© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-vemartin Recent reviews written by member vemartin en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_443350486660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - I recently upgraded my standard satellite receiver to a Dish Network ViP722 HD-DVR that offers up to 55 hours of recorded HD programming. Not enough. Good thing the Dish Network ViP722 HD-DVR has a high-speed USB port and allows for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443350486660 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:22:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443350486660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443301727876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - I am a man; as my wife will most surly attest. And like "almost" all men I love all things electronic; the more buttons, LED's, and controls, the better! No, I do not spend all of my time buried knee deep in the written word, or studying the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443301727876 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 08:46:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443301727876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441357405828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Original Release Date: April 2001 Genre: Contemporary Jazz Label: Warner Brothers/ Wea Records Number of Discs: (1) Something I didn’t know about Kirk Whalum until very recently is that he is a man of the (biblical)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441357405828 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:07:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441357405828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440082206340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - The world of cooking, gourmet and otherwise magazines is festooned with glossy covers adorned with tempting dishes of un-nameable foods we are supposed to enjoy preparing. But Bon Appetit Magazine has them all whipped with its life-sized... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440082206340 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:22:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440082206340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439797780100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Authors Notes: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is far too complex and in-depth an application to give full airing to within this forum. Therefore, I will give a broad overview of the application and it functionality. I administer the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439797780100 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:05:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439797780100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439790308996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Authors Notes: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is far too complex and in-depth an application to give full airing to within this forum. Therefore, I will give a broad overview of the application and it functionality. I administer the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439790308996 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:39:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439790308996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439784214148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Qualifications: I am the manager (Network Administrator) of a medium-sized server farm at a financial institute that consists of some 250 Dell PowerEdge servers of various models and design and they run Windows 2003 Standard Edition (x32 &... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439784214148 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:31:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439784214148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439755312772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - I lived for a time in Europe back in the early '90's. I watched in person and on television as the Berlin Wall, long a symbol of oppression and the deep ideological divide between East and West, Capitalism and Communism, was slowly taken down first by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439755312772 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:23:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439755312772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439743188612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Qualifications: I am the manager (Network Administrator) of a medium-sized server farm at a financial institute that consists of some 250 Dell PowerEdge servers of various models and design and they run Windows 2003 Standard Edition (x32 &... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439743188612 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:28:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439743188612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439725035140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Ignorance: lack of knowledge or education. Ignorance (and the hatred it give birth to) is at the root of racism and bigotry and the source of so much human strife and suffering. In the case of The Freedom Writers (2007) ignorance led to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439725035140 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:58:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439725035140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439617949316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Rhode Island, officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is the smallest state, by area, in the union. The state borders Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, as well as New York by sea... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439617949316 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 15:24:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439617949316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439609298564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Original Release Date: October 4, 2005 Genre: Contemporary Jazz Label: Rendezvous Records Number of Discs: (1) Kenny "Babyface" Edmunds was the slow ballad throughout '80's and well into the '90's. His... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439609298564 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:08:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439609298564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438812708484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - We have all been forewarned, this Batman installment would be dark, dark indeed, but nothing can prepare one for how dark, stark, violent (simulated or otherwise), and unrelentingly savage The Dark Knight actually is. Not that the bleakness of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438812708484 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:36:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438812708484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437956873860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - The story of fabled Pocahontas her real name was Mataoaka), the Indian princess from Virginia, has been the subject of many a story cartoon and otherwise and none of them seemed to get it right. The latest attempt 2005’s The New World manages to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437956873860 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:13:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437956873860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437904051844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Original Release Date: June 19, 2007 Genre: Contemporary (Smooth) Jazz Label: Narada Records Number of Discs: (1) Usually I can tell you the exact moment a certain artist came to my attention and how, but where I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437904051844 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:25:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437904051844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437809811076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Kate Winslet is far and away my favorite Hollywood actress. Her roles are almost always bold, daring and engaging; Mistress Kate is unabashed when it comes to her craft and no role has proved to risqué for her to tackle with equal aplomb. While other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437809811076 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437809811076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437097631364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - First an admission: I used to watch Sex and the City on HBO religiously together with my wife. There I said it. I enjoyed the show and I was displeased when it went off the air. My favorite character was not Carrie, but Charlotte; I just adore... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437097631364 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:35:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437097631364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437023641220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Okay, I&#146ll admit it; I have long lists of passwords like everyone else; it seems you cannot even visit a web site these days without filling our reams of on-line forms. So like everyone else I started looking for a solution to manage all of these... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437023641220 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:48:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437023641220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437006601860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - What can be said about Canadian actress Ellen Page within the paragraph’s of this review that have not already been said by countless silver-screen reviewers before me. She is a wonder, a lithe woman trapped in a girl’s body, but she owns the screen in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437006601860 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:42:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437006601860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436996050564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Original Release Date: June 19, 2007 Genre: R&B Label: Def Jam Records Number of Discs: (1) Who knew my 20-year old daughter had genuine taste in music! But so it was from her that I first heard this new R&B diva... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436996050564 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:38:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436996050564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436782468740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - The Australian Outback. As I explained to my 13-year old daughter the other day, there are few places more inhospitable on the planet than the Australian Outback. And none too many movies made with it as the backdrop. Such is the case with The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436782468740 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:17:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436782468740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435926306436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - I am traveling once again, this time to my hometown of Newport, Rhode Island to visit family for a week. Unfortunately my family does not own an ancestral home in Newport, and my brother’s place is too small, so I picked one of Newport’s omnipresent,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435926306436 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:01:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435926306436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435523325572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - I am traveling once again, but this time I am on vacation, sans the spouse (I miss her already), but toting a 13-year-old on a two-day car ride to Rhode Island to visit family for a week. I have come to loath air travel, a pastime I used to adore, but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435523325572 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:10:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435523325572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433186705028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Now I consider myself a pretty intelligent guy; rocket scientist no (but I suppose I could be if I had wanted to be), but a fairly intelligent man as far as humans go. So why for the life of me can I not figure out what the hell Premonition... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433186705028 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:18:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433186705028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432859156100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vemartin - Edward Norton is not your quintessential Hollywood actor. He quietly goes about his craft shunning the spotlight that is Hollywood’s glitter and gossip machine and just makes good movies. Well, mostly good movies anyway. Mr. Norton first popped up on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432859156100 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:47:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432859156100?linkin_id=8003929