Epinions Recent Reviews for jakob

Like Reliving the Bubble Years

Sun, 27 May 2001 22:08:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - Startup.com tells it like it was. Seeing this film feels like reliving the bubble days of 1999 and early 2000. I kept saying, “yes, I remember that” to elements from the huge billboard in downtown Manhattan sponsored by Doubleclick (back when they had...

Hotel Ritz: The Food! The Location! The Prestige! (The Price!)

Sat, 28 Apr 2001 23:58:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - The Ritz might well be the most famous hotel in the world. For sure, it's the place to stay in Paris, both in terms of prestige and in terms of the address. The hotel is right on the Place Vendome, next to one of the main government ministries...

Cultural Centres: Millenium Dome: see in 2000

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:36:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - The Millenium Dome is an exhibit hall in the suburbs of London which is supposedly only going to be open in the Year 2000. It contains a variety of exhibits on things like the future of telecommunications and what makes the British special. Some exhibits...

Fabulously innovative Japanese appetizers

Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:02:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - Go to Nobu. You won't regret it.

But don't assume that it is a sushi restaurant or that you should make sushi the main part of your meal. In fact, I would recommend skipping the sushi completely since it is not much better than what you get in...

eFax: Sometimes Drops Faxes Into Black Hole

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:52:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - I have had several cases where eFax has dropped some of my faxes into a black hole. The service receivced the fax fine, but it never appeared in my email. And these are cases I know about. There might be several other cases where people sent me...

SGI / Silicon Graphics Silicon Graphics 1600SW (Gray) 17.3 inch LCD Monitor: Wide Screen, Very Clear, Quite Expensive

Sat, 20 Nov 1999 23:17:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - Silicon Graphics' 1600SW is a very high quality flat panel display in terms of brightness and image quality. The image is very crisp, the colors are clean, and the viewing angle is more than adequate to have other people look at the screen with you.
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The Economist Magazine: Newsmagazine for the Intelligensia

Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:12:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - The Economist is a great magazine for people with a graduate degree and an IQ in the top 3% of the population. It has much more intellectual rigor than most other writing you see these days outside of academia. They will gladly show elasticity curves and...

US Postal Service Express Mail: Simple and Fairly Fast Way to Ship Documents Overseas

Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:50:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - Global Express Mail has two standard sizes of envelopes that can be sent for a flat rate, the benefits of which are relatively low prices and simplicity (no need to weigh the letter - just paste on the flat rate stamp).

For many shipments, the...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: High-quality single-user printer/copier

Fri, 17 Sep 1999 23:27:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - The Xerox XD100 is a combined 600 dpi printer and copier that connects to a single PC (not networked). It's black-and-white laser printing: I would rather have crisp B&W than fuzzy color. I was slightly worried whether 600 dpi would be enough to make...

Phillip Island: Cute and Romantic Penguins

Sat, 11 Sep 1999 16:32:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - The Penguin Parade is a great way of getting in touch with nature, but it is extremely cold to sit by the ocean at night for several hours, so bring plenty of warn clothes (even if it seems plenty warm during the day while you take in the sights...

Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 99: Poorly integrated DVD; but it lives in my drive

Sat, 11 Sep 1999 16:05:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - The Encarta Suite DVD puts several Microsoft reference products on a single DVD, but the contents are not integrated (in the 1999 version): the same material is covered in multiple spots and you never know what's available. There is no unified search or...

Pretty good on DVD, but the big ship needs a big screen

Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:23:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - I have seen Titanic twice: first in a movie theater when it opened and recently on DVD in a "home theater" with surround sound and the works. The image quality and sound quality are both very good on the DVD: it seems as if some care was taken...

Hewlett Packard ScanJet 4100C Flatbed Scanner: Extreme ease-of-use

Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:56:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - This is a great scanner for the non-power user. You don't need to know anything to use it and it is very easy to install.

The 4100C is a USB device, which means that you simply plug it into one of your USB ports and it works. No set-up. No...

The Future Is Not What It Used To Be

Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:36:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - Anybody who has never seen 2001 should be warned that the last part of the film is almost incomprehensible if you have not read Arthur C. Clarke's book on which the book is based. If you *have* read the book, then the last part is stunning.

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Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: Good travel machine, especially for presentations

Mon, 6 Sep 1999 22:16:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jakob - I have been using the Sharp Actius PC-A150 for almost a year and so far without problems. It *still* impresses most people when I pull it out. When I am on panels at conferences, most other speakers lug around big bricks that look like they were designed...