Epinions Recent Reviews for marniejoyce

beautiful and perfect for a young child

Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:51:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I was looking for a first doll for my 14 month daughter. I wanted a doll that made no noise. Didn't urinate. Didn't suck a thumb or pacifier (my daughter does neither). Didn't come with novelty "accessories". In short, I was looking for a plain, old baby...

Perfect toy for my 7 month old

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 11:35:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - The Melody block is a soft block, 6 inches on all sides. Each side has a different color and animal. There are textures or activities involved in all sides. The yellow lion has a satin crinkly mane, the blue fish has a sparkly body, the white polar...

Baby Bjorn Model 2003 Baby Carrier: flexible and convenient

Sun, 2 Nov 2003 12:54:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - My daughter is 6 months old, and we've been using the Baby Bjorn since she was 2 months old, when she first met the minimum weight requirement. She's a chubby kid now, and she still loves the Baby Bjorn, and so do I. I have had the occasion to view old...

Vibration and toy bar soothe and entertain

Fri, 18 Jul 2003 05:27:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - We decided to buy a portable crib instead of a standard, fixed crib as our baby's primary bed. We ma...

My baby is in love!

Fri, 18 Jul 2003 04:28:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I was originally attracted to the John Lennon mobile for a number of reasons: it matches the Carter'...

the best prenatal yoga tape for me

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:03:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I tried a few prenatal yoga tapes. I used to attend yoga classes, before becoming pregnant, and would have continued into my pregnancy except that I moved to an area where I could not find any classes offered. So I bought some tapes.

I liked...

Inglesina Zippy Umbrella Stroller: the opening and closing mechanism makes all the difference

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 07:59:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I spent a lot of time researching my stroller purchase and the one thing I found going against the Zippy was that I could not find an epinion review of it. I bought it anyway.

What I love best about this stroller is that it opens and closes...

I love my vacuum cleaner

Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:28:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I love my vacuum cleaner. I do love my vacuum cleaner. I love my vacuum cleaner. Is it wrong to love my vacuum cleaner?

When I say this thing sucks I mean it has serious power. I have 3 cats in a small New York apartment, and if you don't know...

Block Financial TaxCut Deluxe: the single most horrifying software experience ever

Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:07:21 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I've bought a lot of software, and I've had some good experiences. I've had some bad ones, too, but nothing nearly as horrifying as this one.

The product I am talking about was packaged as "Home and Business" but it was really two separate...

Withstanding the test of time

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:28:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I am really hard on cordless phones. I have a home office, 3 of us working here full time, 4 phone lines, and a total lack of delicacy with electronic equipment. I also live in Manhattan where the brownouts in the summer have killed many a phone system,...

the right machine for the right job

Wed, 9 May 2001 21:15:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - The thing is this. Most people buy one computer and they want it to cover all the bases for the best price. Of course. This makes perfect sense. But there is more to consider than simply how fast, how expandable, how much.

I use a lot of...

the perfect size for people who hate carrying things

Wed, 9 May 2001 20:15:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I've been through a number of cell phones. The main problem is that I hate carrying a phone around, but I am required to by the nature of my job.

I also hate carrying bags or anything that doesn't fit into the pockets of a pair of jeans. The...

fulfils obligation, although you could ask for more...

Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:09:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - This is a multi-standard converting VCR. What that means is that you can watch any format VHS tape on any format TV. For instance, you can watch a PAL tape on an NTSC TV. You can watch a NTSC tape on a SECAM TV. You get the picture (no pun intended)...

My dollhouse was never this cool

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:20:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I had a dollhouse as a kid. I wallpapered it, furnished it, found dolls to inhabit it; I even dreamed of adding electricity (I never did, though). Mostly what I liked to do, though, was take the furniture OUT of the house and build new and exciting...

Eudora 5: Eudora 5.0 Upgrade blackmail

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 15:08:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I have used Eudora for the Macintosh for about 5 years now. I have always used the paid version because I felt it was worth it, and I respected any company that would put out the earlier versions of their software as freeware, and I felt that practice...

I wanted this desperately, but now...

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:11:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - The main reason I wanted this camera was its size. I wanted small and easy to tote around. The Sony DCR-PC100 is certainly small.

I also wanted the legendary Sony video quality. Don't ask me where I got the idea that Sony's video quality was...

Finest New York Italian Restaurant

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:08:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - Pasticcio Restaurant is by far my favorite place to dine in New York. While friendly and casual in appearance, the quality of the service is comparable to that which you would find in any big fancy restaurant. The food is also extraordinary: I almost...

Qualcomm Eudora: Eudora 5.0 Upgrade blackmail

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:30:48 GMT

choose the plane as well as the flight

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:32:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I have taken over 10 Alitalia flights in the past year. I fly Alitalia because it offers a direct flight from New York to Milan, which is what I need, and if I reserve tickets on their website (with a little advance, but not too much is necessary) I can...

Google: if you like google.... and who doesn't?

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 19:40:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - http://www.google.com/buttons.html is a good place to download scripts that can sit in your bookmarks and allow you to search immediately by opening a small search field window, or select text in a page and click your google link and complete an instant...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (Mac): Reluctant to like it... but I do

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 19:12:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I am not reluctant to like this product simply because it is a Microsoft product. I am reluctant to like it because of my past history with MS products, most of all browsers. I use a web browser all day long. I do everything on the web. A browser crash...

teeny tiny and crispy clear

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:01:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I bought this camera to replace a 2 year old Sony Mavica (which I adored, but then computers started coming without floppy drives and it was big and...and it was stolen).

I did a lot of research. I was really looking for the S20, and while...

for grown-ups with self-confidence

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:35:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I live in New York City. Everyone and their mother has a Razor or knock-off. Street vendors are selling them like crazy.

I wanted one, but figured I would never use the thing. So I looked with envy on the 6 year olds in my neighborhood (I...

tricky but fast

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:23:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I have the QPS Que!Fire 8x4x32 firewire CD-RW. This means that in theory it writes CD-ROM at 8x, CD-RW at 4x, and reads CDs at 32x.

The interesting thing about this theory is that it happens to be true, an experience I have not always had with...

Thank goodness for ISP intervention

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:04:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marniejoyce - I have an ISP that I trust. I rent rack at a local data center (Globix) for web servers, and the service is outstanding.

So when they began to offer DSL, I jumped at the chance. Later I found that they were actually brokering Covad service,...