© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-waynio Recent reviews written by member waynio en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_466549575300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - When I decided to upgrade from the Starbucks Sirena, I wanted an espresso machine that would fit in a small corner of my kitchen, yet still give high performance, esp. the ability to pull shots and steam milk... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466549575300 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:28:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466549575300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434890706564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - I recently returned from a pleasant vacation with my girlfriend in Europe. The Paris segment was only 3 nights, so renting someone's apartment was not feasible. To reduce our eating expenses, I chose an aparthotel in the Latin Quarter, the Residence... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434890706564 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:08:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434890706564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426310143620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - After first seeing the restored "Lawrence of Arabia" almost 20 years ago, I became an amateur Lawrence scholar, reading every book about him that I could get my hands on. Last October I attended a symposium of the T.E. Lawrence Society at the Huntington... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426310143620 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:18:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426310143620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416059854468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Before I started making espresso at home, I did my homework and learned the importance of having a high-quality burr grinder. Such grinders are a world apart from the cheap whirly-blade models; regardless of the brewing method, the one biggest upgrade a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416059854468 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:10:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416059854468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412524711556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Espresso is the most elaborate coffee-making method yet devised, barely over a century old. The Sirena (Italian for "mermaid") is the result of a two-year collaboration between Saeco, BMW Designworks USA, and Starbucks, the Sirena's distributor. My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412524711556 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:08:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412524711556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406105722500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - As I now live in an apartment with hardwood floors and a few rugs, the need for a full-size upright vacuum has pretty much evaporated. Still, when a broom, brush or Swiffer just won't cut it -- for ex., on small rugs & furniture -- it's time to break out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406105722500 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:02:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406105722500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330438971012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - On my recent trip to Italy, I visited Florence solo, as my girlfriend had to return to work in the U.S. earlier. Arriving by train, it was an easy walk to the Hotel degli Orafi; simply head south for the river Arno, then follow it east. The hardest part... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330438971012 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 02:16:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330438971012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_329627045508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - On our trip to Venice for Carnevale last month, we opted for a hotel in Dorsoduro for a moderately priced room w/canal view (they go quickly, as you can imagine) and a break from the tourist mosh-pit of San Marco. The Locanda Ca' Zose is in a 17th C... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~329627045508 Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:12:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_329627045508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_305812508292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - If you work and/or play on a computer for several hours every day, you could be injuring yourself and not even realize it. One day, years later, you might get a pain somewhere in your upper extremities (hands, arms, or shoulders) like a bolt from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~305812508292 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:07:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_305812508292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_301701762692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Despite W. Somerset Maugham's reputation for light, witty satires about high society, Hollywood has often preferred his more serious books for adaptation, for ex., "Of Human Bondage", "The Razor's Edge", & "The Painted Veil". Previous adaptations of "The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~301701762692 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 23:55:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_301701762692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_296731774596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Watching Steven Soderbergh's "The Good German" is like going for a spin in a reproduction of a classic British roadster, built with meticulous attention, with a few modern upgrades thrown in. It may be a swell ride, but one can't help remembering... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~296731774596 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:59:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_296731774596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_271921548932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - To aid my recovery from RSI (repetitive strain injury), I acquired the Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 for both my home & work PCs. For ergonomic designs, there are only a few that permit a truly neutral hand position, so the forearm bones aren't crossed. I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~271921548932 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:28:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_271921548932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_269166415492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Recently, transient pains in my right wrist alerted me to the need to change the way I work with computers. The fact that my predecessor at work went on disability for carpal tunnel syndrome added a certain urgency; I am determined not to end up like her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~269166415492 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:32:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_269166415492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_263350816388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - In the early 1950s, the author-journalist Milton Sanford Mayer lived in a small Hessian town he called &#147Kronenberg&#148, where he met and befriended ten Germans who had been Nazi Party members (he didn&#146t tell them he was Jewish). Their many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~263350816388 Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:33:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_263350816388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_244340264580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - I recently bought my girlfriend a cruiser bicycle for commuting and recreation. At the Craigslist website I had the good fortune to find a nearly-new Electra Hawaii 3-speed in her favorite color, aqua green; Electra calls it "Minty Green" but it is more... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~244340264580 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:47:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_244340264580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237926518404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - When learning a foreign language, it makes sense to choose a method that fits your particular situation. If, for example, you're just spending a few days in Italy as part of a larger European tour, a Berlitz phrase book is all you really need to get by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237926518404 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:00:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237926518404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237223513732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - My girlfriend Julie & I recently paid a brief visit to Lugano, Switzerland and stayed at the Hotel International au Lac, a venerable 3-star hotel from a bygone age, renovated in 2000 to better accommodate today&#146s traveler. The hotel is ideally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237223513732 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:41:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237223513732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218594709124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Fernando Trueba, director of Belle Epoque (1992), made La Nina de Tus Ojos (&#147The Girl of Your Dreams&#148) in 1998. Though it was a hit in Europe, it was never released in U.S. theaters. Maybe distributors felt that Roberto... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218594709124 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:12:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218594709124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218534940292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - The White Countess marks the end of the famed Merchant-Ivory partnership; producer Ismail Merchant passed away in 2005. This film, set in 1936 Shanghai, has a more exotic international look than most Merchant-Ivory films, but still has the tone of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218534940292 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:46:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218534940292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_217732124292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - For my 100th Epinion, I decided to review a product that really made a positive impact on my life this past year. As a man of a certain age, I know what it's like to be humbled by impotence &#150 there, I've said it. Some of you know what it's like, too... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~217732124292 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:49:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_217732124292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208496004740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Just as one doesn&#146t need a weather report to know it&#146s raining outside, you probably don&#146t need to be told that our economy is skating on mighty thin ice. Then again, maybe you would appreciate some frank, informed analysis of how we got into... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208496004740 Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:27:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208496004740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186428788356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - The Culture Shock! guides to customs and etiquette are invaluable for the serious world traveler. The casual tourist can get by with just a Fodor&#146s or Rough Guide and a Berlitz phrase book; but those who want to do more than just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186428788356 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:49:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186428788356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186000969348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." - R.C. Robert Capa, born André Friedmann in Hungary, rose from poverty and obscurity to become the most celebrated combat photographer of the 20th Century. Alex Kershaw&#146s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186000969348 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:39:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186000969348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184879124100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - In 1981, director Wolfgang Petersen became famous for this film adaptation of Lothar Gunther-Buchheim&#146s WWII novel, based on his experiences as a naval war correspondent aboard the U-96, commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. Originally made as a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184879124100 Tue, 31 May 2005 22:29:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184879124100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184615014020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynio - Is Hollywood trying to prepare us for the next Great Depression? First Seabiscuit, now this. Director Ron Howard, writer Akiva Goldsman, and actor Russell Crowe teamed up to make another crowd-pleaser about a man who literally fights his way out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184615014020 Sat, 28 May 2005 23:54:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184615014020?linkin_id=8003929