Epinions Recent Reviews for misterME

A Real Workhorse (Without the Smell or Messy Clean-Up)

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:17:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - I bought my 1997 Geo Prizm in December of 1998. I've been driving it now for over a year, and I still haven't quite tired of it. This car has been through [heck] and back. And it's still going strong. It served as a nice, functional compact car for...

Netscape 6 Preview Release 3: A Mixed Bag for Netscape 6 (final)

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:21:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - The latest version of Netscape, Netscape 6 (they’ve finally dropped the “Communicator” title), is finally ready for primetime—or at least Netscape thinks so. Since I was very critical of its early attempts, I’ve intentionally waited until NS 6 was out of...

Ditzy Chicks

Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:32:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Charlie, campy, chicks…What do they all have in common? They all start with “C”, and that rhymes with “P”, and that stands for…well, I guess it could stand for a lot of things; my vote is “Priceless”.

I had the opportunity to see this movie at...

WindowBlinds: Tired of Windows? (A Review of DesktopX)

Sun, 22 Oct 2000 03:56:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - A review of DesktopX, a Stardock application that can be used as a stand-alone product or as a companion to WindowBlinds

Are you tired of the standard Windows desktop? Bored with the vanilla taskbar, the plain-jane (no offense to Jane)...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: The Next Prophesy (3D Prophet II GTS 32MB)

Fri, 19 May 2000 19:15:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Some prophecies come true. Others don’t. Some will eventually, if you’re patient enough.

Take the Guillemot 3D Prophet II GTS video card. (Well, don’t take it. Pay the $360 first, or some security guy will likely be very upset with...

Just Plain Good Science Fiction

Sun, 14 May 2000 03:55:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - The year is 3000 A.D. The few remaining humans on Earth hide in the hills, or are enslaved by the highly advanced conquering aliens, the Psyclos. Humanity itself faces eminent extinction.

This may sound like typical science-fiction fare. And,...

All Hail the Mouse-King

Wed, 3 May 2000 11:48:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - In the history of mouse-driven computing, the computer itself has been innovated and improved countless times. Computers are thousands of times faster than the first mouse-driven models. The software that runs on these computers is infinitely more...

Be OS: BeOS 5.0 - Could This BE the Next Big Thing?

Sun, 9 Apr 2000 19:05:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Recently, BeOS, an alternate operating system for both IBM-compatible and Apple computers, released a scaled-down version of its BeOS 5.0 operating system to users free if charge, if they were willing to download the setup files.

Test...

Sell Your Soul to Big Brother for (semi)Broadband Internet

Wed, 5 Apr 2000 03:22:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - FreeDSL. The name says it all. Get broadband internet access without having to pay one red cent. What could be better? No annoying dial-ups. No more tying up your phone line. Fast internet access. It all sounds too good to be true.

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The Volkswagen Beetle of PCs

Thu, 17 Feb 2000 03:57:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - These things debuted a few weeks ago, and the first thing that popped into my mind was, “Aw…how cute!” This was soon followed by, “Man, that thing looks like a bug…a VW Bug!” And so the term has now caught on at work: “The Compaq Beetle” (mixed in with...

Civ...in...Spaaace...

Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:22:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri picks up where Civilization II leaves off, with the first launch of a colony ship into outer space. In Alpha Centauri, you play a leader of one of the factions that rises to power when this colony ship finally reaches its...

"The Others" - Intriguing. But Slated for an Early Demise?

Sun, 6 Feb 2000 05:18:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - After the advertising blitz of the past several months, I sat down tonight to watch the premiere of "The Others", NBC's new Saturday evening program rounding out the "Pretender"/"Profiler" duo. Was it worth the wait and all...

A Stable Windows? Finally!!!

Tue, 1 Feb 2000 02:40:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - I've been a Windows user since the days of 3.1. I hated it. I grew up on Mac (well, actually on the TI-99-4a, but let's not pick knits), loved the simple mouse-driven interface and the solid stability. But Windows was everywhere, and so I jumped the Mac...

Hauntingly Disappointing

Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:07:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - It would not be fair to say I'm a horror movie fan. I think I'm just a little too discriminating. For a horror movie to be good, it must be scary. And so few are.

But the previews of this movie really dug a niche into my brain. I...

WindowBlinds: Windows with an Edge

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:43:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - WindowBlinds is a simple utility that loads at Windows startup and dresses your windows as you please. It can be used to give your Windows 95/98/NT environment any appearance, be it minor modifications to buttons and colors, or unusual window shapes,...

Panasonic Luxury Size Microwave Ovens: Bachelor's Dream Machine

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:39:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - About a year ago, my fiancee and I moved into a new apartment together. We had been sharing an apartment with another couple (who owned the microwave we frequently used), and we realized very quickly after we moved that life without a microwave was just...

A Heavy Hitter for E-mail & Management

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:35:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Outlook 2000 is the latest incarnation of Microsoft's e-mail and personal information manager, part of the Office 2000 line of products.

As a stand-alone e-mail product, it is a bit over-priced, and certainly overloaded. While it is...

MetaCreations Poser 4: Poser 4: One Step Closer to Reality

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 03:55:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Poser 4 is a design and animation tool centered around creating and manipulating lifelike 3D human and animal models. This, obviously, is Metacreations' 4th version of this product, and each version has met and surpassed the quality and usefulness of the...

Who Wants to See a Millionaire?

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:12:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - I held out for as long as I could. I really did try. But curiosity finally got the better of me, and I tuned in to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" right before the end of last year. I cringed as I heard Regis Philbin's voice as the program...

Archived Kids & Family Reviews: Pokemon Extortion

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:13:15 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Let me start by saying that I'm not against Pokemon. It's actually a rather ingenious little toy craze. It's a game, one which requires thought, strategy, cooperation, and a number of other qualities we all hope our children (or eventual children, in my...

How Can the Bank of America be so Fascist?

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:05:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - I was a loyal account-holder at NationsBank for years. My first credit card was a NationsBank card. My first debit card, the same. If I remember correctly, my first ATM card had the NationsBank logo emblazoned across it.

Now, I'm not a rich...

Maximum Info, Minimum Drivel

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:29:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Back in the days of boot, Maximum PC's first incarnation, the magazine's claim-to-fame was that it wasn't corporate-owned and did not therefore write biased reviews based on who owned the company making the product. And it was true. Nowhere...

Excite At Home: High Speed, High Hassle

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:56:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Cable modem access is amazing. Having for a month will spoil you to such an extent to never be satisfied by dial-up access again...

...which is why it's so difficult to boycott @Home. But I'm doing it anyway.

Let me tell you a...

Microsoft Encarta 2000: The World at Your Fingertips

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:18:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Have you ever wanted to have the combined knowledge of the last 3000 or so years one mouse click away? This product may very well provide you with just that.

Encarta Reference Suite 2000 is the latest encyclopedia and research tool from...

All Advantage: The Disadvantage of All Advantage

Fri, 7 Jan 2000 18:49:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author misterME - Don't get me wrong--I'm all for free money. I just think the price of All Advantage is a little to high to be coined as "free".

Here's the deal: Get paid to have a little bar of advertisements sit on your screen while you're browsing...