Epinions Recent Reviews for nightfall

Almost perfect GPS navigation system

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:55:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - The Garmin StreetPilot 2620 is very close to being a perfect car navigation systems providing accurate accessible navigation data. Background If you are a bored reader you'll know that I've been interested in car navigation systems for quite...

One of the best Car Navigation Systems but has some flaws.

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:42:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - I've always been a fan of car navigation systems associating them with such futuristic inventions like flying cars, underwater cities and an understandable tax code. I acquired the Magellan Roadmate 700 from a local retailer (Circuit City) for a...

The Complete Guide to Tivo

Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:25:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Ah the new millenium, flying cars, moon colonies, underwater cities, personalized TV.

Ok well the flying cars didn't quite happen - damn the Detroit Automaking Conspiracy! After Challenger and Skylab, the Space program's more visionary ideas...

ORiNOCO PC Card (Silver/Gold): Lucent Orinoco not the most lucid wireless choice

Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:44:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Lucent Technology has re-branded the WaveLan wireless PC Cards as Orinoco concurrent with the rising popularity of wireless home networks. The cards, similar in size to your standard laptop modem card, comes in two flavors Silver and Gold. Silver uses...

Buffalo Technologies Airstation Access Point: The best wireless home access point on the market.

Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:15:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - The AirStation Access Point (ASAP) from Buffalo Technologies is an easy cost effective way to avoid drilling holes into the walls of your home in order to string CAT-5 cable. Designed around 802.11b wireless standard its capable of supporting up to 254...

Netopia R3100 ISDN Routers: The netopia 3100 and how to hack it.

Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:15:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Intro

The netopia 3100 is an ISDN router bought by/for customers with xDSL

lines. Since ISDN lines are metered by the phone company, (evil corporate

entities that they are), DSL providers such as Covad communications have found it...

The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:29:08 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Intro

I wish that Epinions had a 'hotel' category since this post more appropriately belongs there. This review is centered on The Westin Hotel at Los Angeles Airport but is applicable to the Westin Chain in general.

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PIX Series: The enterprise firewall of choice

Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:17:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - INTRO

While the subject of network security could (and has) covered many books, I will attempt to gloss over basic networking and firewall concepts in order to explain why the Cisco PIX firewall is the best choice currently available for...

Sun Enterprise 6500: The Mission Critical box of Choice

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:19:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Sun's hardware is notoriously expensive, but in the E6500 the cost is quite possibly worth it. Designed to run mission critical systems such as databases for regional/global enterprises, it has become the system administrators dream - a box that will not...

Great Service from a Young Business

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:54:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Zyan Communications is a vendor/partner of Covard Corporation. What this essentially means is that they are a reseller of Covad DSL services. Northpoint in turn works with your local phone company

to get your line activated inside the phone...

Sun Enterprise U10S: Entry level unix workstation

Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:18:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - The Ultra 10 is a queer duck in the world of Linux running most corporate services on desktop pentium systems. While it is quite capable of running a corporate web server or perhaps a corporate mail/print system on its 440Mhz processor, this is not an...

ICQ: A good program..turning bad

Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:01:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - ICQ (as in I-seek-you) is a popular instant messaging program, originally

developed by an Israeli company back in the pre-cambrian era of 1997/8.

Like most good technology of the 90's the company was acquired by the Evil Empire (no not...

Ashford.com: Great Products, quirky website

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 23:53:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - I've ordered many things from the Ashford website, and the biggest endorsement I can give is to say that when I am shopping for jewelry on the web I first go to Ashford.com.

However there are a few quirks to the site, and downright annoyances...

Sun Enterprise 10000: Hardware to pad Sun's gross margins

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:13:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Sun has made its 'bones' from selling great Servers, from the ultras, to the netras to the E class machines all are solid yet expensive machines.

They have increased their earnings exponentially by being the 'dot' in .com. [Personal Note: I far...

Sun Enterprise 4500: Solid Enterprise Class Server

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:38:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - The Sun E4500 is not a cheap machine, base configuration usually comes in at around $75k and when configured to suit its usual purpose (enterprise class transaction servers) the bill can easily top $200k.

However what a CIO/CTO gets in return...

Best steak in atlanta, but noisy atmosphere

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:59:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - To say that a filet mignon melts in your mouth at bone's does not begin to describe how delicious their steaks are. Located just off W. Peachtree in Buckhead, Bones is one of those restaurants you 'hear about' before going.

The outside of the...

Nextel i1000: Mix of good and bad features

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:43:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - The i1000 is a feature rich phone provided in my area through Nextel cellular service. I believe its target market is aimed at businesses, since certainly my own company has standardized on it as the 'company phone'.

The best thing about the...

A true five star restaurant

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:49:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Seeger's is hands down the best dining experience I've ever had, and the 2nd best meal I've had in Atlanta (Bone's Restaurant in Buckhead wins by a nose with their perfect filet mignon. While reservations are required for this restaurant hidden...

IE5 Web Accessories: Excellent but unknown tools

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:21:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - I came across Internet Explorer's Web Acessories through a former hotbot utility called quicksearch.exe.

Quicksearch (no longer supported by hotbot) is part of the web accessories package that can be downloaded for Internet Explorer 5.0. Its...

Google: Best Search Engine on the Web

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:02:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - I've been on the net since the words Archie and Veronica had meaning beyond comic book characters, and have gone through quite a few 'favorite' search engines.

For an incredibly long time I thought altavista had the best engine (once you...

Great Car, Great Car Company

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:36:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Handling on the Integra GS-R is quick with acceleration excellent in the lower gears. Unfortunately things begin to peak out in moving from 90-125, but this is a minor quibble. With the rear-spoiler standard in GS-R, handling is great at high speeds, and...

Customer Svc Nightmare

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:44:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - I opened my first Wachovia account(checking with line of credit) in August of 1992, and in 93 applied for and received a Wachovia Visa credit card($500 limit). After 4 years of being a customer, I was fairly content with Wachovia as a bank. ATM's were...

No Grace Period, Great Cust Svc

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:21:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - I recently went online shopping for a great 'rewards' credit card; something that would give me free frequent flyer miles or some form of rebate. Eventually I came across the MBNA website [which was quite nice]

and saw the neat features for the MBNA...

Never fly this airline!!

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:46:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author nightfall - Usually when flying from/to atlanta, I tend to fly Delta Airlines but for my recent trip to attend Defcon in Las Vegas, my travel agent (soon to be ex-travel agent) steered me towards America West Airlines for$100 cheaper. Thinking to save my...