Category: Reviews

New Blackberry 9000 Details Confirmed

The new Blackberry 9000 Bold is no longer a rumor. Check out this in-depth review from crackberry.com.

0 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 2:48 PM - Categories: Reviews | Blackberry

Are all your CFC variables Scoped? Find Out!

I was reading Ray Camden's blog and my interest got peeked by his post on a CF app called varScoper. I downloaded the app from RIA Forge and had it parse my MachBug's source code within about 30 seconds. Depsite how meteculous I try to be with my scoping I was suprised when I found almost a dozen fumbles in my ruffly 320 cffunctions spread across 39 CFC files.

I had never thought of whipping something like this up, but this would be fantastic rehashed as an Eclipse plugin...

Untill then, I definetly recomend you check out this helper app (varScoper).

1 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 1:04 PM - Categories: ColdFusion | Debugging | Reviews | Development

Review: 2004 Mark West Pinot Noir

I will start off by admitting that this is a cheap wine, $10-$12 at your local shop. However I'm spotlighting this one because it seems to be on the wine list at a high number of restuarants that I've been to over the last couple of years. My specific knowledge is on the 04, but the 05 has gotten as many raves for what it is...

This Ruby in color Pinot has some legs with black cherry and raspberry fruit flavors that finishes nicely with a nice balance of acidity and light tannins. This isn't a wine to let sit in your basement for 5 years, but is a fantastic crowd pleaser for company and has a nice balance of sweetness that will attract most levels of conesours.

If your looking for decent priced Pinot to have around the house for company I would certainly recoment it.

0 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 5:40 PM - Categories: Reviews | Wine / Liquor

Review: 199 Lives (The Travis Pastrana Movie)

Last night my girlfriend and I jumped on the ZX10 to see the one and only local theater showing of the movie: 199 Lives. The movie is really more like an extended version of Nitro Circus with more commentary and story line. It did a fantastic job of telling a story about a kid who has persevered through a lot, from injuries (100's) to night terrors. Melissa, who knew nothing about him, said that it "did a great job of telling her his story and [the movie] really showed a lot of emotion".

Even though I thought I knew a lot about PT already being a huge fan of the young phenom myself, I learned even more. Lots of the footage was stuff I had seen in the past, but I still say it was worth the $20 bucks for a night out. My only big complaint was some of the footage quality. I'm sure most people will see this on their home TV in which case it will look fantastic, but on a movie theater screen it was definetly pushing the limit of acceptabe for a full prive movie entry.

"If you take Evel Knievel's life and multiply it by 10, you'll get Travis Pastrana's" -La Times

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0 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 11:55 PM - Categories: Motorcycles | Racing | Reviews

Review: Alpinestars One-O-One Riding Shoes

One year ago I purchased a paid of Alpinestars One-O-One Riding Shoes. I decided to hold off on writing a review until I had more experience with the product due to the fact that my initial take on them was not very good.

After several months of riding on/off with these shoes I'm still disappointe

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0 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 12:03 PM - Categories: Motorcycles | Racing | Reviews

Review: Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (2004)

I have been meaning to post something about this wine for some time and my Zaya Rum post reminded me to do so.

"Vino Nobile is garnet red in color; its bouquet is delicate and intense, with a slight scent of violet; the taste is dry with a hint of tannin. This wine is ideal with roast and grilled meat, game and mature cheeses." -wine.com

Now that this wine has had some time to age, this wine will have fully developed and in my opinion an excellent addition to anyone's collection. As a note I've had to custom order this wine and you will most likely not find it locally on the shelfs.

0 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 6:45 PM - Categories: Reviews | Wine / Liquor

Review: Zaya Rum (12yrs) Review

I had the pleasure of tasting this rum the other night and definitely plan on adding it to my cabinet. Zaya Rum is made in Guatemala and is distilled in small copper pots according to the maker's marketing.

The Bottle has a palm wrapped neck with black and gold lettering and is a dark, heavy glass; making an immediate impression.

The rum it's self was smooth with weighty-sweet notes and it really seems to taste exactly as it smells with a nice honey finish.

I would definitely recommend picking up a couple bottles of this! 

 

0 comments - Posted by Russell Brown at 4:03 PM - Categories: Reviews | Wine / Liquor