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Save 57% Each Month over What AOL Charges-- And Avoid Ads from Juno-like Services

Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:53:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - FreeAtLast.com was the best free access Internet Service Provider I used during the Free Internet Access period from about 1997 through 2001. My only complaint about FreeAtLast.com was the fact that it ceased to exist. AT&T WorldNet Service worked well...

Snapfish Online Store: Snapfish Snapped My Fish (I Mean, Photographs)

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 18:59:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Sometime last summer I saw an advertisement in my e-mail for an online service called Snapfish which develops film and places digitized photographs in an online album. My interest was in having .JPG files I could use for web pages and other work...

THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE-- Abraham Lincoln Would Appreciate This Book

Sat, 6 Oct 2001 00:15:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Many programming languages in use today claim the C programming language as an ancestor (if not predecessor). Traditional programming languages such as C++ (C-plus-plus) and C# (C-sharp) are direct descendants of the C Programming language (which I will...

ZEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS Is Not Just for Martial Artists

Thu, 4 Oct 2001 07:47:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - "A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action." This is a samurai maxim which appears on the back cover of the paperback format of Zen in the Martial Arts, a book first published in 1979. Zen in the Martial Arts...

New York Is Still The Best City in North America Today-- For Many Reasons

Fri, 28 Sep 2001 05:16:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - New York City started humbly, became one of the major cities during colonial times, served as the first capital of the United States for a few years, and eventually came to be considered the unofficial capital of the world. Hollywood may be where...

NIGHTHAWKS, One of Sylvester Stallone's Better Movies, Is Just as Timely Today as in 1981

Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:20:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Although Sylvester Stallone has had many roles as a law enforcement officer, perhaps his best performance as a cop can be seen in a movie which is two decades old-- Nighthawks. The movie may be seriously dated as evidenced by subway scenes from...

Joe Torre Wrote the Book-- JOE TORRE'S GROUND RULES FOR WINNERS

Sat, 22 Sep 2001 21:05:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - When the 1996 baseball season started Joe Torre had a losing record as a manager, and he never ever reached the post-season. Today Joe Torre has a winning managerial record and 4 of the last 5 World Series Championships on his resume. Did he...

RAMBO III Was Rendered Irrelevant by Current Events

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 04:16:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - What would Rambo do in Afghanistan today? Would there be a Rambo IV? Would Rambo return to Afghanistan to rescue Masoud? Would Masoud give an order to have Rambo killed? It is amazing how times have changed since the last John Rambo movie,...

Washington, D.C.-- Still in Business

Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:06:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - New York City and DC are linked again, but this time in a way we all want to forget. New Jersey close to the Hudson River may be where I live these days due to cheaper rent, but I spent most of the 1990s living in Queens and I grew up in Upper Manhattan...

HOW TO READ THE FINANCIAL PAGES Doesn't Assume Its Readers Are Idiots-- Readers Get Credit

Mon, 10 Sep 2001 23:05:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - How To Read the Financial Pages is essential in the education of anyone who wants to understand the financial sections of newspapers and other media. While some familiar items are covered by How To Read the Financial Pages, other,...

Billy Joel's GREATEST HITS VOLUME I & VOLUME II

Thu, 6 Sep 2001 01:44:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - By the time An Innocent Man was released in 1983 Billy Joel was at his peak, king of the hill, and at the top of the heap. The 1980s were a good time for Billy Joel. The Cold War kid from Long Island released enough great songs to justify the...

52ND STREET Shows Why Billy Joel Is a Big Shot (For Reasons Unlike the Song)

Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:51:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - If the 1977 album The Stranger seems to be focused on restaurants with music, then the 1978 album 52nd Street seems to be focused on nightlife. Instead of following the musical formula used in making The Stranger, 52nd Street...

STORM FRONT Ties THE STRANGER As Billy Joel's Greatest Album

Tue, 4 Sep 2001 19:51:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Like the 1977 album The Stranger, Storm Front has many songs which are worth singing. Like The Stranger as well, Storm Front is validated as being one of Billy Joel's greatest albums by having six songs included in...

ELEGANTLY WASTED by INXS Is Not Elegant And It's Not a Waste

Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:31:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Elegantly Wasted is the first INXS album of the post-Greatest Hits era. Much has changed between the release of these two albums. INXS switched music labels from Atlantic to Mercury from PolyGram. The boys from Australia look like the men the...

THE CALCULUS PROBLEM SOLVER Helped Me Understand Calculus During Two Tours of College

Sun, 2 Sep 2001 19:55:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - The Calculus Problem Solver is one of a wonderful series of thick reference books which is written with the student in mind. What course textbooks take for granted as givens are explained in detail without talking down to the students. The...

Hotmail: Hotmail Has Come a Long Way since 1996

Sun, 2 Sep 2001 02:04:19 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - While using TELNET in 1996 on a public library computer to access an e-mail account I had from my college I saw on a monitor next to me a web page showing the Hotmail logo and a simple front page. When I saw the words free and web-based e-mail I had to...

INXS: THE GREATEST HITS Scores

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:07:09 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - INXS: The Greatest Hits put INXS in the rarefied air of music performers who have achieved greatness. The liner notes which come with INXS: The Greatest Hits gives an excellent history of INXS from its humble beginnings in 1977 to its...

Science Fiction Has A Home on The Sci-Fi Channel

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:22:46 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - The Sci-Fi Channel is the definitive source of science fiction programming on television. Whether the programming is an hour-long adventure, a half-hour long short story from an anthology series, a box office hit, a cult flick, a block of episodes from a...

FULL MOON, DIRTY HEARTS Brings INXS back to Earth

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 01:29:55 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - INXS is out to kick tail and take no prisoners with Full Moon, Dirty Hearts. The album cover shows the six Australians in the back of a van staring defiantly into the camera. No special looks. No themes. No gimmicks. No art. No youngsters...

501 SPANISH VERBS Helps in Strengthening Knowledge of Spanish

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:04:36 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Spanish the the language of most nations in the Western Hemisphere from the Caribbean Sea and Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Spanish is also spoken by numerous people in English-language nations such as Canada and the United States. A number of...

Go Inside INXS' Minds as They Greet You with WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 01:50:23 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Welcome to Wherever You Are marked INXS' most adventurous album to date as of its 1992 release. With the release of Welcome to Wherever You Are, the "Kick Era" from 1985 through 1991 ended and a new INXS stepped forward. According to the...

501 FRENCH VERBS Helped Me Master French in High School

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:23:44 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Most words common to English are derived from Latin through French. French follows many of the same grammar conventions as Spanish since both French and Spanish are derived from Latin. Knowing these two facts made learning three years of French in high...

INXS Comes Alive with LIVE BABY LIVE

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 04:38:58 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - Musician Magazine declared INXS the "world's best live band" as far back as 1985 with the release of Listen Like Thieves. Australians knew this from the first days INXS performed in 1977, but the rest of the world...

The History Channel Can Be Better Than Network Television

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:23:57 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - The History Channel lacks the sex appeal of MTV, but it has many reasons for being viewed. Broadcast network programs such as China Beach and In Search Of... are part of The History Channel's offerings. Original programming such as...

X Marks Ten Years of INXS Recording Albums

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 03:51:44 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author neomartin - INXS spent 16 months on the greatest global tour in its history for Kick. The band had to take time off to recover from the intense Kick marathon tour before working on the followup album. This next album would mark the anniversary of an...