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Chocolate & plum

Thu, 30 Dec 1999 02:23:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - Sonoma Creek's garish label appears like any other cheap rotgut on supermarket shelves, but it recently scored an 87 in Wine Spectator -- I figured I'd give it a shot.

Impressive for a young cab. Pop the cork and the smell of chocolate fills...

Zippy Noisemaker

Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:32:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author null - First off, I love having a scooter. I commute four city miles to work now, and the trip is 15-20 minutes instead of 45 on the bus. Parking is free, traffic is avoidable. But that's the virtue of a scooter.

The problem with the Elite 80 is...

TCI: Terrible Cable Insanity

Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:36:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author null - I feel like I know TCI staff members. They're like friends of the family. Lord knows they've been to my house enough times. Result: Not much.

I was one of the lucky ones, too. My digital cable installation went off without a hitch. It...

Bookshelfs or Satellites?

Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:00:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author null - I use 'em as rear channel surround speakers, and they work fine. Most of my listening is to digital cable, VHS, and DVD -- and only on the DVD stuff do these really come out to play. Tone and balance are fine, the overall power is pretty weak but...

Loud Loud Loud

Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:56:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - Deep bass that shakes the room? Got it. The Velodyne CT-100 is a real rumpshaker of a subwoofer. It sits about 3 feet from my regular listening post, too, which doesn't hurt.

Complaints: No remote, which means constant, backbreaking...

A Love/Hate Relationship

Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:49:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author null - At the time it was introduced, the 3080 was one of only a few receivers that supported DTS. Not so anymore, but for $700 this is still a reasonable value (mine was $899 about 1.5 years ago).

Major flaws include a tendency to overheat and blow...

Casual Skiers Be Warned

Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:43:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author null - Homewood has two faces.

One face is of a little gem hidden off on the west side of Lake Tahoe (only one run is visible from the road). It's a place with virtually no lines, cheap lift tickets, and lots of variety.

The other face is...

Hotmail: Security Nightmare

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:03:27 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author null - Want free e-mail on the Web?

Hotmail has tens of millions of subscribers, so it must be good, right?

Well, Hotmail is owned by Microsoft, which makes it a nasty hack target by crackers. You probably read the same reports as me and...

Heavenly snow, hellish crowds

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 13:54:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - Undoubtedly the resort to beat in Lake Tahoe, Heavenly has everything for all levels of skiers.

The park is huge -- in a weekend, you'll never explore the whole thing. In 3 trips, I still haven't seen it all. Part of that may be due to the...

Shadow Man For Windows: Asleep at the Controls

Sat, 16 Oct 1999 12:58:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author null - A video game can be ambitious, but what were they thinking when they came up with SHADOW MAN? I've been playing it for hours and hours, and I feel no closer to figuring out what the point of this thing is than I did before I opened the box.

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Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: iBook - not THAT girly

Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:03:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - The blue one is ugly. The orange one is less ugly.

But 6 hours of battery time? Built-in wireless networking? Extra-rugged durability? Great keyboard? If it was a PC instead of a Mac, I'd buy two.

Just as the iMac revolutionized...

Spring for Mindspring

Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:55:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - I have been a Mindspring subscriber for about 4 months, having jumped from the pathetic local (SF) ISP Sirius - part of FirstWorld, now.

I am far happier with the service here, with two caveats:

1) Weekday evenings you don't even...

DVD Dynamo

Fri, 1 Oct 1999 03:16:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - How much did I agonize over my DVD player purchase? How much time did I waste in Usenet newsgroups poring over the Toshiba v. Panasonic debate? Water under the bridge.

I'm happy with my choice -- although I have the 2108, not the 2109, it's...

Boring!

Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:56:29 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author null - 75 words about this game? That's going to be hard to do. Racer is just a car racing game, with some Star Wars junk thrown in, and the wheels taken off. If you're a huge Yoda junkie, you may get a cheap thrill. If you're already tired of the Star Wars...

The Great White North

Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:37:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author null - I was married a year ago, and for our honeymoon, we opted to take a trip to a place neither of us had been to -- Alaska.

Basically the only way to see Alaska is by cruise ship, and I'd had good experiences on Royal Caribbean, and I watched a...

Alaska/Princess Cruise Lines/2: Princess: 2nd Class Royalty

Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:34:33 GMT

City Dweller Trusts Farmers

Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:14:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author null - The irony should not be lost, but I've dealt with a good half-dozen auto insurers in my day and none have been as easy to deal with as Farmers. Farmers has excellent programs for cutting your rates based on good driving records and safety features, and...