Epinions Recent Reviews for showard

Pretty, Competent but a bit Sluggish

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:16:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - The basic 2003 Ford Ranger with a 2.3L, 4-cylinder is not the perfect truck. I really enjoy driving it. A great purchase price and good gas mileage can cloud one’s thinking. Performance: Let’s start with the negatives. The small...

Little, (sort of) Lovely and Lights

Fri, 9 Nov 2001 22:42:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - The Magellan GPS-300 (originally the Pioneer) is a low-end Global Positioning System in price. In functionality it’s (almost) as good as any.

The GPS network consists of 24 satellites circling the world at an altitude of about 11,000 miles...

Not your Keebler's Elph

Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:06:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - When I first saw the “film” Elph, I clutched my private parts. Tiny, shiny and functional is hard to beat. The digital Elph “pushed me over the edge”. A couple of weeks ago I bought. It’s cool!

Canon lists this device with a price of $599...

eGroups: Business Applications only Limited by your Imagination

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 23:33:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - EGroups is a pretty versatile (free) service. It allows you to send group e-mails and a whole lot more. My perspective will be as member of a “board” that has several geographically dispersed members. We still have more meetings than are necessary...

Canon MultiPASS C530 Inkjet Multifunction Printer: Terrific Machine unless Your System is Nonconforming

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:40:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - I love HP printers. I’ve just bought my fourth Canon. Why? A drawer full of cartridges. Guess that that must be a plus for Canon: many of their systems from low end to high(ish) use the same consumables. With from four to six printers in service at any...

Holiday Miracle: FreeLane is resurrected! (12/10/00)

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:53:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Freelane (by Excite) has been transformed as of today (12/10/00). I am thrilled at the change!

As many of us know, 1stUp.com has been powering many of the free ISP’s. Frankly they did a mediocre job. 1stUp is now history. They went down the...

Tax' Preparation can be FUN

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:54:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - I’ve been using TurboTax Deluxe for a number of years. It makes “tax time” almost pleasurable. In the “olden days” I used a spreadsheet template. It worked well but was nowhere near Intuit’s “ease of use”.

I just opened the sixty-five-page...

Canon BJC 2100 Inkjet Printer: Very Inexpensive and Impressive

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:05:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - I’m most impressed by Canon’s 2000 series printers. Even if your present ink-jet is working fine, buy a 2000/2100 and put it in a closet until your existing machine crashes. The Canon is a terrific value! After rebate, the 2000 will cost about $30, the...

Tiny but Tough

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:01:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - The Toro 1200 is a product that I reviewed by accident twenty ears ago. I’m flabbergasted that this snow thrower has been around that long. Must prove that it is damn good.

The scenario starts with the “once in a century” snowstorm for the...

Very Nice. Cool Fax "add-on" Is trouble brewing?

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 18:08:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Goiwin.com is a good ‘un. It further links to some “add ons” that you will also find valuable.

The download is just shy of one Meg. Installation is non-disruptive (a real plus, compared to some of the other free isp’s).

I did...

Some Very Annoying Faults! (or is it me?)

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:06:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Everyone seems to love myfavoritei.com. My stable of free ISP’s are rapidly going out of the analog business or giving poor service. Let’s do it! Get myfavoritei.com.

I visit the site. Wow. Free on-line storage, free e-mail, free voicemail,...

Porsche 924: Inexpensive Initiation to Performance

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:36:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Porsche is among the premier automobile manufacturers in terms of handling. A 924 can move at a rapid rate: even with the engine’ displacement of a Kia or a Cavalier. Many gurus have designated the 924 as a “lesser model”.

Deserved or not? Yes...

FreeLotto: Privacy Issue NOT "Fixed" on 9-23-00

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:49:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - FreeLotto is a sort of Orwellian site. We feed it personal information. It then makes us fabulously wealthy. In the meantime it can develop, over time, a profile that will be very, very precise. Were I a “seller” (or possibly a blackmailer), I think I’d...

Best of Breed (also genus and species)

Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:18:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - It’s September in Maine. Nearby Mt. Washington has already seen snow. Why the hell would any sane person buy an electric snow thrower in this climate? Here’s why.

A standalone, thrower/blower spends nine months in storage and is used for three...

Microsoft Excel: Web Enabled: Now Two Cool Demos!

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:17:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - We all have heard the “Web Enabled” comments about Microsoft Office and Excel. This “write-up” will include a link to a real Excel spreadsheet that you can download and observe the features. I’ll include some user’ information in case you might want to...

Microsoft PowerPoint: PowerPoint for Web Site Creation: a Tutorial

Fri, 8 Sep 2000 17:50:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Many of you crave a web presence. You know that your ISP will “host” it for free (usually). There are many, many sites (e.g. Treeway, GeoCities, FreeInternet) that offer free hosting. What’s holding you back?

Perhaps your excuse is: “I don’t...

Final Judgement: NG

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 23:46:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author showard - You are test-driving a new car. You hop in. Where’s the steering wheel? There it is in the back seat.

That’s sort of the feeling I get with freei.net. Intuition is of very limited value when navigating this site. It’s entirely possible that...

Utilitarian Utopia in Your Yard

Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:41:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Our cart was originally “The Gardenway Cart” when purchased in about 1977. Guess that there have been a few mergers/acquisitions in Vermont. The cart is still “going strong”.

The “cart” was once was a yuppie', status symbol. Today it’s...

Eureka Corded Stick Brooms: Small Money. Large Value

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:29:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - A few years ago I noted the Eureka Corded Stick Broom on sale at my local Kmart. Wonderful price, although we didn’t really need another vacuum. Of course I bought it: “We’ll keep it upstairs”.

Our experience with Eureka’s cordless broom was...

Durable enough for a horse

Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:01:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - Our (idiot) dog is a shephard/huskie cross. She can easily out-pull the previous dog that weighed in at over one hundred pounds (this one’s forty). Another annoying habit was to maintain constant pressure on a leash: even with a choke collar. The only...

Very Viable after all these years

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 22:16:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - My BA-35 Solar is not the exact model pictured on ePinions. It’s also not the one on the TI site. Perhaps that may because I’ve had it since about 1981. The current model is however quite similar in looks and function.

The above paragraph is...

Eureka Cordless Stick Brooms: What an investment!

Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:01:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author showard - I just “dug out” the Eureka warranty. It’s dated 1985. Think that we actually purchased it the following year. Would you believe that it’s still “going strong”? Yup.

The battery once lasted for four or five filter-loads. Today that number is...

Quaint, congested and costly

Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:29:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author showard - At various times in my life I’ve lived on Beacon Hill. Being a hillbilly at heart, I could never wait to leave. My comments will therefore be biased, but the “Hill” is not without its charm.

By foot, you can visit every building on Beacon Hill...

Good Product but lots of Sales Pressure

Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:47:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - My opinion of Kirby as a product is high. My opinion of Kirby as a value is low. My opinion of Kirby as a marketing organization could be a lot higher.

My youngest daughter responded to a “help wanted” advertisement that turned out to be from...

The saga is over

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:01:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author showard - This is going to be more of a serialized, mystery story than a review. As you can see from my earlier review on Canon’s Multipass, I was pretty happy with it.

On Friday we had a violent lightning strike. (Fortunately (I thought) computers were...