Epinions Recent Reviews for jkottke

1000 design ideas in handy book form

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 01:03:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - I recently drove across country from Minneapolis to San Francisco with most of my life & possessions surrounding me in my car. Along the way, each time I stopped, I took a photo of something. Unfortunately, since I was in a hurry, I only stopped 12...

Burger King review title (insert bad pun here)

Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:22:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - When I worked at Imaginet, the gang and I used to eat at the BK about twice a week. The BK, that was our little nickname for Burger King...we took the first letter of each word in the name of the restaurant and used them to represent the whole name...

Kevin Smith should stick to writing.

Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:51:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - Well, one thing is for sure, Kevin Smith's movies lack that Hollywood polish. While that can be a good thing, in some ways that lack of polish kills you.

Take acting for instance. The acting in Smith's movies sucks...and this one was no...

Princess Mononoke - I don't know where to begin.

Thu, 11 Nov 1999 02:42:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - I am not a professional movie reviewer by any means. I've never seen more than 5 minutes of any other anime film, Saturday morning Pokemon cartoons excluded.

Given those two things, Princess Mononoke is one of the very best films I have seen...

"I Had No Idea You Could Do That with Puppets" and other astounding things.

Sat, 6 Nov 1999 18:34:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - "Never before during a movie has my mouth been more wide open than during this one."

I can always tell when Nichol really likes or really dislikes a movie: she flails around, throwing up her hands, clutching her head, pounding her...

Math + History = Yummy Goodness.

Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:52:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - To be completely honest, I didn't much care for this book when I got about halfway through it. The author was leading me down a path (or was he?), but I couldn't tell where the heck we were going. In the end, he turned on the light switch just in...

Quick, put me back in the sarcophagus!

Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:49:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - The Mummy is your typical Hollywood action/adventure movie...except with mummies. That is to say, it was boring, predictable, and not too good.

At first, I thought that maybe they were going to pull off a halfway decent movie....the plot...

Can't quite put my finger on it....

Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:30:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - The Chemical Brothers' newest effort is their best to date. Less block-rockin' than some of their previous stuff, most of the tracks off of Surrender are very easy to listen to, almost in an ambient way ("[Ambient music] must be as ignorable as it...

Incoming: It's like an extension of your body.

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:58:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - Like most, I've sat in my fair share of chairs over my lifetime. The most comfortable was a leather living room chair. I sank into it and almost instantly went to sleep.

By contrast, the Aeron office chair from Herman Miller does not put you...

Taxi Driver, Pt. 2

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:40:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - Before I even stepped into the theatre, I knew I was going to like this movie, even though I wasn't particularly anxious to see it (I was with friends and this was the only movie that we could agree on that none of us had seen before). Anyway....
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Daft Punk - Yes, but...

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:51:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - Three of my favorite electronic music tracks appear on this album, along with another favorite on the B-side of the "Da Funk" single. "Da Funk", "Around the World", "Alive", and "Musique" (the...

Orblivion - Jump Up and Sit Down

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:49:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - As far as I'm concerned, anything the Orb puts out is great. Their music is so trippy and groovy, but spares the listener the repetition of most electronic music. In short, the Orb's music has texture.

Orblivion is good listenin' in pretty...

The 2000 Jetta GL - Eurostylish

Sun, 10 Oct 1999 02:06:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - Note: I just leased my new Jetta a week ago today.

I test drove quite a few cars before deciding on the 2000 Jetta GL....the Honda Civic, the Jeep Cherokee, and the base Saturn model (the SL?) among them. They were all very good cars,...

Three Kings - No touchdown!

Fri, 8 Oct 1999 20:52:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - I liked Three Kings. There are many reasons why, but one scene in particular will go a long way in explaining.

Near the end of the movie (don't worry, no spoilers), Ice Cube's character throws a Nerf football laden with C4 explosive at a...

Photoshop 5.5 - much improved for Web design

Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:14:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jkottke - Adobe has done well with their upgrade of Photoshop, especially for us Web designers. I think they could stop upgrading right now and I'd be happy. So, here's the skinny on what they've done to make me so content.

(Caveats: I use Photoshop...