Epinions Recent Reviews for mhudack

I have succumbed to the Ikea nesting instinct

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 21:37:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Okay, I admit it. I have succumbed to the Ikea nesting instinct. I have the desk, the television stand, the television. I have the DVD player, the snack tables, the end tables, the bed, the floor lamps and the bookshelves.

Fight Club...

The National Security Agency is... evil?

Sun, 24 Dec 2000 20:11:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - At the beginning of Enemy of the State, we discover the National Security Agency wants to get the power to bug every house, every phone, to photograph everyone, to... become big brother.

Background on the National Security...

I'm addicted to snake

Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:49:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Hello. My name is Mike. And I'm addicted to "Snake."

Snake is one of the games on the Nokia 5190, it's basically a clone of the ancient "Centipede." The basic idea is that you're this pixelated snake trying to gobble up...

Where do I start complaining?

Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:19:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I don't know where to start. Cablevision is a disgusting monopoly bent on placing the customer in his or her place... or at least the place where Cablevision feels the customer should be.

I subscribe to basic cable through Cablevision of...

Scary and interesting...

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:58:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Vertical Limit is a lot of fun.

Think about Richard Branson as a mountain climber - an obsessed mountain climber. He's obsessed with climbing K2 (the second highest and the deadliest mountain in the world), and he's using it as a...

Why I won't be buying a Pentium 4 any time soon

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:19:11 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - The Background:

Intel has traditionally held the crown for processors, at least in terms of speed (just about never in terms of price if you don't go back beyond the last decade). Their 386s, 486s, Pentiums and Pentium IIs pretty much...

Linksys Etherfast Cable and DSL Router: Connection sharing? Yes. Security? Sort of.

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:13:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - The usage:

I'm using the Linksys Cable / DSL Router to share a very nice cable Internet connection between two servers, a laptop and a couple desktops.

The servers are putting up some Web pages, some files on an FTP server,...

Red Hat Linux: Hints & Tips for the NEW RedHat Linux User

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 04:41:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I've been using Linux for some years now, starting with RedHat, moving on to Debian and Mandrake (Debian for servers, Mandrake for workstations), and back to RedHat and Mandrake (RedHat for servers, Mandrake for workstations). RedHat has by far treated...

An absolutely fantastic television

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:07:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Given that I already had a fantastic JVC DVD player and a fantastic JVC VHS player (see my reviews of them for more information), I was somewhat biased towards a JVC television when I went shopping for a new TV - my old one was simply inadequate.
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A realistic depiction of a war no one knew about

Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:40:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - There's something that we have to understand about the Gulf War - something that we were never really told. In fact, there are a few things - and this movie tells you these things in an incredible, surrealistic way. Mind that this is not another...

Another movie about a serial killer

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:05:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I'll start with the simple stuff.

There's a washed-out FBI agent (James Spader playing Joel Campbell) who seems prone to migraines and depression. He has a recurring nightmare somehow related to a murder years ago. And he's seeing a...

Dialpad: Free Long Distance Phone Calls - on the Net

Tue, 29 Aug 2000 03:21:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - The promise of Internet telephony

I'm talking on the Internet while I write this review. I multitask well, I'm told. Did you notice that I said I'm talking on the Internet?

You've probably heard of something called...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Why is Epinions so darn sticky?

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:16:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - When companies start up to create Web sites, they generally try to make them as "sticky" as possible. A sticky site is one that keeps you and I coming back constantly. Epinions.com has obviously accomplished this.

But...

O'Reilly's Java Series Does Crypto

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 05:22:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - The O'Reilly Java series is a necessity for anyone serious about programming in Java.

First of all, let me tell you what I was hoping to get out of this particular O'Reilly Java title.

I'm leading up a team of Java programmers...

A realistic "Mission Impossible" & an unrealistic "Matrix"

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 23:42:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - The Art of War looked like great fun. Wesley Snipes, after his earlier flops such as Murder at 1600 or To Wong Foo...which I enjoyed, but didn't do well at the box office(granted, he's had a number of recent successes as well, such...

Qualcomm Eudora: Whatever happened, Eudora?

Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:54:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - When I first went online three or four years ago, I used Netscape for my e-mail needs. About a month later, around the same time I discovered such wonderful things as FTP and IRC, I switched over to Eudora. It was absolutely fantastic - more stable,...

NamesDirect.com: OK. Now where's my domain name?

Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:22:16 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Almost a year ago, my company had to register almost a dozen domain names. I wasn't doing the registering, but it was assumed that we would use either Register.com or Network Solutions (NSI) for all of our domain registration needs.

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A club, a restaurant, a bar or...?

Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:44:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Avenue A Sushi is probably the strangest restaurant I've ever eaten at - and it's most definitely the strangest Japanese restaurant I've ever eaten at. This hardly means it's bad, however. Far from it.

The Atmosphere

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God, the Devil and a Six Year Old

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 03:36:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - What do you get when you cross the Catholic Church with six hundred years of Satanic rituals, Druid rune spells, Kim Basinger and Jimmy Smits? Apparently you get what can only be called Catholic propaganda.

The movie starts out with the Star...

Cliched - but enjoyable

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:36:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I've always been a fan of both Richard Gere (Red Corner, The Jackal, Runaway Bride, et al) and Wynona Ryder (Girl Interrupted, Being John Malcovich, et al). Joan Chen, the director of Autumn in New York, is somewhat new to me however.

I saw...

Where's the DSL?

Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:15:12 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I've had two bad experiences with DSL.NET so far. The first one should have been enough to keep me away - but it was just such a great offer.

My company moved into new offices about six months ago and we needed Internet access fast. We...

Mandrake Linux: A Wonderful Distribution

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 00:46:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I've been using Linux for a long time now, on more than a dozen programs and several hundred servers. I can't remember the last time I didn't have to hand-configure the X Windowing System, install a kernel patch for my network card, et cetera...

Worst Bank I've Ever Used

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 21:07:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - Hudson United Bank attracted me because I'd just gotten over the consternation caused by another bad bank. It looked decent, local, yet powerful.

I opened two accounts, a savings and checking account, and left the bulk of my main savings...

Half-decent phone

Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:02:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - The AT&T 9350 is a somewhat good machine for the $75 I payed at a local Office Max. It has more problems than advantages, however.

Living in an apartment (three family house, really) I went outside to try out the reception...

Opera: Fast - Very Fast

Fri, 26 May 2000 12:47:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - It's been a long time since anyone has had to actually pay for a Web browser. We're used to them being bundled with our new computers, for being available for download for free. Opera challenges this assumption - the assumption that Web browsers are...