Epinions Recent Reviews for mharward1

ElectronicsEmall.com: Awkward name, iffy email, good prices, great delivery.

Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:16:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - I was a little hesitant at first about completing a purchase through this website, if only because the rating at Yahoo! Shopping wasn't stellar (3.5 stars) and there were no reviews written here upon which to base an opinion. But the fact that the...

Who listens to cassettes anymore these days, anyway?

Thu, 6 Dec 2001 14:48:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - I bought the Panasonic SC-PM03 for several reasons: price, size, function, and looks - it had all of these things going for it. I had been shopping around for the most inexpensive solution to my quandary of not having a stereo that plays CD-R's in my...

Etronics.com: The perfect example of why to buy electronics online.

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:55:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - It started just over two years ago, when I bought a new laptop. It continued later, when I joined eBay and found cheaper prices there than I had ever seen in any brick-and-mortar store. And it continues today after making perfectly smooth transactions...

Quality printer at an inexpensive price.

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:22:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Looking for a decent printer for less than $100 was supposed to be a chore. Then I found the HP DeskJet 842C at Office Depot for $80 (well, after a $30 rebate, anyway). I own several other Hewlett Packard products (calculators, laptops, etc) and so have...

In general, I'm comfortably @home with AT&T Broadband.

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:33:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - I'm loving the current deal, where AT&T @Home is only $19.95/mo until the end of 2001. After that, it goes back up to $40/mo, which at the moment I'm not sure I'm willing to fork out. Right now, I can enjoy telling myself that there are fools out there...

Archos MiniCDRW 4x4x24 : Recommendable despite a few character flaws.

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:04:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - I've had this burner for a year now, and I have yet to have any major problems with it. Initially, I had problems connecting it to my laptop via USB, but that turned out to be the laptop's fault--never have I had any connectivity issues since I began...

It's hard to remember to live before you die.

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:56:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Everyone's afraid of their own life

If you could be anything you want

I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?

"A year later, in the summer of 1999, the labels received belated thank-you notes from Edgar Graham...

Why I've never shaved using a flat razor.

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:51:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - It's all true, and it's surprising how many other guys are surprised at me when I say that I've never shaved the traditional way. Maybe it's because, as my mom likes to say, "I'm a child of the technological age." All I know is, I borrowed my...

My disbelief was suspended (or perhaps digitally removed).

Fri, 5 Jan 2001 05:11:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Directed by: Ang Lee

Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi

I have eagerly anticipated the arrival of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for quite a few months now, sufficiently tantalized by promises of drama,...

Free* First Thursdays at the Seattle Art Museum

Fri, 5 Jan 2001 03:55:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Note the Asterisk!

It has been a long-standing and well-known tradition among native Seattle-ites that admission to the Seattle Art Museum (located on the block of 1st Avenue and Pike Street, sandwiched comfortably between the Pike...

Archived Book Reviews: The Diagnosis by Alan Lightman

Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:12:19 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - After being thorougly bowled over by Alan Lightman's first novel, Einstein's Dreams (which I've also reviewed), I have had extremely high expectations for his succeeding contributions. I loved that book so much that my heart actually skips...

A pleasant evening out: A Contemporary Theater (ACT)

Sat, 23 Dec 2000 07:47:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - It has been something of an informal family tradition for some years now to attend a theatrical performance of some kind during the Christmas season. For years it was the Pacific Northwest Ballet's The Nutcracker, which is always highly...

Why didn't I take the CServ representative's name?

Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:13:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Here's the simple story of my 1 1/2-year 56K dialup relationship with Earthlink:

Why I chose it.

As remarked in another Epinion several months ago, when I bought my laptop in August 1998, there were as usual several different...

The 100-disc CD wallet: For the serious CD burner.

Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:35:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - In August, when it was time to head back to school, I wanted to take as little as possible with me. Unfortunately, I still had to pack my car nearly to the brim, but that's another story. I decided that I didn't want to cart all of my CD's (at the time I...

An aptly-titled movie, if there ever was one.

Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:51:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Why did you see this movie?

It was a weekday night just before finals, and I was filled with that peculiar kind of stress that drives you to procrastination instead of to the library, which is where you know you should probably be. I...

If price is the largest factor, then you'll LUV Southwest.

Tue, 19 Dec 2000 21:45:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - I will have to admit out front that I'm at least a little bit biased because I used to work for Alaska Airlines. But I've had reason over the past while to become disenchanted with even my old employer, so perhaps my analysis of Southwest will be a...

A rave movie that almost made me NOT want to dance.

Tue, 19 Dec 2000 21:12:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - "Why did you see this movie?"

Good question. One of my roommates (who happens to be the projectionist at our university's International Cinema) and I were watching an eMpTyV (the acronym is borrowed from another member of...

I don't believe you can resist the things that make no sense

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 00:13:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - (Quoted from one of the songs on the soundtrack.)

I first heard of Run Lola Run last year, when it won the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival. I downloaded the soundtrack to the...

Junkyard Wars: Like watching people more creative than you?

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 01:16:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - I found this little gem of a TV show while sitting in a La-Z-Boy at my sister's house over the long Thanksgiving weekend, loaded up on tryptophan and a little tired of watching football. I have this unproved theory that it's times like that when you...

" I just have a sixth sense about these things."

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:38:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - That was the line that I almost expected to hear Bruce Willis' character say when Samuel L. Jackson asks him at the football game how he knows when certain people are packing. It would have been the pinnacle of cheese, and I've reached the point...

Big Four Ice Caves, part 1: The Day Hike

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:13:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - [Repost of epinion originally submitted Mon, 07 Aug 00, into a more suitable category.]

And my parents said that the Internet makes you more of a hermit.

Last Friday, bored at work, my brother and I emailed each other, trying...

Big Four Ice Caves, part 2: Mt. Pilchuck

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:06:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - [Originally posted Mon, 04 Sep 00; reposted in a more suitable category.]

I'm going through one of those phases where I'm finally getting around to heeding my own conscience and starting to write about things I should have written about...

A stylistic departure for Zhang Yimou, but still a success.

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 01:30:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Normally known for films that are visually rich and extravagant, renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou (pronounced Jahng Ee-mow) decided to take an entirely different tack in his latest film, Not One Less. Shot almost entirely in documentary...

Gator: A slight renege: an update on my Gator epinion.

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:32:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - Since getting rid of Gator some months ago, I started seeing Gator.com ads pop up virtually everwhere in Seattle: on the sides of busses, on radio commercials, I think there might have even been a TV spot or two--and I wondered to myself, Why all this...

The sad tale of a naive, non-assertive freshman.

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:57:29 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mharward1 - The name is "Zions Bank." Sounds almost utopian, doesn't it? Then after another second of thinking about it, you realize that it's an oxymoron. "Zion" and "Bank" in the same thought? Nope, not gonna happen. I'll tell...