc.

The 770 I bought (a 770X with internal Mwave...