Epinions Recent Reviews for isewell

Tunisia: More than just Star Wars sightseeing!

Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:17:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - My wife and I visited Tunisia for two weeks during Christmas 2003. Why Tunisia? We visited Morocco in 2001 and loved it - and we thought this would be similar. Also, it's a relatively cheap destination - during peak period, the ticket from Paris only...

Continental Airlines: Continental Airlines: Where greed is job #1

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:02:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - My wife and I recently flew from San Francisco to Paris via Houston. Almost everything that could go wrong with a flight did. It was a horrible experience, and we will not be flying Continental again. In this rant, err, epinion, I will discuss the...

Brunei: Ups and downs in Bandar Seri Begawan

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:42:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - In July-August 2003, my wife and I took a 3 week trip to Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. We are independent travellers and stayed at budget hotels (and ate at budget restaurants) throughout our trip, which started in Bangkok. There are lots of...

Malaysia: Remind me again why we left Thailand?

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:40:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - In July-August 2003, my wife and I took a 3 week trip to Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. We are independent travellers and stayed at budget hotels (and ate at budget restaurants!) throughout our trip, which started in Bangkok. There are lots of...

Chiang Mai: A few days in Chiang Mai

Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:10:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - In July-August 2003, my wife and I took a 3 week trip to Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. We are independent travellers and stayed at budget hotels (and ate at budget restaurants!) throughout our trip, which started in Bangkok. There are lots of...

Ayuthaya: Exploring the ruins of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai

Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:01:32 GMT

Bangkok: There sure is a wat to see in Bangkok! (also: Damoen Saduak, Ko Samet)

Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:45:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - In July-August 2003, my wife and I took a 3 week trip to Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. We are independent travellers and stayed at budget hotels (and ate at budget restaurants!) throughout our trip, which started in Bangkok. There are lots...

American Express - Cash Rebate Card: New AmEx Blue Cash card: Up to 5% back. The most lucrative card, ever

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:02:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - AmEx has replaced their Cash Rebate card with a new "Blue Cash" card that offers up to 5% cash back. The new card is the best (and most lucrative) credit card I have ever owned in my life. There is no annual fee. This is an extremely complicated card, a...

iRobot Roomba Intelligent FloorVac Robotic Vacuum: I call mine 'Monica'. Check out my roomba-cam!

Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:29:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - What other vacuum cleaner has an internet fan club message board? I love my Roomba! I've been using it for about a week now and it's everything I had hoped for. I truly feel this is a useful product, at a great price point for it's features. iRobot...

Workable basic cellphone, but light on features and reception

Tue, 3 Dec 2002 17:56:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - I have a Nokia 8260 with AT&T and was having spotty reception in some areas, so I decided to try an 'upgrade' to a 1260, since it was offered free after rebate. It didn't end up being any better (reception-wise) then the 8260, and is chunkier, and has...

Canon CanoScan LiDE 30 Flatbed Scanner: Scan up to 3 great quality photos at once, but be prepared to wait!

Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:45:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - Every scanner I've ever bought in my life has been a sub $30 scanner (or my favourite, free after rebate). So, dropping $100 on a scanner was a really big splurge. In this review I will talk about this software (and how it makes this scanner so much...

Valley of the Fairy Chimneys: You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:28:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - Capadoccia is one of my fondest memories of Turkey. "The Valley of Fairy Chimneys" is truly like something out of a dream - it's hard to believe you're really seeing it. The area is sprinkled with these giant finger-like rock formations that have been...

Turkey: A backpacker's overview of Turkey

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:27:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - In August 2002, my wife and I backpacked around Turkey for 9 days. During this time we visited Kusadasi/ Ephsesus, Pammukale, Goreme and Cappadocia, Ankara, and Istanbul. We were never part of a tour group, we backpacked and arranged all our own...

Ephesus: Kusadasi, Ephesus and Pamukkale

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:27:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - Sorry about the multiple-city review, I will clean it up once Pamukkale is added as a separate location. For now I will lump them together, as Pamukkale is a common day trip from Kusadasi/Ephesus.

We arrived in Kusadasi from Greece. It is a...

Istanbul: Istanbul, not Constantinople

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:26:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - We spent 3 days in Istanbul to finish up a 3 week vacation to Iceland, Greece, and Turkey. It was a great way to finish off our vacation. We were backpacking and not part of a tour group. It's a very easy city, with almost all of the main tourists...

Ankara: It might be the capital, but your time is better spent elsewhere

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:25:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - Ankara, the capital of Turkey (not Istanbul - surprise!) is a busy, smoggy city. Most tourists give it a miss, but there's a few sights worth checking out if you're passing through. Ankara is also a major transportation hub - and it was the perfect way...

Compaq Presario 730US Notebook Computer: Overheating, unreliable, slow laptop. Why didn't I return this within 30 days?!

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:11:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - I bought my Presario 730US 4 months ago and it's been nothing but problems. I've upgraded to 512MB ram to try to improve things, but it hasn't helped. I dearly wish I'd returned it or eBay'ed it before my conscience got the better of me!

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Reykjavík: How to empty your bank account in 48 hours (with photos)

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:58:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - My wife and I spent 3 days and 2 nights in Rekjavik, Iceland on the way to London, from San Francisco. We were there in July. It was a worthwhile stopover to get a small "taste" of Iceland. Be warned, Iceland is very, very expensive. It's on par with...

Visioneer OneTouch 5800 Flatbed Scanner: What a waste of plastic and metal! (with example pictures)

Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:50:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - I picked up this turd on a free-after-rebate/coupon deal from Office Max. I had an old parallel scanner which had dodgy support in Windows XP, so I wanted to update to something a little more modern. It wasn't worth the $2 in tax. My hope is that if I...

The ants no longer go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah!

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:18:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - We live in northern California and we had a big problem with an ant infestation in our house. They're not carpenter or fire ants, just regular, small, annoying, ants. And a lot of them.

In this review I will talk about products we've tried...

White Sands National Monument: Oryxes and sledding and F117's oh my!

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:05:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - On a road trip from northern California to New Orleans, we took a detour to visit the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. We were there in late December. White Sands is at the northern end of Chihuahuan Desert, in the Tularosa Basin.
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Hewlett Packard DeskJet 825c InkJet Printer: If you're going to 'rent' a printer, this should be the one!

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:31:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - Almost all printer manufacturers are moving to a pricing model where they almost give away the printer, and make money on selling their ink. (Lexmark started this fine tradition) For low-use needs, I have been extremely happy with the 825C.

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The best Quicken-supporting online bank, period.

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:02:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - DirectBanking.com is the online subsidiary of Salem Five, a Boston-based bank. I am very happy with the service I have received from Salem Five. In this review I will talk about what I was looking for in a bank, other options I looked into, their web...

Cancun: Club Med Cancun: Paradise spoiled (now with photos)

Thu, 9 May 2002 16:31:18 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - My wife and I spent two and a half weeks in Club Med Cancun in July 2001. We had about 2 days to make vacation plans, as I suddenly found myself between jobs and we wanted to take advantage of the free time. For photos of our trip, please see...

Fourth phone in four years, I finally got it right!

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:48:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author isewell - This is my fourth cordless phone in as many years, and I think I finally have a keeper! This time, I was looking for a cordless with speakerphone on the handset, an integrated answering machine (since eVoice died!), and preferably wall-mountable...