eBay: Buyer Beware or Buyer's Paradise: It all depends on you!

Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:31:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - There are as many experiences on Ebay as there are sellers. Unless you've been in a cave for the past few years, you know that's a LOT. With a healthy dose of caution and common sense, you can successfully find and purchase anything (anything that's...

Capital One: A Capital PAIN

Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:52:36 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - After canceling the card and disputing several of the service charges, They are still applying service fees to my account every month.

They had this nasty habit of holding charges for a couple of months then spring them on me when it would...

Umax Astra 3450 Flatbed Scanner: UMAX Astra 3450 GREAT but only for newer Macs

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:49:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I know this scanner works great. I've SEEN it work great...on a G4. I, however, have a mac clone (PowerBase 180 with a G3 upgrade) with a USB card and therein lies the problem.

According to "Randy" at UMAX tech support, the scanner...

Ricky Martin: Sound Loaded--BANGS!!

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:26:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - This guy just keeps getting better and better! The up tempo songs on this CD like "She Bangs", "Loaded" and "One Night Man" could easily surpass the success of "Livin' La Vida Loca". The bold lyrics have more edge...

Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 (02332036) for PC: Adobe and Macromedia battle at users' expense!!

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:19:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I've loved ATM for many years now, but the honeymoon's over. ATM is NOT compatible with many versions/platforms of Macromedia FireWorks and Flash. I use both programs in the Mac and the Windows environment and have had serious problems when ATM and/or...

Epson Stylus® Color 660 InkJet Printer: No More Ink-Sodden Print-outs!!

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:49:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I recently bought a refurbished Epson 660 for home use. It's been an absolute gem!! A complete contrast to my experience with the Epson Stylus Color 1520 (see my review at:

Iomega ZIP 250 (11234) Internal ZIP Drive: The Morale is "Bigger isn't always better”

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:57:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I have over 30 zip disks some for over 5 years and I’ve never had one go bad on me. I lost a gig of storage on Jaz disks and I’ve even scratched a CD or two, but my trusty Zips go everywhere with me and do everything I need. Can you afford to lose a gig...

Continental Airlines: They must think LEGS belong in the overhead bin!!!

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:03:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - Mind you, I'm only 5'5". How taller people fly with Continental is just beyond my comprehension!

I had to take a last minute flight from San Diego to Amsterdam with a 6-hour layover in Newark (Never been to Newark before...I thought they...

Ballpark in Arlington: Do they throw Unitarian's to the Longhorn's there?

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:30:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - This is the most God-awful expensive temple to vanity I've ever seen. It's not as if the Texas Rangers are a winning team. Do they think this waste of tax-payers' money will make them better?

I'm sure this review will make a bunch of rednecks...

American Trans Air: The WORST airline experience--EVER

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:46:27 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - What's your worst nightmare about flying? How about a 13-hour (over night) layover with a 6 yr old child and the airline won't check-in your luggage until an hour before the flight? It happened to me.

I recently flew to Holland to help my...

Swissair: More than you could ask for and kid-friendly too!

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:14:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - Flying internationally isn't easy, especially with a 6-yr old child...and her cranky mother, but Swissair made the flight as smooth as possible and was very kid-friendly.

I recently flew to Holland to help my sister and niece return to the...

This hypoglycemic's must have

Sat, 8 Jul 2000 01:23:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - As a hypoglycemic, I have to watch those nasty little carb grams. I found these protein bars about 9 months ago when I started following a high protein/low carb diet. They fit the bill in the protein/carb ratio 3 to 1. I now eat one every day for...

I don't have a home or a garden but I'm addicted!

Sat, 8 Jul 2000 01:00:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - My name is JK Hudson and I'm addicted to the Home & Garden channel. I live in a one bedroom apartment and have a few house plants, but when I watch HGTV I live in a fantastic four bedroom house with a landscape to die for! Better yet--I haven't seen...

Yahoo! Geocities: GeoCities Plus--The ole bait and switch!!

Sat, 8 Jul 2000 00:34:21 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - This will go down as one of the most irritating learning experiences in my life. I had to move my website in a hurry because my friend who was hosting it was selling his servers with his business. I picked GeoCities Plus because it was quick, offered me...

Adobe Streamline 3.0 (26020013) for PC: What a Waste of Time!

Sat, 27 May 2000 14:02:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I've never been able to understand the point of Streamline. Photoshop will save paths to Illustrator. Anything that you can't get a decent path on that way was never meant to be vector art to begin with. So what is the point with this software?

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Macromedia Fireworks: Give me Fireworks any day

Sat, 27 May 2000 01:45:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I've tried ImageReady and Fireworks and Fireworks wins hands down. When a client complains about the quality of the graphics when I use ImageReady and not when I use Fireworks, that's enough for me.

I don't think that Fireworks gets its due...

Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 (DWD20D20) for PC: Thank God for Dreamweaver!!

Sat, 27 May 2000 01:26:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - To ask a visual person to create pay layout from strings of text is like asking someone to pat their head while rubbing their tummy—it an be done with some practice but what's the point? I refuse the write code all day to produce design and I've been a...

Macromedia Flash 3 (and prior versions): Easy to use, not easy to master

Sat, 27 May 2000 01:03:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - Now that most browsers install the Flash plug-in as a default, the argument that the average viewer won't see the Flash animation and won't be willing to download the plug-in is ludicrous. In fact, it's now become S.O.P. (standard operating procedure) to...

If you love life, you gotta love this music

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 01:41:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I gotta be honest here. I didn't buy Ricky Martin's CD when I first heard about it. I thought he was just some puppy that the teenagers were going nuts over. In fact, I didn't see him at the Grammys last year either. I saw him perform on Oprah last July...

Paris: Sacre Coeur will stay in your heart forever.

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:59:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - Finding a quiet spot away from all the OTHER tourists in Paris is difficult. For me, the must-not-miss site in Paris is the Sacre Coeur de Jesu (The Sacred Heart of Jesus) in Monmartre. It was truly a mystical serene experience. As an artist, I could...

University of Texas-Arlington: Liberal Arts just a little too liberal for UTA

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 01:30:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - Anyone who attends UTA will tell you the university has favorites. Engineering, Architecture and Business schools are the darlings of the administration. These colleges received the best facilities, teachers, equipment that money could buy. However, if...

QuarkXPress: Excellent Product...if only the company wasn't such a pain!

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 01:07:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I've used QuarkXPress since 1993 and I couldn't recommend any other page layout program regardless of how difficult the company is to deal with. Their semi-paranoid grip on upgrade availability is a major flaw and a royal pain. Still, Quark has been the...

Epson Stylus Color 1520 Inkjet Printer: In a single word: Glitchy

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:46:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - I have had several experiences with the Epson Stylus Color 1520 as a temp in the graphic's industry. Each of the clients that have this product experience the same things, paper misfeeds, difficulty loading the ink cartridges and drivers that freeze when...

Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Service Release 1 (588-01102) for PC: You want me to WHAT in PowerPoint?

Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:32:06 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - PowerPoint is the bane of any graphic designer that has ever come into contact with it. It doesn't have the keyboard shortcuts or the text formating capabilities that we've come to expect from a design application—not to mention how it handles color...

Pratchett, Terence David John: British humor at its best

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:46:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkhudson - Terry Pratchett is right up there with Douglas Adams in my book, if you'll pardon the pun. His "Discworld" series is the superb, dry, witty humor that the British have perfected over thousands of years. If you've never read his series, think of...

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