Category: Movies

Book Review: Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune is one of those books that everyone, even non-sci-fi fans, are somewhat familiar with. If you haven’t read the book, then you have seen the movie. I vaguely remember seeing the 1984 movie, but never read the book, so I figured I would take the opportunity when I saw it come through Audible.com‘s new…
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LinuxMCE — the new Media Center PC

I stumbled across LinuxMCE, a free competitor to Windows Media Center Edition. LinuxMCE does what WinMCE does except it does much, much more. The features included in LinuxMCE go well beyond the simple Media Center PC. Media Hub WinMCE has the ability to catalog and organize your media, which means music, photos and videos/DVDs on…
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Book Review: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Note: So after I finished Eragon, I grabbed a new book, and forgot to write this review. So it may be a little disjointed as my memory isn’t the type that can recall all parts of the story. Especially after a few weeks after the fact. Eragon is a wonderful book. I first saw the…
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3D Imaging and Animation

So my daughter is becoming addicted to Polar Express, so I’ve watched it about 5 times in the last week or so. What an amazing film! Sure, the story is fantastic and has a great message, but what really impresses me is the computer animation. I remember watching Monsters, Inc and being impressed, but it’s…
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