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EGYPT: ALEXANDRIA (excerpts from my journal)

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:32:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - I didn’t arrive in the Alexandria bus station until 3AM. The bus station was silent and foggy with dim green lights and a swarm of cab drivers in the parking lot. I climbed from the bus looking about cautiously at the few figures huddling on the benches...

Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 for Windows: Blakdust: Red Alert 2

Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:17:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - I first discovered RTS (Real Time Strategy) games when Dune: The Battle for Arrakis was released for Sega Genesis in the early 90's. I had just read the book by Frank Herbert and while perusing the local Blockbuster I saw the title and...

No "Skies of Arcadia" But Great None-The-Less

Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:13:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - In the wake of the magical experience that is Skies of Arcadia I approached my still sealed copy of Grandia 2 with caution and a glint of doubt in my anticipating eye. Arcadia was such an experience, such a complete manifestation of what I...

Crank, Key, Crank, Seal, Crowbar..........

Thu, 1 Mar 2001 15:12:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - Back in the early days of Playstation when the flat grey boxes were making their way into all of over homes for the first time, the soon to be vast 32-bit Universe was just beginning to open. The Saturn had come out a little bit earlier but because of a...

Carmine's

Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:06:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - There are a couple of Carmine's around the city but this one is in the heart of the tourist and Broadway show district of Times Square. Right in the center of all of the bright lights and glaring ads, off to the side on 44ths street, half a block...

Model T of Digital Camera's: DC3400

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:00:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - When searching for a digital camera on-line I was quickly submerged to my waist in hundreds of different brands, models, reissues and options. It was ridiculous, overwhelming enough to discourage even the most enthusiastic shopper. I didn't know very...

Bozo is flying the Plane!!

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:03:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - I opened my tired eyes to a darkened Airplane cabin. The entire plane, all 50 rows, was dead quiet. The lights were dimmed nearly to the point of obscurity, every head was on a head rest, every face was facing forward, every passenger was still. I turned...

Gatorade for Thirsty RPG Fans

Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:24:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - Having been in development for over two years, Skies of Arcadia(formerly known as Eternal Arcadia) has been anticipated and drooled over by many. Yet, in the shadow of more popular and highly marketed greats like Grandia 2 and Phantasy...

Greek Underworld

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:32:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - During the mid 1800's, the Greek musical style known as Rembetica began to divide itself into two distinct categories. The more entertaining and optimistic of the two, the Smyrnaic style, was played in cafe's and public spaces for the upper-class. Its...

Sampradaya: Master & Disciple

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 04:43:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - On this recording, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and his son Rahul Sharma duet together on the santoor, the Indian pre-cursor to the hammered dulcimer. The style of duet played here, by master and son, is referred to in Classical Indian...

The Teriyaki Box Rox

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:15:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - Trading atmosphere for convenience and competence, Go Sushi is a great place to stop when on the run or just strolling through the village. It sits on the cusp of Avenue of the Americas (6th) and Greenwich st. diagonally across from the...

Solid Air

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 18:29:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - Since the beginning of his lengthy career, John Martyn has never officially conformed to any particular musical genre or classification. In the late 1960's when he was 19 and the first white artist to sign onto the Island Records label,...

Sony PlayStation 2 Slimline Console: PiSt 2 Where is it?

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:38:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - PIST That's the best word to describe me right now.

October 25th 2000

I left my Greek and Latin Roots class and made my way on foot down to the Time Square area. As usual it was hectic, vendors, tourists, electronic shops,...

Sega Dreamcast Grey Console: Open Your Eyes, Dreamcast RULES!!

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 19:25:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - For the past year on the horizon loomed a dark shadow. Way up ahead, blocking out the radiant sun, casting its black and blueness upon us was a monolithic figure, cloaked in mystery, surrounded by hype, growing larger and larger as it came closer and...

Things Behind the Sun

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:13:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - My roomate/musical therapist supplies me with a constant provision of great music. In his room he has stacks and stacks of cd's staring across the room at crate after crate of records. Whenever my foot crosses the threshold of his room his quick fingers...

Sapporo: The North Star

Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:36:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - During the Summer of 1984 Sapporo set up its first U.S headquarters in New York City. From then on it has maintained its position as best selling Japanese beer in the States.

When wild hops were first discovered by the Japanese on the...

Alone in Turkey: Excerpts from my Journal/ Day 7

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:12:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsReview Topic: Sights & AttractionsThis is Day in a series of reviews I have posted that are taken right from the pages of the...

Cassiopeia: The Pocket PC not the Star System

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:38:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - In the wake of the wave the Compaq IPaq Pocket PC made over the past two months comes the E-115 Cassiopeia Pocket PC. This one features Microsoft Outlook Synchronization, Microsoft Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Money and other Microsoft...

Lifeblood of Lifebook: A series

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:49:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - Fujitsu PC is a subsidiary of the global conglomerate Fujitsu Limited. They claim to offer the worlds most "complete range of mobile solutions designed specifically to help you access, create, analyze and share information anytime,...

Alone in Turkey: Excerpts from my Journal/ Day 6

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:32:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsReview Topic: Sights & AttractionsThis is Day 7 in a series of reviews I have written about Turkey, that are taken straight from...

Alone in Turkey: Exerpts from my Journal/Day 5

Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:11:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

Review Topic: Sights & AttractionsThis is part of a series of reviews that I have taken directly from the pages of the journal I kept during my trip to Turkey. This is Day 5,...

Alone In Turkey: Exerpts from my Journal/ Day 4

Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:23:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

This is part of a series of reviews about Turkey that are taken right from the pages of my journal. If you read this and feel that it is incomplete that's because........it is. This is Day...

Alone In Turkey: Exerpts from my Journal/ Day 3

Sun, 24 Sep 2000 15:18:42 GMT

Alone in Turkey: Excerpts From My Journal/ Day 1

Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:53:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust -
Review Topic: Overview

I am beginning a series of reviews that are taken right from the pages of the journal I was keeping when I was traveling through the Western Coast of Turkey alone. I am going to separate them by days. If...

Tsingtao: History in a Bottle

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:48:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author samadust - Tsingtao beer is the #1 consumer brand product exported from China. It is produced from a Chinese brewery that was settled by Germans in 1903, in the Shantung province. Not only is it exported to over 60 nations worldwide but it accounts for over...