Posts Tagged 'Amp'

NGC 1097 is Watching You With Its One Giant Eye

No Commented November 30 2009
Categorized Under: Geek, Science, Technical

NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. Three supernovae (SN 1992bd, SN 1999eu, & SN 2003B) have been observed in NGC 1097 (as of 2006). NGC 1097 is also a Seyfert galaxy, with jets shooting from the core. Like most galaxies, NGC 1097 has a supermassive [...]

Old is New: 3-D Movies

one Commented September 1 2009
Categorized Under: Geek

What aficionados consider the “golden era” of 3-D began in 1952 with the release of the first color stereoscopic feature, Bwana Devil, produced, written and directed by Arch Oboler. The film was shot in Natural Vision, a process that was co-created and controlled by M. L. Gunzberg. Gunzberg, who built the rig with his brother, [...]

Windows 7: Arrrr Matey!

2 Commented August 20 2009
Categorized Under: Featured, Geek, OS, Software, Technical

As most of you know, Windows 7 is due to be released this October. This OS is being touted as Microsoft’s crowing achievement, their penance for the fiasco that was Vista. Many have opted to stay all these years with XP and I don’t really blame them. These XP fans are understandably hesitant to make [...]

Web Discovery: Zombaritaville

No Commented August 19 2009
Categorized Under: Web

Zombaritaville is a blogspot…blog which takes popular tunes and changes the lyrics up for zombies. fascinating. Here’s a taste: Attackin’ Diane To the tune of Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp There’s a zombie attackin’ Diane Some undead cat’s come around, wanna eat her glands His ugly face is one bad scar Diane’s combatin’ zombies [...]

Armored Movie Trailer

No Commented August 11 2009
Categorized Under: Movies

” Armored” Comes out Dec 4th and stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Milo Ventimiglia & Fred Ward. Looks like a good cast for a convoluted heist movie. Check out the Trailer

The Hunt for Gollum

No Commented August 10 2009
Categorized Under: Geek, Media, Movies

www.thehuntforgollum.com – Official Site Independent Online Cinema presents an unofficial and free high-concept Lord of the Rings prequel made for under $5,000. The film remains true to the style of Peter Jackson’s films and the world of J.R.R. Tolkien telling how Aragorn tracked down Gollum between The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring. The [...]

WhiteOut Movie Trailer

No Commented July 23 2009
Categorized Under: Geek

Comes Out Sept 11 2009. More Whiteout News & Previews

The Lightning Thief w/ Trailer

No Commented July 17 2009
Categorized Under: Geek, Movies

“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” movie comes out Feb 12 2010. The movie is based on a 2005 young adult fiction novel by Rick Riordan. In the book Percy Jackson discovers that he is the son of a greek god and a mortal woman. The movie is directed by Chris Columbus who [...]

Knoxville Geek Breakfast Recap

one Commented June 19 2009
Categorized Under: Featured, Geek, Technical, knoxville

The JustUsLeeg went down to the Knoxville Geek Breakfast yesterday(Thurs, June 18). The gathering was hosted by Scott Maentz of the Knoxville Geeks, and a good time was had by all. Aside from us Scott had brought in other groups to talk a little about who, what, and why they are. In attendance were representatives [...]

Digital TV: Why all of the calls?

No Commented June 14 2009
Categorized Under: Hardware, TV

Most of us are thinking: Why all of the hubbub? Who are these cave-people that did not know about the Digital TV conversion that was going to happen on the 12th? And there were some of them. In face 1/3 of the close to 315,000 calls to the FCC alone on Friday were for the [...]