Epinions Recent Reviews for dmcostello

Always in my pocket

Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:04:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I love pens, but I'm cursed by being left-handed. I can't use those smooth, dark black, gel-ink pens because the ink gets smeared as my hand drags across the not-yet-dried ink. I defiantly can't use a fountain pen for the same reason, and that kills me...

Get Away From it All at a Place That is Close to All

Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:11:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I have just returned from a weeklong stay at the Caribbean Beach Resort. And, I have to say, that although the weather was not tropical (from 35-70 degrees), the resort worked for me.

The Caribbean Beach Resort (CBR) is one of the so-called...

The best Flash Media available

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:59:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - Compact Flash is one of several types of media that are used in digital cameras. Smart Media and Sony’s Memory Stick are the two other major competitors to Compact Flash. In my opinion, Compact Flash is the best media format out there at the current...

Simply a great, great camera.

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:33:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I really loved my Olympus D-360L. It was a one megapixel model, it came with rechargeable batteries, auto focus and an all glass lens. I had three 8-meg Smartmedia cards so I could shoot a hundred pictures without having to download the photos to my...

A great phone. With emphasis on 'phone'

Mon, 9 Oct 2000 11:18:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I’ve long since resisted the call of the cell phone. Many years ago there was a deal through the company I worked for so I signed up and gave the phone to my wife. It gave me peace of mind to know that if she broke down, she would be able to...

Time and Energy - USB Card Reader

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 13:55:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I love my digital camera. It is low-end, a 1.3 megapixel model. But being able to take as many photos as I want without worrying about cost is something I can’t get enough of. I’ve taken over 1100 photos in the last three and half months. My only...

Like something Neo would own

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:38:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I’ve been using Smartmedia now for several months in my Olympus digital camera. I have to say, I am very impressed with this technology. I haven’t used some of the other, competing technologies out there, such as CompactMedia or Sony’s Memorystick...

I am haunted by this movie. It is a movie, right?

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:04:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - It was over a year ago that I was watching some special on MTV about the summer’s upcoming movies. There was the typical Wil Smith movies and the new Star Wars movie previews. But then they started showing a movie that generated a lot of buzz at both...

Read this book and you will want to take more photos

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:33:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I am a fan of the Dummies series of books. I fought tooth and nail not to like them and I am not sure why. Maybe it was the word ‘Dummies’, subconsciously was I thinking that they were talking down to me? Somehow is seemed a little cocky on their...

Freedrive.com: There are better on-line storage solutions out there.

Sat, 1 Jul 2000 19:22:29 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - Freedrive.com is on on-line storage site. There are a large number of sites like this one out there. Freedrive was the first one I tried, and I still have stored files there. But as I’ve surfed around and checked out other sites, I have found that...

Let's make the world a little bigger by getting rid of IASW

Sat, 1 Jul 2000 16:14:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I wonder about this ride. What is the point? I suppose it is supposed to promote the fact that we are all part of the same small world and when you get right down to it, we are all just people. A nice theme, to be sure, but this ride is past its...

Darabont channeling King and we are the better for it.

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:18:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I have always thought that some of Stephen King’s best writing can be found in his shorter works. The ones that stick with me tend to be the ones that are not necessarily about horror, and these are the ones that I feel translate best into movies. I...

The emerald in the brick

Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:09:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I was a small boy when I first went to Fenway Park. We took the hot, overcrowded train and got off at Kenmore T station. Coming out of the underground station into Kenmore Square was a scary experience for a small child. There were too many people,...

Simpsons, The: Never has been a better show. And there never will be.

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:14:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - The Simpsons is simply the best television show ever. I am not limiting my choice to sitcoms, animated shows, or dramas. Television has never seen anything like the Simpsons and may never see it again. With all of the choices out there competing for...

Should be required reading. Great first book on the subject

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:16:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - When I picked up this book at B. Dalton’s, I never would have guessed that this little book would have made a difference in my life, but it did. I was in my mid twenties and my financial health was…well it was not very healthy actually. I had plenty of...

Motley Fool Message Boards: A great place to share information and to learn.

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:24:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - I’ve been following the Motley Fool for several years now. I first came across them on AOL back in 1994; I wasn’t a financial genius by any stretch of the imagination. I was pretty ignorant actually. But there was an excitement about the Motley Fool...

Roller Coaster for Beginners

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:30:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - Recently I traveled to Disney World with my wife and three year old daughter. When we broke the news to my daughter, I told her that we would be visiting Mickey Mouse’s house. This became her focus for the weeks leading up to the trip. “We are going...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Honesty.com is great for counters, the rest is less useful.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:28:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - Honesty.com is a site to help you with your on-line auctions that does many things well, and one thing great. If you are a bidder or a seller, there are things here that you should find helpful. Most of the tools are for Ebay only though. But best of...

Incredible speakers, or, how I feel like I stole them.

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:22:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - A couple of years ago, I bought a set of CSW PCWorks speakers for $100. I loved them; they consisted of two tiny (less than two square inches) speakers and a subwoofer. They sounded incredible, but I returned them, I couldn’t justify that amount of...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Go to digitalphotocontest.com to see great digital photos!

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:10:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - When I first became interested in digital photography, I wondered whether a digital camera would be able to produce the same quality picture as a film camera. I understood that I would need at least a 3 megapixel camera to produce the resolution that...

Zone Alarm: You have to install ZoneAlarm. It is peace of mind for free

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:43:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - Computer security, you can’t avoid the issue anymore. The public media has everyone scared with their reports of the I Love You virus, and the recent denial of service attacks on Yahoo and Amazon among others. Not too long ago, it was said that the...

Thinking of one? Get it. Not thinking of one? Start.

Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:58:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - One after another, we opened presents at our wedding shower. As we opened them, I was silently judging each present. I put them in one of three categories, they were keepers, defiantly something we would return, or the presents that I was interested...

Photopoint Online Store: Finally I have found the perfect on-line photo album

Sat, 10 Jun 2000 16:14:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - With a three year old, a couple of cameras and a scanner, I started to look around at the available on-line photo albums. I poked around the net and tried a few, I liked photopoint.com and shutterfly.com, Yahoo Briefcase allowed you to store photos and...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Get a free domain name, really, it is free!

Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:51:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - There are a million web sites out there offering you free email, a thousand offering you free 56k internet access, several that offer free DSL, and only one that I know of that will offer you a free domain name. That company is Namezero.com. They will...

You stuck your finger in my bullet hole!

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 14:32:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dmcostello - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is one of those great movies that nobody seems to know about. I kind of like that fact in a way, it is like I have a little secret that very few people are in on. But those who are in on the secret really are the lucky ones...