http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews Derek Lidbom's Reviews en-us Copyright 2008, Derek Lidbom drlidbom@mindspring.com (Derek Lidbom) drlidbom@mindspring.com (Derek Lidbom) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:57:04 EST Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:19:16 EST The blood sweat and tears of Derek Lidbom http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Styles/Head/images/Headers/Header03501.jpg http://www.mandatorycurfew.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=229&Comments=110 The Good: Informative, fun to watch, strong masculine smell The Bad: Melodramatic Review: I have been enjoying this show since its premiere a few weeks ago. Bear Grylls, an individual of evidently almost superhuman strength/stamina/knowledge/etc., goes from rough place to rough place and teaches YOU how to survive if you find yourself in these situations. I'm really digging the show so far, except for the occasional (alright, downright frequent) melodrama. (110 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=229 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:23:50 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=228&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=228 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:27:47 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=227&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=227 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:16:57 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=226&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=226 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:13:59 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=225&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=225 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:11:14 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=224&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=224 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:41:06 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=223&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=223 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:37:40 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=222&Comments=0 The Good: The Bad: Review: (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=222 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:01:53 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=220&Comments=1 The Good: Healthy (although not that much compared to other Lean Cuisines, apple crisp is ok The Bad: chicken/orzo/vegetables/glaze were awful Review: I haven't written a review in a while, but this merited it. This entree is easily the worst microwave entree I've ever had. So much for trying out the new LC entrees. And, it has more calories (400) than most (around 280). I'll wrestle through it because I'm hungry, but don't make the same mistake in picking this one out for yourself. (1 comment) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=220 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:48:25 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=219&Comments=1 The Good: Tastes like skittles but is gum The Bad: expensive, not widely available Review: Sarah loves skittles, so I pick these up whenever I see them. They taste just like skittles, but are gum (of a reasonable quality). I like them a lot, but they don't last very long and aren't cheap. Skittles, come on! Let me buy a pound bag of your gum! (1 comment) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=219 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:56:48 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=78&Comments=3251 The Good: Value for the money The Bad: ? Review: I got one of these with the gift certificate Sarah's mom got us for our wedding gift (we got other stuff too). It's a 40 degree bag I think, but that's ok because I'm always hot in sleeping bags. I've used it on a few occasions (none camping yet, unfortunately) and am happy with its performance. It stuffs really well and I can unzip the bottom to cool my feet. (3251 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=78 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:53:49 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=80&Comments=1 The Good: Beef on Wick, French Fries and Gravy, Root Beer, Italian Omelet The Bad: Unhealthy Review: The Pok-A-Dot is a tiny diner in Batavia, New York. Sarah worked there for quite a while when she lived in Batavia. There's no smoking inside, so that is great. When I go, I always get one of two things: Beef on Wick with fries and gravy or an Italian Omelet (eggs, cheese, sausage, hot peppers, sweet peppers, onions, hash browns). Man that's good. (1 comment) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=80 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:51:48 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=82&Comments=1 The Good: Brainless and entertaining The Bad: Having to be reminded to get my pet spayed or neutered every time, the crazy women that want to marry Bob Barker Review: Whenever I was home "sick" in elementary and middle school, I would always bring my blanket and pillow downstairs before 11AM to catch The Price is Right. I don't know why I have such an attachment to it, but I really do enjoy watching it. Not enough to DVR it though, and not enough to watch it if I'm not doing something else. (1 comment) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=82 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:49:25 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=84&Comments=0 The Good: VERY quick deployment time, easy language The Bad: Harder to find support for tough problems, Macromedia is so innovative they are almost bleeding edge (without telling the developers) sometimes. Review: As anyone who has ever talked to me about web development knows, I am a HUGE ColdFusion fan. I do almost all my development in it, and, having had experience as an ASP developer too, I can definitely say that ColdFusion is much more suited to my development style. It was built for the web from the ground up. I can't speak for how it compares to ASP.NET, but I know I'm consistently churning out code quickly with it. My only complaints are that it's hard to get support for it sometimes and Macromedia tends to include features in final versions that don't appear to be fully tested. (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=84 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:43:24 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=85&Comments=0 The Good: Strong development platform, nice multi-platform support The Bad: Needs a "lite" version, SERIOUS caching problems Review: I use Dreamweaver for all my ColdFusion and ASP development. Also HTML if that counts. I miss ColdFusion Studio, but I understand the need to have one platform. It supports (and quickly brings up references for) the major web programming languages. I can develop quickly in it, and it is available on mac and PC platforms. I wish they had a tuned down version that didn't support all the site features. Those seem to cause problems. The biggest problem with Dreamweaver MX 2004 is that sometimes it will overwrite a file on the server with an older cached copy. To safely and consistently get around this, you need to browse to the cache on your hard drive before you start development for the day and delete all the files for the cache for the site(s) you're going to be working on. (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=85 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:28 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=102&Comments=1 The Good: Easy to use The Bad: Has become bloatware, not enough advanced features Review: I used to like AOL Instant Messenger. Then they realized that, now that they had a userbase of millions of users, they could start forcing advertisements on people. I stopped using it shortly after videos (with sound) started spontaneously playing in my AIM window in the middle of the day. I use Adium for OS X now and love it. (1 comment) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=102 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:33:14 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=103&Comments=0 The Good: Lots of them The Bad: Mediocre food at best, very inconsistent Review: I've had consistently bad experiences at the Applebees restaurant in Winston-Salem. Others have been hit and miss. As a general rule, I only go if I'm forced to go with a group. (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=103 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:31:17 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=104&Comments=0 The Good: Awesome sales reps, LOTS of expertise at your fingertips, very competitive pricing, great online extranet The Bad: Anything messed up in accounting takes a while to figure out. Review: Almost all the hardware purchasing (with the exception of Dell workstations) I do is through CDW. Their sales support surpasses anything I've ever worked with. I have a "team" of 8-10 people who specialize in different things and then one rep. He treats me right, gets me answers and gives me good advice. He's always there when I call and I get what I need when I order. Returns are easy, but if anything gets caught up in accounting, it can take quite a while to get sorted out. The extranet is such that I don't have to call for most things I order. (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=104 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:28:22 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=105&Comments=0 The Good: Great chips/salsa and soft tacos The Bad: Poor service recently in Winston-Salem Review: Whenever I think about Chilis, I remember their awesome bottomless chips and salsa. I like them SO much more than the ones at any mexican restaurant. Also, if you're on a diet (a reasonable one), you can structure the soft tacos to allow you to stick to the diet and get a ton of flavor. (0 comments) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=105 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:25:28 EST http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=106&Comments=1 The Good: The best cinnamon rolls The Bad: unhealthy and addictive Review: I could pretty much always go for a Cinnabon cinnamon roll. They are sooooo good and rich. Oh yeah, and ask for extra icing. Costs extra, but shouldn't a heart attack? I can't speak for the rest of their creations (drinks, strawberry buns, etc.). I never deviate from the traditional Cinnabon. (1 comment) dlidbom@mindspring.com http://www.mandatorycurfew.com/Default.cfm?Page=Reviews&Permalink=Yes&ReviewID=106 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:19:16 EST