Epinions Recent Reviews for jwilhelm

URI: Good Food - Bad Internet

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:57:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - The food system at URI is much like that at many other colleges, but the food itself is quite good. There are a few good places to eat, and a few that should probably be avoided. At URI there are three places to eat that have food that is quite good. In...

Stereotypically Funny

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:23:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - When I went to see this movie (or was dragged there by a significant female :-)) I was expecting it to be the shallowest, stupidest, most pointless movie I'd ever seen. So when I walked out of the theatre I was at least a bit pleasantly surprised.
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The Cell Feels That Way

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:24:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - Watching The Cell made me feel very much like I was stuck in a cell. Even thirty minutes into the movie I was still looking around, confused; usually twenty minutes into a movie I am thoroughly mezmerized. It's not that The Cell was a bad movie... I just...

Sprint Mobile Phone Service in Providence: Sprint PCS - The Only Plan for the Northeast

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 20:56:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - I recently signed up with Sprint PCS after considering plans from AT&T and Verizon, and I can easily say that I am quite happy with my choice. Great coverage, good signal strength, high quality sound and a wonderful price make this the bets offer out...

Qualcomm 2700 - What More Could One Want?

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:09:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - I recently purchased the Qualcomm QCP-2700 mobile phone for use with my Sprint PCS plan and have been very happy with it. While the phone is one of Qualcomm's (whose mobile phone division is now Kyocera) discontinued models, it is still easy to find...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: Axis Systems: Not Too Shabby

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:56:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - On July 12th I purchased a custom-built Axis Terra AXT. I ordered the system without a hitch... there were no credit card problems or anything -- the process went quite smoothly. We got a confirmation e-mail quite quickly, saying that the order went...

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Fun For All Ages

Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:07:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - In December of 1999 I attended a youth group convention in California. Being from the east coast, and never having been to California, I had a wonderful time. Perhaps the most interesting part was the day we spent at the aquarium.

The...

Canon: Well, It Works...

Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:41:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - The Canon BJC-4400 is by no means a high-quality printer. It is not meant to print photographs, or full color documents that rival laser, dye, or high-quality inkjet printouts. It was simply meant to fill a consumer avoid for a moderate-quality,...

Flat is Beautiful

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:14:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - Well, what more can I say about this monitor than that it is damn sexy. A few days ago I was at a computer show and I saw this monitor and fell in love with it. The picture tube is perfectly flat, the controls are so cute the way they just pop out of the...

Road Trip Frickin' Hilarious!

Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:17:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - It's not often that I go see three new movies in the span of a week or three, but I have seen Frequency, Mission: Impossible 2, and Road Trip. I must say that Road Trip was very possibly the funniest movie I've ever seen (besides of course the Leslie...

Avantgo: Killer App for the Palm OS

Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:59:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - I've been using Avantgo for a few weeks now, and it has certainly become the most frequently used application on my Visor. I mean, as exciting as it is to add people to the address book, or see how busy the next week of my life will be, or write myself...

Frequency: Touching, Entertaining; A Great Movie

Sat, 20 May 2000 22:39:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - I saw Frequency today; what an amazing movie. Besides all the great action scenes, like the incredibly-done warehouse-fire scene, this movie was amazingly touching and had a certain scientific believablity to it. In quick summary, the movie builds itself...

Starbucks Hot Chocolate Not Great

Mon, 15 May 2000 17:30:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - Well, I must admit, I'm not a coffe or hot beverage connoseuir, but I feel as if, as a moderate drinker of hot chocolate during the New England winters, that I have the right to comment on the sewer water I was recently served at Starbucks.

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Nero Burning ROM: Nero CD-RW Software Tops

Fri, 12 May 2000 17:40:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - My Creative Labs CD-RW 6424 came with ahead's Nero CD-burning software. This versatile and powerful software not only allows the user to make CD covers and labels automatically by reading the tracks from an audio CD, but the NERO software supports MANY...

Be OS: BeOS: If It Were Human I'd Have It Bear My Children

Thu, 11 May 2000 17:55:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - In all seriousness, BeOS 5 is the kind of operating system that people dream of (...if you dream of operating systems).

BeOS 5 Personal Edition supports IDE and SCSI drives and has PCMCIA and USB support. It allows connectivity of scanners,...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: KDS Monitor Top Notch

Wed, 10 May 2000 22:08:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - I'll start off by saying, if I could afford one I'd buy one. I have been using this KDS monitor at school for a few month now, and I can honestly say it's the best large monitor I've ever used. In the graphics area at school we have a few Radius and...

Savage Garden Better Than Most

Fri, 5 May 2000 13:12:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - It's funny, sometimes youll be driving home from school or work and hear a song on the radio that you like, and not know who sings it... then you'll hear it again, and a few hours later realize that you're humming the chorus line. I can speak from...

The Human Condition

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:26:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - "The Things We Know Best Are the Things We Haven’t Been Taught..."

-Marquis DeVauvenargues

How many times have you heard “I won’t believe it until I see it,” “I didn’t see it happen,” or “you won’t know until you try.” These...

All Quiet On The Western Front: Kat and Paul?

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:24:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - As All Quiet on the Western Front progresses and develops, there is one key aspect of Remarque’s writing that is fascinating to follow. At the beginning, when Kat and Paul share a goose together, in a seemingly peculiar wartime ritual, the reader may...

Singer, Isaac Bashevis: Singer's "Enemies...": Herman and Leon... Long-Lost Twins?

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:21:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - As Enemies, A Love Story progresses, the main character Herman Broder becomes more like Leon Tortshiner, a much more minor character. Throughout the story Leon is portrayed as a lying, cheating, pimp who has sex with his wife so she can earn a divorce...

Paton's Cry The Beloved Country

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:17:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - Alan Paton was a prophet who cried out to the world a vivid protest against inequality, degradation of human values and racial oppression. In Cry, the Beloved Country, Paton illustrates how the 1940’s were a period of history when racism ran rampant in...

An Analysis of Camus' The Stranger

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:14:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - In Albert Camus novel, The Stranger, the main character Meursault displays a unique indifference to his surroundings and the world around him. It takes him a degree of time to come to terms with his indifference, but when he does he feels truly free from...

Sophocles: Is Creon a Protagonist?

Thu, 4 May 2000 16:46:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - All major works of literature contain fundamental conflicts, and Antigone by Sophocles, is no exception. Whether it is the conflict between two characters, between a character and the state, or between conflicting ideals, Antigone has many interesting...

Louis Satchmo Armstrong - An Influentical Musician

Thu, 4 May 2000 16:43:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - Louis Armstrong, the most influential Jazz musician ever, defined what it was to play jazz. His willingness to migrate, both physically from the south to the north, as well as within the genre of jazz helps to explain his musical innovation. This is...

Creative Labs CD-RW A Blast

Mon, 1 May 2000 20:21:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jwilhelm - Before I begin, a quick note to the reader: I actually own a Creative Labs CD-RW 6424, not 4224. It writes at 6x, rewrites at 4x, and reads at 24x. Since there is no category for it on epinions I put it in this one, which is the closest I could find.
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