Epinions Recent Reviews for fwaggle

A modest review

Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:23:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - First thing's first, let me just say I probably don't qualify as an "expert" when it comes to the first-person shooter genre - the last "Quake" I had the joy of playing was Quake II. Having moved that out of the way, I kind of loved this game...

The deal of the century!

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:57:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I was lucky enough to pick one of these up used at a flea market, for the measly sum of $75, thinking it would be perfect to replace my dated "Paramount Pictures" pre-amp/power-amp setup (which was phenomenally loud, but lacking sorely in features). My...

My $300 gamble paid off because...

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:17:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - "Need for Speed Underground: Rivals" was the first game I bought for my Playstation Portable, and I've been a fan of the Need for Speed franchise for quite a while, and I was exceptionally fond of "Underground" despite the fact that it seems like...

... from someone not interested in the underground drug scene

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:53:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - First and foremost, let me tell you two things I am not. I am not a chemist, and have only a typical high-school education in chemistry, and not a lot more. I've experimented in the manufacture of explosives and incendiaries, but I have never attempted...

Wipeout Pure for PSP: A Playstation classic in the palm of your hand

Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:57:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I really must confess, Wipeout was the game that sold me on the Playstation way back in the day, when the "Playstation" was mysteriously locked inside a glass cabinet and all I had was a non-dualshock controller in my greedy hands at a computer trade...

pretty damn funny

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 15:16:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I would have to say that "Big Money Hustla$" is a pretty damn funny movie. I'm not sure I'd want to watch it over and over, but it has some really funny parts.

Violent J plays his part excellently, and he's perfect for the character...

Munches Resources, but probably the best WYSIWYG editor...

Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:42:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I tried Macromedia DreamWeaver when I noticed it on a demo cd which came with Macromedia Flash which I also tried. I immediately liked it, despite the fact that I was running on a 486 DX4 120, so it was painfully slow.

The Editor
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Buyer Beware when buying cellphones

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 01:33:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I'd be careful and ask friends who are cellphone users before buying an Ericsson cellphone. The reason for this is because I have had nothing but horror stories with them.

I've had several versions of Erricson phones, mostly around...

Blinks best, and I don't feel they'll ever better it...

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 01:16:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I bought this album upon a friend's recommendation. He liked Blink, had no money, and suggested I buy it and I lend it to him.. I bought it and listened to it for a while, and I was immediately hooked. I STILL listen to this CD today, and it's still one...

Newest (so far) Joker's Card kicks....

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:12:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I also like this CD. It's another of the CD's that I can play in my car stereo while driving, and I won't skip tracks.

This CD is a must have if you're looking to see a different style or side of ICP, that maybe you haven't seen before. They...

Arguably Green Day's best ever!

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:55:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I really really like this CD. This is one of the few CD's I own, where there isn't really a single song I skip. You can just let it play, and you pretty much like all songs.

The songs on this CD are catchy, funny, but do deal with some real...

ConSeal PC Firewall: You can do better....

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:26:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I personally think you can do a lot better than ConSeal for a Windows firewall. I found it's rulesets more confusing than an ipchains ruleset for linux, and it's auto-add feature for rulesets ended up blocking out more acceptable data than it did with...

WinGate Home 3: Stick to older versions....

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:15:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - WinGate is yet another program which gets bigger, dumber, slower and not too much better.

I used WinGate extensively before I moved onto a Unix-Based NAT firewall, and I began with version 1 and moved onto version 2. I tried version 3, and...

Microsoft Chat: Fun for about the first few hours....

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:50:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - Microsoft Chat is probably not a real bad program to introduce you into the world of IRC. Once you understand channels (rooms), networks, and other common terms though, it's probably a good idea to move onto a better client.

Why?

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X_Chat: Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:43:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I used X-Chat for the main reason that, being an old mIRC Scripter, I like to be able to use a mouse, and for this reason I detested ircII. And BitchX just feels too much like using someone else's script, and it's too automated.

X-Chat is a...

Pirch98: Poorly Supported, Lame excuse for an IRC Client

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:32:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I used Pirch for a while, because I'd heard that it had a more powerful scripting language than mIRC. So I downloaded it, and found it not only a disgustingly laid out client, but it's more buggy than mIRC!

The options are poorly laid out and...

mIRC: Probably the best IRC Client for Windows

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:55:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - mIRC has come a long way from it's beginnings, and in my opinion it is probably the best IRC client available for Windows, possibly the best IRC client around.

Unlike text based clients such as BitchX, mIRC is reasonably intuitive to use...

Microsoft Windows NT: Before you shy away from NT, ask yourself what you need....

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:18:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - Before you shy away from Windows NT, just ask yourself what you need. As a Linux and FreeBSD user, I can honestly say I am in no way biased towards Microsoft.

However, people really should be fair, and open minded when selecting something as...

JascSofware Paint Shop Pro 6: Great program, unfortunately going down hill...

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:59:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - Paint Shop Pro (aka PSP) gets a lot of criticism at times from Photoshop lovers, but it is really quite a nice program. It contains reasonably powerful filters and effects (you can do some amazing stuff if you just experiment), and has the ability to...

Microsoft FrontPage 2000: Use FrontPage if you like poluted websites...

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:48:29 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - Microsoft's FrontPage Web Site Development package is garbage in my opinion. For starters, it's designed for you to be online, connected to your web server all the time while you are designing your site. Most people would probably rather do work on their...

Hayes OPTIMA 33.6/V.34 External: You get what you pay for!

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:26:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I currently reside in the US, but when I was living in Australia I used one of these babies, and I honestly love them.

Hayes make great modems and this one is no exception. You can get the drivers for Windows 95 almost anywhere, and the...

Corel Linux: Good for beginners, but should you really use Linux?

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:03:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - I installed Corel Linux a while ago, and I'll have to say I really didn't like it too much. The installation program was one of the prettiest I've ever seen, and quite simple.

But perhaps that was the problem. Corel Linux was over simplified...

SuSE Linux 7.0: Excellent despite the bad English

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:52:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - SuSE Linux (I used version 6.1 for quite some time) is intuitive and easy to install, despite the bad (at times appalling) grammar, which is understandable being that English isn't the primary language where it was developed.

If you're looking...

Good for beginners, but ditch it after 6 months...

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:34:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author fwaggle - AOL.. Arguably one of the best known Internet Service Providers around. This could possibly be because it's the friendliest provider I've ever seen to people who don't exactly know their way around the Internet. Everything is somewhat simple, easy to...