Epinions Recent Reviews for theinnergeek

For the dollar, for the moment, a great LCD HDTV

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:04:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - For the dollar, for the moment, a great LCD HDTV Background First, a quick "expertise" disclaimer: I am not an audio-visual expert, although I worked as an executive at a television network for five years and picked up a little this...

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:06:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Update: July 2009 Fourteen months have passed since I first put these tires on my road bike and I thought I'd post a quick update. I've put about 1,000 miles on these Vittoria Rubino Pros and have had exactly...

The Lexus of Non-Excess, or, Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:42:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background I live in Los Angeles and am the father of a preschool-aged son and wanted a larger car. My daily driver had been a 2003 BMW 325i wagon, a wonderful little car that handled superbly and returned 33 mpg on the freeway. But the...

Wonderful jogging stroller for non-joggers!

Wed, 25 May 2005 23:08:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background My wife and I have a toddler and we live in a hilly urban residential area of Los Angeles (Los Feliz for you locals who know the topography). We enjoy taking our baby son outside ... on walks, to go to the local cafe, to the park near...

A Chariot for your baby road warrior

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:09:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background I am an avid bicyclist, mostly road riding. But ever since the birth of my first child, my saddle time has sorely decreased (no reverse pun intended). In an effort to get back on the road more often and to introduce my baby son to...

The Best Dim Sum in Southern California

Thu, 3 Feb 2005 23:45:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background My review's title is a bit debatable in the sense that one can't really call any single dim sum restaurant "the best". That would be akin to claiming that a particular pizza joint made "the best" pizza in any given city. How could...

Pricey ... and almost worth it

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:19:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Important background note: I have stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park on three different occasions, each time on a business trip. My trips are funded by my company, so the costs didn't come out of my own pocket. Also, I was not in town to...

2004 Toyota Prius: Toyota Prius: Star Trek Today

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:28:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background We purchased our 2004 Toyota Prius in June '04 after having been on a southern California dealer's waiting list for more than five months. (More about our actual buying experience further down.) We had wanted this car since we first...

Finite satisfaction from Infinity

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:36:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background: I was doing a minor upgrade of my home audio-video system and needed to replace my main loudspeakers (a pair of old Acoustic Research two-way speakers) with units that were off the floor. Why? Not because I was going into one of...

A Catalog of Musical Genius: Tori Amos' Library

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:58:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Note: Portions of this review are adapted from my review of Tori Amos' "Scarlet's Walk" CD, available on Epinions here: ht
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Spiritual Hybrid Theory

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:38:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background I’m one of the hardy few who didn’t rush out to see the 2003 action movie, Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. And I don’t regularly watch MTV, so I didn’t see any Evanescence music videos. But...

325iT -- The Ultimate Wagon!

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:35:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background My wife and I are expecting our first child in November (I am writing this in early November 2003), and we decided we needed a new vehicle. We owned two Acuras at the time: an old Integra hatchback and a '96 3.2TL sedan. The Integra...

If the shoe fits...

Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:53:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

I've been a serious recreational bicyclist since my late teens ... since watching the movie, Breaking Away, actually. (Favorite scene: When Dennis Christopher's character is on a training ride and he drafts behind an...

Oakley price, Oakley quality

Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:09:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

Some folks wear sunglasses as a fashion accessory. Here in Los Angeles, given the climate and the entertainment industry, sunglasses are almost as important sartorially as your car. Though I care about fashion, I wear sunglasses...

Hilton Mews: Quite Lovely, Right

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 13:57:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

My wife and I had been wanting to vacation in London for several years now, ever since I first visited the city in the late 1990s and was smitten by it. As the year 2002 came to a close, fears of a U.S. attack against Iraq made us...

Come for the food

Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:21:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

My wife and I have dined at Mélisse twice now, in November 2002 and in the spring of 2002. On both occasions, we wanted a romantic but unpretentious restaurant, a place where the food came first and the "scene" came, hopefully,...

Lost in Some Place

Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:53:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Who is Aimee Mann?

Among non-fans, Aimee Mann is probably as well known for her battles with record labels as for her music, which is a shame, because her music is often sublime, though I respect her gumption and stamina in fighting for her...

Ambitious and flawed

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:16:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Update Dec. 17, 2002

On December 17, 2002, Tori was a live guest on the music program "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on KCRW-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Santa Monica, Calif. Tori fans would've loved it! It was just a girl and her...

Art that rocks

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:37:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Who is Peter Gabriel?

This very serious and very creative musician has been making music for about a quarter of a century, and that's pretty damned impressive. How long will, say, The Wallflowers or The Foo Fighters or Pink be around making...

A fine 2nd-gen handheld PC

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:16:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

I manage the Web division of a major media company, and because of a corporate partnership with Compaq/HP, I was able to order iPAQs for my staff. So everyone got one and they use them in daily work. At the time of purchase, we...

Heartbreakingly Lovely

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 23:32:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Who is Beth Orton?

To me, Beth Orton is melancholy made flesh. When I listen to her sing her self-penned songs, I feel so much sadness I almost cry. But it's a beautiful sadness, one that comes from love lost, ambition stunted, connection...

A stylish and light brain-bucket

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:35:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

I have been bicycling seriously for 18 years, ever since I saw the movie Breaking Away during my high school years. During college at Cornell University in upstate New York, I didn't have a drivers license and I had a lot of...

Samsung SPH-I300: Combo PDA+phone is cool

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:24:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

My writer/director wife had become a two-fisted double-barreled gunslinger. She'd often find herself with her PalmPilot III open in one hand and her Nokia 8260 cell phone in her other hand, thumbs tapping at the respective keypads...

For the dollar, a GREAT 27" TV

Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:32:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

I am a movie-lover and my DVD collection is growing faster than it should :-) so it was time to get a better television than the old Sony 19" I had. What I wanted was a bigger picture, clarity and sharpness for DVDS, and a good...

Good cordless phone for the price

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 19:08:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author theinnergeek - Background

My wife & I had a Vtech 900 MHz cordless phone that *had* been working fine in our old house. But when we moved into our new house, the Vtech stopped functioning -- it couldn't find and hold a channel (I have reviewed that Vtech...