One of the musicians that I listen to a lot is Craig David, I still listen to his first CD from 2000 every once in a while. He is an extremely talented musician with many different skills, the one thing that I find very is when he sings an acoustic song, he has the ability to make it even better then the mixed song.

This CD is his latest iteration from his musical talents, I wasn’t too impressed with his second and third Album, his first Album was the best, but this Album is a really good job with different flavors of music, you really feel like he has spread his wing with this one. Its not his usual music, you can tell that he is still applying his style but it has developed in a good way.

Favorite Songs:

• Friday Night
• Officially Yours
• Just A Reminder
• This Is The Girl

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Plot Summary: In Karakura Town, there has been a sudden outbreak of unidentifiable spirits called “blanks” (vacant souls) while in the skies of Soul Society, the real world has been reflected. A mysterious female shinigami called Senna has appeared before Ichigo along with a man named Ganryu, leading a group called the “Dark Ones”.

Every good anime series usually comes out with a movie slightly diverting from the story line but still having some connection with it. In this movie our favorite guy Kurosaki Ichigo is running around town as the usual Substitute Shinigami until they run into this strange phenomena. Whoever watches Bleach knows that the Soul Society has a lot of dark secrets and in this movie this is one of them, I really liked how they jumped right into Ichigo’s character and we are used some of these guys, but we are also used to how the storyline is uncovered to us in the episodes so much that you really know all the characters, but in the movie you feel like its a bit hurried. You get the sense the Ichigo will continue the fight, but you don’t get a full understanding of the enemy, they could have made it a bit longer and developed those guys a little further since we already knew all the Shinigami. Overall its an enjoyable movie and you will probably enjoy it but don’t expect so much from it, I have higher expectations for the second Bleach Movies.

Link: AnimeNewsNetwork

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This is probably one of those entertaining shows that won’t be having another season, but really worth a watch. Its about four friends who are all successful in their lives leading the life of luxury in New York City, but there is one part where none of them seem to get it right which is their relationship with women. I watched this show all one go because I couldn’t stop watching episode to episode, you really understand what these men are going through and how hectic things can be with women, and all the women are gorgeous in one way or another.

You can’t help but laugh at their situation, they keep comparing each other’s troubles on a daily basis and who can top of the other. One man is head of a powerful conglomerate, another is leader of a cosmetic company, one guy runs his own crisis management company, and another runs a pharmaceutical company. There is a bit of a serious undertone for some of them, but the comedy just doesn’t stop, I am really enjoying this show and I want more episodes.

Link: TV

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Shia LaBeouf plays the role of Kale, he was a good student and things were going good in his life. One day Kale lost his father and from there he becomes a troubled in school and his day to day life. Due to his actions he is put under house arrest and things develop from there, he tends to notice things from his window since that is his only source of entertainment.

The action is entertaining, and you are kept on your toes, I really enjoyed the movie. Kale is running around trying to make sure that he isn’t insane, and at the same time he is falling for the girl next door. If you haven’t seen it, its worth watching.

Link: IMDB

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I have had this issue with Vista sharing for a little bit now, and after trying so many different ways to get the network to communicate, I found this software solution.

This is a Home/Small Office NMS (Network Management System), there is the free version and the pro version which costs money. I checked out the software and it seems it does everything it says its supposed to do which was great for my needs.

As soon as I got things going with the software I could automatically access all my files for Vista and XP from any computer. The software costs $50 but for 8 PCs which is great, and you don’t have to install the software to able to access the files from XP to Vista or otherwise. You are not bound by the software but it really is a great and simple tool.

What you can do which I liked:

• Intruder Detection (Shows you all people who have been or left the network)
• Can detect flaws in the network (Wired/Wireless)
• Monitor Network
• Test Internet SpeedConnect
• NAS devices
• Access Files Remotely through Net2go, public or password protected address.
• Very simple to use, intuitive

Overall I think its a great piece of software and for $50 you get to use for 8 PCs which is an extremely good deal. It works for both Macs and PCs, and it can connect both of them without too much of hassle.

Price: $50

Link: NetworkMagic

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Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) is a man who has been cursed since he was young, but the curse that was put on him by a girl that liked him got worse as he dated more girls. The curse says that after having sex with Charlie a woman would get married to the man after him, and this spread through to many women. He is a dentist that wasn’t looking for something like this, and then there is his friend Stuart or Dr. Stu who is a plastic surgeon and he is dirty as ever. This is one of the funniest chick flicks I have seen in a long time, the only way for Charlie to break the curse is to fall in love and that is what happens when he meets Cam Wexler (Jessica Alba) but he is afraid of the curse by this point that he would lose her. Things work out differently after a while, and the insanity start from that point. It is a very funny movie, I’m not the biggest fan of Dane Cook but he did a pretty good job playing Charlie. Two thirds of the movie is hilarious in the situation that was going on with Charlie and his curse, the last third of this movie is about him falling for Cam so it isn’t too bad as a chick flick, a lot of guys would enjoy this movie.

Link: IMDB

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I was curious as to  how they were going to make this movie, 28 Days Later was a different type of Horror/Thriller movie. I really liked the original and the unique idea they had, making it look like that people had to survive. So this movie takes place 6 months after the virus has hit and a lot of those infected monsters have died from starvation. This time the US Army Steps in to help Great Britain, they established a safe zone inside London for them to repopulate and start again. There were a few odd things happening and things didn’t go as smoothly as they planned. This movie gets interesting, but nothing like the original, you get a scare from it but not the same feeling as that man who was fighting for his life. Towards the end it seems like the US Military vs. the Zombies but thats my take on it. There is a little more to it, but there are better movies out there.

Link: IMDB

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I was looking at a lot of different upscaling products but I wanted one that could really produce true scaling quality. After looking around I purchased the Denon 3930 for 400 KD about 7 months back now.

After putting this machine through its paces I think this is a very high quality product from Denon. This Denon upscaler produced the sharpest picture I have seen from the upscaler that I was looking at using the test disc at the time. From my testing of all different types of video, movies, anime, tv series, and burned discs I have seen this quality reflected on all the different materials. The video quality seems more life like when watching all the different shows, you don’t realize how good it is until you go back to a normal dvd player and realize how bad it looks. The sound is also clearer and cleaner when played from the Denon, it feels for spatially defined from other players.

I have been very happy with the purchase since it has also improved the quality viewing of my anime, movies, and other video. With all the features this machine packs I think that whoever is looking for quality upscaling with all the necessary features to make it complete. Everything is great about this product, if only it was a little cheaper it would be the perfect product.

Link: Denon

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Plot Summary: Inukami are demons with the apearence of a dog which protect the humans from other demons. However, Keita, a descendant of a historic Inukami-tamer family, lacked their gift, and so he was forsaken by the family. One day, an Inukami named Yoko came in to his life, and from then on, Keita’s life would never be the same. Although Yoko was really beautiful, she was a problematic Inukami that no one had been able to control, and from that moment the endless train of Keita’s embarrassments was without end.

Keita is the black sheep of the family he got stuck with an Inukami who is basically a delenquent. Basically Youko is the black sheep of the Inukami and Keita is the black sheep of the Kawahira’s Inukami. Oddly they seem to be the perfect match, and they get into some crazy adventures together. Keita is basically a heathen who is chasing other women and trying to have as many women as possible, he also gets beaten up at every moment by Youko because she feels he is unfaithful to her and he thinks that she has no right. It is a hilarious circle, this is an enteratining anime which keeps you laughing, lots of sexual comedy, and there is a bit of serious undertone to it. Overall just a funny anime to enjoy.

Link: AnimeNewsNetwork

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This is the third iteration of this series of movies, I didn’t think it would be any better then the second movie. Alice still survives the virus, and she is also the cure to this virus. The Umbrella Corp is still working in the background but you get more of a feel that they are in jam at this point and they are looking for their own solution. The story starts off a bit confusing, but they jump right into the action and you see that world has been taken over by the virus and only a few areas are left. The only way to survive from these hordes of monsters is to remain on the move and that is what a group of people are doing, Alice runs into this group and helps them. The action is good, I liked the characters in the movie, and it seems that this isn’t the final movie.

 

 

Link: IMDB

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