Epinions Recent Reviews for kathi

GM Place: A hockey lover's overview.

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:21:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - GM Place, home to the Vancouver Canucks, is an excellent venue for sports and entertainment events. Since its opening in 1995, "the Garage" has welcomed over 10 million visitors. Since I've only visited GM Place during hockey games, I will approach this...

Excellent for the price

Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:44:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I am an avid photo hobbyist, and I shoot a LOT of pictures. After years with my 35mm SLR, I thought it was high time I explore the world of digital photography. I did a lot of research and a lot of shopping around for good prices, and I settled upon the...

INNERHOST - NT Web Hosting: Pleasure to work with

Sat, 4 Nov 2000 20:19:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - As an application developer specializing in Active Server Pages, I have had the opportunity to work with sites located on a variety of NT/IIS web hosting providers. Some have been horrendous (see my review on XO Communications), others decent, and some...

XO: Adequate...sometimes

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:36:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - In the beginning, I was hosted with Concentric. Being basically displeased with my experience with them, I bought and began reselling space on 9Net Avenue. Lo and behold, 9Net was snapped up by Concentric a year or so later. Then NextLink bought...

Xenofex: Nice...but was this necessary?

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 03:48:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Alien Skin Software is known for their Eyecandy Adobe-compatible graphic filters. Their Xenofex package, while a package in its own right, is more or less an extension of the Eyecandy package, in that it shares a common look and feel, and provides a...

All-around Excellence

Sat, 16 Sep 2000 21:16:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I have had experience with many different brands and models of fax modems, and I haven't found another brand that is as easy to install and is as reliable as the 3Com (USR) 56K Faxmodem (including the Voice Faxmodem). My partner and I like them so much...

Excellent information

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 22:54:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I will admit it - I'm quite partial to Wrox books. Written by programmers for programmers, Wrox books can be kind of intense, but they contain the information that developers need and want to know. This book, while not perfect, is an excellent resource...

MicrosoftÂ® Site Server 3 Bible: Decent,yes...Bible, no

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 22:19:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Microsoft Site Server 3.0 can be a real pain to set up, as we recently discovered at work. A good variety of books is definitely a good thing to have. This book, which touts itself to be the "bible" of Site Server, disappoints somewhat in the...

Who was that masked man?

Tue, 15 Aug 2000 05:16:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Part of my job is graphics manipulation, something that I have a love/hate relationship with. I love the results (mostly!), but I really hate it when I have an image that is perfect - except for that unfortunate background. I used to sit and edit out...

Pricey... but very cool

Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:16:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I've been a fan of Extensis products for awhile now, and PhotoFrame is no exception. I was hooked the moment I got it.

Extensis Photoframe allows you to frame your images with a wide variety of frames and effects, which can be combined and...

Microsoft Schedule +: The demise of Schedule+

Thu, 25 May 2000 05:02:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Its kind of a shame Microsoft decided to discontinue the stand-alone version of Schedule+, as I found it to have all the features I need without a lot of bells and whistles I neither need nor want.

I lost Schedule+ in a system crash two years...

I used to recommend BlackIce...

Thu, 25 May 2000 00:34:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I used to be a staunch BlackIce supporter. But following a series of minor annoyances and more importantly, repeated firewall failures, I finally gave up and went with another personal firewall.

BlackIce does have a lot of good things going...

May we direct you to the Enterprise server?

Tue, 23 May 2000 20:15:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I had my first experience with Netscape FastTrack just over two years ago. It really wasn't a bad web server, mind you, but the performance on our Novell network was truly tragic, and we soon found that we needed a more than the limited feature set that...

Lots of bang for the buck!

Fri, 12 May 2000 01:56:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I've been using Paint Shop Pro since the Windows 3.1 days, and this product has been getting consistently better with each release. Version 6, Jasc's latest offering, is no exception.

Paint Shop Pro is a full-featured image editing/drawing...

Netscape 6 Preview Release 1: Its about time, Netscape!

Sat, 8 Apr 2000 15:41:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I must confess, I am a die-hard Internet Explorer fan, and I don't particularly like Netscape. That may change with Netscape 6. I picked up a copy at Internet World and installed it, not expecting much. In short, I was blown away!

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ItServ Rideway: Smooth Ride...mostly

Thu, 30 Mar 2000 06:35:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - ITServ's RideWay is a connection-sharing program that makes life simple for the user. I've tried both WinGate and RideWay (and a couple of others) and when it comes to being user friendly, RideWay wins hands down.

If you don't have much...

If passing through...

Tue, 7 Mar 2000 06:19:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Granted, Fresno is definitely not a destination for a vacation. However, if you're on your way to Yosemite, Sequoia National Park or other nearby attractions and you find yourself killing time in Fresno, there are a few attractions that may...

Macromedia Drumbeat 2000: One ASP developer's opinion

Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:03:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Drumbeat 2000 is a visual development tool for creating database-driven web applications using Active Server Pages (ASP) technology. Drumbeat 2000 sounds like an ASP developer's dream come true: drag and drop interfaces, sophisticated wizards, database...

Electrum PowerMapper Professional Edition: Navigate THIS!

Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:44:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - PowerMapper is a site mapping tool that automatically creates graphical site maps which any browser can view without the need for additional software or plugins. If I had to choose just one word to describe it, that word would be "slick". I'm...

3M Post-it WebSite Notes Standard Edition: Oh geez, not another gimmick

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:49:26 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - In theory, Post-it Notes for the web is a really good idea to help bring people back to your site. What can we do with the post-its on a site? I did find some kinda nifty uses on their demo sites, such as for coupons, reminders, links to sites, etc, etc...

Falls short of hype

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 20:34:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - ScriptBuilder is an editing environment that supports a number of development platforms/languages, including ASP, javascript, java, perl, livewire and lotus domino. Ultimately, trying to be everything to everyone proved to be this program's undoing.
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Coffee Cup HTML Editor++: Coffee Cup Version 8: New Brew hits the spot!

Wed, 5 Jan 2000 21:40:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I recently got notification that Coffee Cup has a new version. Having liked the previous version (which I gave a good review), I was curious as to how Version 8 would compare. After giving it quite a workout, I am pleased to report that Coffee Cup HTML...

Napster: Tunes to Go!

Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:29:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Tired of hunting down mp3 ftp sites? Don't wait a moment longer - get Napster!

Napster is an online community of mp3 enthusiasts whose tastes vary widely - every genre is represented, from old-time country to alternative. The availability of...

IMSI HiJaak Express: Don't get Hijaaked

Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:50:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - I actually ran across Hijaak several years ago, and I wasn't terribly impressed then and I'm not terribly impressed now. Let's examine Hijaak and its various functions:

Hijaak is, first and foremost, an image conversion tool. With over 65...

Jasc Software Animation Shop 2: Simple, but fewer features

Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:48:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kathi - Animation Shop is a decent little animation program that happens to have the advantage of coming bundled with Paint Shop Pro (it is also available as a standalone product). While this is not the tool for animation pros or for those with advanced needs,...