Epinions Recent Reviews for laurbrown

USC Dining

Sat, 8 Jan 2000 06:02:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - There is a huge variety of on-campus dining at USC in comparison to other schools. While the food is not always the greatest quality, I will run through the six major on-campus dining spots at USC.

Residential Dining (a.k.a. EVK)
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USC Meal Plans

Sat, 8 Jan 2000 05:32:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - **Note** I have split up my epinions of USC Food Services into Meal Plans and Dining Halls -- to read about the actual food check my epinion on USC Dining.

USC freshmen who live in the dorms have a choice of three meal plans--Flex, 10 meal,...

Not burned out on Sunburn yet

Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:48:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - Sunburn by Fuel has remained in heavy rotation in my CD player since I bought it two years ago. I bought it on a whim after hearing the first single -- the sometimes-grinding/sometimes-wistful "Shimmer"--and was pleasantly surprised to...

Sixdegrees: Six degrees short of a.....

Thu, 6 Jan 2000 06:29:11 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - Ever played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? You know, the one where you connect any actor to Kevin Bacon by shared films, blah blah blah....I admit, it used to be a favorite game of my friends and I during long and boring high school classes.

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Hotmail: Frustration Station

Thu, 30 Dec 1999 06:52:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I have to say that although Hotmail is one of the leading free internet email providers, my experience has led me to believe that its just another case of sheep flocking to what everyone else is using (see my epinion on AOL). I signed up for this...

I Do!

Thu, 30 Dec 1999 06:14:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - This had to be one of the most entertaining presents on Christmas day, but sadly, it remained that way -- only entertaining on Christmas day.

The "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" CD-ROM by Jellyvision (makers of the You Don't Know...

Call me crazy but....

Thu, 23 Dec 1999 18:22:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - ....I love All That. Ok, so, it's not Emmy-quality television programming, but please, take it for what its worth: its a kid's variety show on Nickelodeon. If you're an adult and don't find it funny, perhaps it's because its not meant to be funny for...

To TO or not to TO

Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:13:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I am currently a student at the University of Southern California. I, along with a couple hundred other students, am in USC's honors program, called Thematic Option. Thematic Option is basically an alternative to the regular General Education program...

Big Bad Disney?? Not quite...

Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:59:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - This book intrigued me the second I saw it in the library. "'The Mouse Betrayed??'....'Children at risk??'...I'll take it!" But, after an evening of perusing the various tales that Peter and Rochelle Schweizer have compiled about the...

San Diego Union-Tribune: A Rag of a Newspaper...?

Wed, 8 Dec 1999 01:09:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - ...thats what my 12th grade English teacher called it. So, yeah, the UT isn't the New York Times, but it is a decent newspaper, and far better than San Diegans' other alternative, the North County Times. I'll go through it section by section:

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A Great Comprehensive Guide

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 20:04:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - Rosmarie Tong’s book, Feminist Thought, is a compilation of different feminist theories and their critiques. In this comprehensive guide to the many facets of "feminism," Tong covers the fundamentals of such facets as liberal feminism, radical...

Daily Trojan: Minimalism at its best

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:47:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - (I never thought I'd be reviewing my school's newspaper, but its listed, so here goes:)

No, the Daily Trojan is not the world's most informative news publication. But for what it is, a college newspaper read by students during short breaks...

Great, with one fatal flaw

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 17:10:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I have used many cordless phones in the past, and to be honest, this is one of the better ones I have used so far. My phone is the SPP-945, which is essentially the same as the 935 except it has an answering machine built in. The answering machine is...

I hate AOL, heres why you should too

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 04:55:17 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I no longer use AOL, as I switched to Road Runner and now my college ethernet connection. Here are my reasons for dropping this horrible ISP

-"Great content!" -- this is a TOTAL LIE. Believe me, just because AOL has things divided...

Napster: Gotta love Napster

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 03:38:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I am a total MP3 nerd, and I have to say that this is the best concept I have seen in MP3 searching in a long time. It basically throws both FTP and mIRC MP3 trades out the window, by allowing its thousands of users to search and share files in a...

Softice EZPad: Screw WYSIWYG, get EZPad!

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 03:22:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - EZPad is the most valuable HTML Authoring program I have on my computer, and not only that, it's free! Let me start off by saying that I have only had this program for a month but I have already fallen in love with it. Being cheap and unwilling to...

Better than Microsoft's!

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 00:06:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - This Logitech mouse is far superior to the Microsoft Intellimouse that I had on my previous computer. For starters, I love the shape. Rather than being short, stubby, and designed for right handers, like the Intellimouse, this mouse is long and evenly...

A Blessing Disguised as Loud Noise and Hippos

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:38:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - Yes, I admit it, this game is noisy. No, not just noisy, but REALLY NOISY. In fact, I remember my parents only let us play this game in the basement because of the major headache-factor. But now that I am grown up and get paid less-than-minimum wage...

I Love Ted Turner!

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 06:46:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - Ted Turner never fails me. I don't know what it is, but every time I turn on the TV, no matter how unbiased I try to be when channel surfing, I always wind up sticking with a classic TBS movie. A "classic TBS movie" does not star the likes...

One of the few great Gen-X movies

Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:06:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It has all the great elements: character depth, a good romantic conflict, subtle humor, and an awesome soundtrack. But what really makes this movie is the supporting cast, who steal the show. Janeane...

Don't bother with this one

Sun, 21 Nov 1999 08:20:59 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - This game is good in premise, but it just doesn't work out. Basically, how it is played is that there are a bunch of cards with questions on them, one person asks a question, everyone writes their answers, and then the person who asked the question has...

A Laid Back Good Time

Sun, 21 Nov 1999 08:08:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - My friends/family and I love "get together games," such as Taboo, Guesstures, Outburst, etc., but Balderdash has to be my favorite. The premise of this game is that you get a strange and random word (like "balderdash") and all the...

Cheap price, cheap quality

Thu, 18 Nov 1999 02:20:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I just got this printer about four months ago, and am not thrilled with it. It functions fine, but the print quality is always in question. Often, the type is crooked or wobbly, the page has many blank lines, and/or pages come out with ink blotches or...

Great, Simple Desk Reference

Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:50:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I make web pages as a hobby, and just recently made the transition from using a WSYIWYG program (FrontPage Express) to programming my own HTML code. I have been searching high and low for a book like this to help me. "Instant HTML" is not a...

Real Networks RealJukebox: Good to a point....

Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:11:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author laurbrown - I, like most computer users, am growing increasingly frustrated with the mini-wars being fought within the confines of my computer. You know the story: MSIE is your browser, you install a random program, and all of a sudden you're using Netscape...