Making a good, quiet and ventilated ATX case has considerable challenges because solving these problems may result in worsening another. For instance, having many holes for ventilation will usually make the case noisy, because the noise will have more directions to escape to your ears. The Nexus Clodius is a very good and affordable MiddleTower ATX case, which can be modded in many ways for PC enthusiasts, and is very well ventilated. Of course, a name like Nexus should inspire a sense of quietness -- and it proves it well, the case being qu...
Quad Core processors come in many different ways, now even with the Intel i7 series on the market, even from the same manufacturer. While AMD processors are usually praised for their budget price (and quad cores are no exceptions), and the newest Intel i7 for being too expensive and power hungry (rated at 130W!), the perfect middle ground is found in the Intel Quad Core Q9550 model.Why do I say it's the perfect middle ground? For many reasons. Price is one of them. If you are looking for an AMD Quad Core Phenom processor beca...
"No-Compromise Top Quality Cassette Deck Recorder"
Having a Deck Cassette recorded used to be an important symbol of professionalism in the near past. These devices aren't just recording cassettes, they are made to record them at the highest quality. Though this is often debated, with 2-cassette decks falling behind on quality, the Sony TC-K620 is an excellent example if you are after quality and still want to use analog cassettes for listening.One advantage of analog is that the values are more continuous, they aren't stored precisely as...
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:June 25, 2009 20:01
Overall Rating:
4.4
"Azumi: Great anime-like action flick with Ninjas"
Azumi is a japanese movie based on some manga (japanese comic book) that I admit I didn't read, but that doesn't really matter since it's pointless in my opinion to judge a film based on what it was inspired from -- yes it may or may not be similar, but it is different, and can be in a good way. It is set in the historical era of feudal Japan, so expect some cool sword fighting and bad-assery in this movie. The fact that it is inspired from a manga should come as no surprise given the (albeit in a cool way) anime-like point of th...
"Bidule: Link your synths and parameters in any way"
Ever wanted to add all sorts of controls to your VSTs? How about linking them together in a way to create one single VST combined? And I do not mean just chaining them, but any combination possible, even in parallel. A simple mix, or more complicated morphing... Well Bidule is one such VST and standalone program.Bidule, like most modular synthesizers out there, offers a way for you to connect modules, or "bidules" as it's called in Bidule, together with virtual wires. These bidules can be Bidule modules (such as fun...
Title: Azumi 2: Death or Love Media Type / Name: Nippon Herald Films
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:June 25, 2009 20:10
Overall Rating:
3.9
"Azumi 2: Attempt for more plot, but less action?"
Azumi 2: Death or Love is the sequel to the original Azumi 1, a movie about orphan assassins with incredible skills trained since they were children to kill warlords in feudal Japan that threaten its peace with agendas of war. After the original, only one warlord from their mission still stands, so obviously the ones still alive will have to continue their mission.Spoiler alert: due to the fact that this is a sequel, it will be impossible for me to avoid spoilers from the first one. Either way, I really recommend watching the fir...
Title: The Descent Media Type / Name: Celador Films
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:June 25, 2009 20:17
Overall Rating:
4.8
"The Descent: Brilliant Claustrophobic Horror film"
The Descent is supposed to be a horror movie. And it is brilliant at that. Unlike crappy Hollywood gorefests that have infected the horror genre, this movie really delivers the scare/frightening factor rather than just make those of you weak-of-heart want to puke as in gorefests (how is that even horror or frightening anyway?).The Descent is directed by Neil Marshall, the guy behind Dog Soldiers. I tell you this guy really know the definition of horror, which I have to tell the Hollywood crackpots, is NOT supposed to make you sic...