Reviews by RobinOfLoxley

RobinOfLoxley says "The Sucker Media Player" about Microsoft - Zune (80GB) Media Player

RobinOfLoxley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:53:06 GMT

You can get a very good, pure MP3 player for about HALF the price of Zune. For half the price you also stay free and clear of Microsoft's second-rate online music store, you avoid their nasty DRM format that PREVENTS you from using the music you paid for the way you want to, and you get better usability.

Shop around. Zune has silly features that nobody really uses or needs, shoves hostile DRM policies down your throat, and overcharges you.

Shop before you buy. You'll stay away from Zune too!

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RobinOfLoxley says "Big Expensive Gas Hogs" about 2004 Toyota Sequoia

RobinOfLoxley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:48:33 GMT

The Toyota Sequoia is a bad choice in this era of high gas prices.

The vehicles are WAY too big and heavy, get horrible gas mileage, and tend to roll over if they get near a curve.

People don't need dangerous, overweight fat cars. They need fit, nimble vehicles that get great gas mileage and are easy on the budget.

Sequoia sucks.

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RobinOfLoxley says "News Lite" about USA Today

RobinOfLoxley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:35:06 GMT

Could I PLEASE get a little depth with my morning news??

USA Today is all about shallow reporting, inadequate coverage, and thin details. Their slant is too conservative and too carefully inoffensive to provide any real value behind their opinion pages. Their idea of "World News" is to mention something about prisoners held in Guantanamo without benefit of trial and in violation of human rights accords, but without actually telling it like it is lest they offend Bush's cronies in Washington.

Useless, wimpy, thin newspaper that lacks substance. Who needs it?

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RobinOfLoxley says "Who Knew Chicken Could be BAD for You??" about McDonalds Southern Style Chicken Sandwich

RobinOfLoxley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:27:02 GMT

Chicken is such a yummy light meat that I can't imagine it being bad for you. At least not in the hands of anybody but McDonalds. These chicken sandwiches will kill you with all the grease built into every one and they don't even taste good. At least their horrible tasting little death burgers can be eaten without making a mess all over the front seat of the car, but the chicken biscuits can't because the biscuits crumble apart leaving a mess on your front seat that's almost as unsightly as what its doing to your digestive system.

Nasty stuff!!

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RobinOfLoxley says "Yuck!" about Lay's - Baked Lays Potato Crisps

RobinOfLoxley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:21:49 GMT

Love chips, or any snack food for that matter.

Don't like Baked Lays though. They don't have enough flavor to them and they're too thin and fragile. No substance. You can't eat them with dip or salsa because they crumble into dust at the thought of it.

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RobinOfLoxley says "Two Words-- JONAS BROS." about Camp Rock

RobinOfLoxley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:19:03 GMT

If you have kids, you probably watch Disney channel. If you watch Disney channel, you know the Jonas Brothers. They are Yet ANOTHER dull, bubble-gum, pre-teen, fake pop band.

Think this year's Hilary Duff, or this week's Hannah Montana. The lyrics are vapid, themeless fluff and the "music" (if you can really call it that) sounds vaguely like re-heated leftovers of a dozen similarly talentless fluff pop bands.

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RobinOfLoxley says "Two words- JONAS BROTHERS!!!" about Camp Rock

RobinOfLoxley — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:49 GMT

If you have kids, you probably watch Disney channel. If you watch Disney channel, you know the Jonas Brothers. They are Yet ANOTHER dull, bubble-gum, pre-teen, fake pop band.

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RobinOfLoxley says "Microsoft Strikes Out YET AGAIN with a Second-Rate Media Player" about Microsoft - Zune (80GB) Media Player

RobinOfLoxley — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:26:04 GMT

Microsoft's been down the music player road before but took a hideous wrong turn. People who followed Microsoft met BadResults(tm) when their online web site went belly up and they couldn't buy new media. Stale content was the tip of the iceberg since Microsoft's poorly thought out rights scheme requires an online site server to periodically recertify content.

The Zune is a new take with a new online content portal, but similar badly thought out schemes. DRM content is the first humongous GOTCHA when dealing with Microsoft's online presence. Bad usability is the next --- the thing is meant to LOOK like a rip-off of iPod's usable interface, but that wheel doesn't work like Apple's well-implemented control and the Zun is quite a bit harder to actually USE on a day-to-day basis. Zune also implements a poorly implemented, badly secured broadcast feature that's virtually useless for any practical purpose --- it is essentially a wide-open backdoor for the knowledgable hacker. Maybe "wide-open...

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RobinOfLoxley says "Boring Fluff" about People

RobinOfLoxley — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:09:10 GMT

I hate going to the dentist. Not because I fear the drill, but because I fear the waiting room. Where else can you count on being bombarded by back issues of People?

People magazine sucks. Short articles geared towards people who can't understand complex thoughts irritate me. I can't imagine anything more BORING than reading about what somebody else is doing. So what if Angelina Jolie had a baby or two. It's probably not mine, so I don't care. So what if Oprah is getting ready for a sex change operation? I don't care (besides, she looks like she might have already had one or two of 'em).

Boring, dull-witted voyeurist articles about people who aren't in my life. What could be a bigger waste of time? Probably nothing but sitting in the waiting room without even a stupid People magazine to read.

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RobinOfLoxley says "When You Really Don't Have to Be There..." about US Airways

RobinOfLoxley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:05:38 GMT

If you don't mind arriving late, getting poor service, and be charged nickel and dime fees for any excuse imaginable, then US Airways is the airline for you.

They are a terrible airline with bad service. I fly them sometimes only because they have so many flights on the east coast. That means lots of chances for them to be late and lots of chances to leave you hanging.

You have a choice when you fly. Don't fly crappy airlines like US Airways!

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RobinOfLoxley says "Never again!" about Walt Disney World - Orlando, FL

RobinOfLoxley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:54:53 GMT

Like about 80 million families this summer, I took my kids to Disney World.

MISTAKE!

I knew it would be crowded, but nothing prepared me for the non-stop jostling and impossibly long lines for everything everywhere in the park. Many of the rides had lines up to 2 hours long. 2 HOURS!!

Disney has a Fast Pass system, which helped us a bit, but I'm convinced that contributes to the long lines.

I don't know what Walt was thinking when he plopped the park down in Florida, but it sure wasn't consideration for summertime visitors. Every single day was over 100 degrees and 100 percent humidity. The park does provide some shade and mist devices, but with the outrageously long lines, people were standing out in full sun for much of the day.

Sweat, sunburn, and hot tempers are a TOTAL part of the equation for any Disney trip. Why don't all the idiots raving about this park mention some of that brutal truth?? (I think it's because most of the reviews on this site are FAKE. When you have shills writing...

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RobinOfLoxley says "UNfunny" about Evan Almighty

RobinOfLoxley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:45:53 GMT

What's up with "Evan Almighty"? Not the laughs, that's for sure. This is one of the LEAST funny comedies I've ever seen, and it's a SERIOUS disappointment coming on the heels of "Bruce Almighty", which was a laugh a minute.

The story is totally weak. Changing Evan from a dorky newscaster to a groveling congressman really makes no sense and the movie goes from ridiculous on down. Morgan Freeman is totally wasted in this role that gives him no real God powers, and indeed just trivializes his supposed infinite wisdom.

The jokes are flat and the only reason they EVER get a laugh is because they involve animals pooping. If it weren't for poop, there'd be NOTHING funny in the entire movie. That's a pretty sorry state of affairs, no doubt, but then, "Evan Almighty" is a pretty sorry excuse for a movie.

Lame, lame, lame!

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