Epinions Recent Reviews for niel

Mindspring DSL: From Bellsouth to Mindspring

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:10:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author niel - Astute readers will note that I have already written an opinion of <a href= http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-301F-12CF94EF-38064046-bd4 >Bellsouth's FastAccess ADSL service</a>. Well, I...

Crash: Crash and Burn

Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:02:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author niel - I saw David Cronenburg's Crash Friday night.

Apparently, there was a lot of controversy about this movie. It was banned in Britain for a while, though they eventually cleared it, and lots of people screamed "boycott!" here in the...

Contact: No Intelligent Life

Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:58:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author niel - The acting was uniformly wooden. Even the bad guys were woodenly bad. But that's actually quite an achievement, because the roles all sucked. I honestly believe all the actors did the best they could, given that they had already signed their contracts...

The Atlantic Magazine: A Monthly Must

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:54:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author niel - Here's an indicator of The Atlantic Monthly's historical status: its first offices are a stop on the Freedom Trail, the walking tour of Boston's historical sites. Founded in 1857 by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell...

Story Magazine: Journal with a Story

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:06:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author niel - Story is a literary journal with a long history. According to the recent 10th anniversary double issue, the magazine was founded in 1931, published continuously until about 1967, then re-launched in 1989. That special issue contains an index of...

Atlanta: Local, independent coffee shop is best

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:46:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author niel - Coffee. It's all the rage these days.

I actually didn't start drinking coffee until I was about 25, eight years ago. I still don't drink it every day, and quite often I'll drink decaf. Caffeine, though it sometimes has its place in my life,...

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: The first 20 pages aren't very hard; neither are the rest

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:21:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author niel - If you liked Douglas Coupland's Microserfs, you'll probably like The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest. I liked Microserfs, though I hated the dialogue. I thought it was completely unrealistic; no one really talks like that. In...

BellSouth FastAccess ADSL: FastAccess or No Access?

Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:44:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author niel - I signed up for BellSouth's FastAccess ADSL service as soon as it was available in my neighborhood. A technician came out to install it about three to four weeks after my first call. As an early adopter, I was prepared for a "bleeding edge"...