© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-martytdx Recent reviews written by member martytdx en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_453132455556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - Every year, my family gets together at the beachhouse in North Carolina for a family vacation. And every year, my wife and I would jury-rig a collection of bungees, tie-downs and a tarp to cover our rooftop carrier and protect it from the elements. Each... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453132455556 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:15:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453132455556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452466675332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - 5 years ago, a 150GB hard drive seemed like a HUGE drive that would be hard to fill up.  Then came my 300GB hard drive backed up by a 250GB one.  And a 500GB external hard drive.  I never thought it would happen - I didn't think Iwould be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452466675332 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:36:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452466675332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452456976004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - I never thought it would happen - I didn't think Iwould be able to fill up 1TB of memory (500GB, 300GB and 250GB drives). But it happened, and I needed to get MORE hard drive space, in this case a new 1TB internal drive. However, because all of my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452456976004 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:58:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452456976004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420659826308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - As a birder, I've always known that we owed a lot to John James Audubon. But until I read this biography, I hadn't realized quite how much American ornithological history owes to one man's quest to document the species of birds found in this country (or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420659826308 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:05:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420659826308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408267558532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - When I first got the okay to go to a conference in Vancouver, BC a few months ago, I quickly asked the company travel agency to book me a hotel within walking distance of the conference. Luckily, they hotel they chose was the hotel where the conference... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408267558532 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:46:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408267558532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_401285353092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - Charlie - the typical Beta Male - is about to have his first child, and is wandering through his life as Beta Males do: worrying about everything that he can, and trying to provide the most stable environment for 'The One' woman who truly loves him. But... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~401285353092 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:20:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_401285353092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_360197099140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - My wife and I have been looking forward to our recent trip to south Texas to do some birding, hiking and photography. When we first started planning, I looked around for good places to stay. A birding magazine recommended a place called The Inn at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~360197099140 Thu, 10 May 2007 23:29:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_360197099140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_356908830340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - While on our trip to Texas, we were primarily concerned with birds, but almost as soon as we got there, we started seeing butterflies and dragonflies everywhere that caught our interest. We started taking pictures and trying to figure out what some of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~356908830340 Fri, 4 May 2007 08:41:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_356908830340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_353374080644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - When my wife and I went on our recent birding trip to the lower Rio Grande Valley, we decided to stay at The Inn at Chachalaca Bend, a well-renowned bed-and-breakfast that has been popular with birders for years because of its bird-friendly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~353374080644 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:34:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_353374080644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_355120221828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - When planning a recent trip to Texas to go birding, my wife and I did our research to find the best spots to visit and what we might see. I got The Birder's Guide to Texas as an Xmas present, but it was more of a guide of where to go rather than... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~355120221828 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:40:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_355120221828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_355101281924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 5th Edition Many years ago, when I was first being exposed to 'real' birding, I remember being shown the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America that my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~355101281924 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:44:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_355101281924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_353372507780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - When my wife and I were getting ready for our trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, I looked to a few resources to find out where we should focus our efforts since we would only have 5 days (WAY too few, it turns out). She bought me a book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~353372507780 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:38:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_353372507780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_351079075460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - As a guy with a degree of biochemistry who minored in microbiology, the books about the subject of germs, microbiology and immunology and even epidemiology strike a chord. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but for me, I find it good reading. In the past,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~351079075460 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:46:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_351079075460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_324718005892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - When I started my new job, I had to find a new place to get my breakfast after getting off the train. As I was walking to the office, I came across Cosi, a small cafe and coffee shop near the corner 18th on Walnut. Cosi is a part of a chain... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~324718005892 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:06:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_324718005892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_309368163972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - As a photographer with 2 digital SLR carmeras (a Nikon D200 and a D70), I take a lot of pictures - which means that I need a lot of storage. Despite having a 100GB Seagate main hard drive and a 250GB Seagate backup drive, I've been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~309368163972 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:19:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_309368163972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_306709761668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - As a designer, I work in a fairly free-flowing environment and within that often comes a somewhat loud environment. To compensate and keep from getting distracted, I'm a big user of my iPod and iTunes (and various streaming websites)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~306709761668 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:52:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_306709761668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_297985674884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - I'm a science nut, and always have been. From dinosaurs when I was a little kid, to space later to an eventual interest in diseases and microbiology (I do have a biochemistry degree, after all), I've read tons of books about diseases,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~297985674884 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:36:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_297985674884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_296844562052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - While the imminent war between Corellia and the Galactic Alliance has settled into a stalemate, tensions remain high on both sides. The Alliance continues its crackdown on the dissident planet and its residents on Coruscant, led by Jedi Knight Jacen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~296844562052 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:05:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_296844562052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_263873793668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - They survived the invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong. They defeated the hordes of insect-like Joiners to narrowly escape another war. But now, after a lifetime of conflict , the strain is showing and the Galactic Alliance is threatening to collapse due to a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~263873793668 Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:18:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_263873793668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_258099482244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - I'm a big fan of fiction because I'm a fan of story-telling, the old-fashioned weaving of words to envelope the reader in a blanket of the author's landscape, to pull them in and with only words create an experience that the reader takes part in. To me,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~258099482244 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:06:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_258099482244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_252145274500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - There are some people in the world who are just inherently funny, who know just what to say and when to say it to achieve laughs. Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" and comedian, is one of those people. I've been a fan of Stewart's style of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~252145274500 Sun, 3 Sep 2006 01:51:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_252145274500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_238495764100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - Last summer, my wife and I both had Nikon D70 dSLR cameras to play with, and unfortunately were dealing with one of the hazards of summers in the Mid-Atlantic region - a dearth of interesting birds to photograph. You can only take so many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~238495764100 Sun, 6 Aug 2006 20:12:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_238495764100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_242969644676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - I write reviews on a lot of subjects, but I can't say that I expected to ever have written my second review on cat litter to be one of them. Still, when I was offered a chance to try a "new product", I figured that I would since a) it was free,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~242969644676 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:44:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_242969644676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_238495698564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - Last summer, my wife and I both had Nikon D70 dSLR cameras to play with, and unfortunately were dealing with one of the hazards of summers in the mid-Atlantic region - a dearth of interesting birds to photograph. You can only take so many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~238495698564 Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:54:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_238495698564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_240194653828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author martytdx - note: this was moved to the new category for this beer. Thanks, John! Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce - it sounds like an odd concoction, but in reality it was brewed to celebrate and commemorate Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday. Based on Benjamin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~240194653828 Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:23:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_240194653828?linkin_id=8003929