Asian Emoticons

Danny Choo has a great article with links and information about the use of Asian emoticons. Check it out here.

Final Geass - SPOILER

Spoiler *** Scroll over text to reveal:

The final episode of Code Geass aired very recently and I think the writers gave the most acceptable ending possible (Zero Requiem). Everyone had high hopes of high body counts; but it wasn't really meant to be... Overall, Code Geass is one of the best animes a collaboration between companies has produced. The only problem is the shallowness of having only 50 episodes present the content of easily twice that many.

Oh, and here's the RANT. In the episodes portraying the decisive battle for Tokyo between the Black Knights and Schnizel the ending of Suzaku firing Freya makes NO SENSE. Given that Orange-kun had joined Lulu on the side of *justice* and basic premises of Lelouch's strategic ability it's hard to believe Lelouch would have not given the order to dispell Suzaku's "live" geass. Having believed Suzaku just tried to betray him to Schnizel, Lelouch would not have been holding any lingering loyalty to any friendship. Then again, killing millions with Freya finally made Suzaku less of an EMO-hypocratic-punk-ass-b*t*h.

Lucky Star OVA Reminder

Released earlier today... In case you didn't know (yeah right).

Race Across Azeroth

From Attack of the Blog "Lose 100 Pounds With 'World of Warcraft'"

Fall Anime Preview

Check out Garten's more detailed description of the Fall anime lineup @ Memento.

BOAS watch list is

• Clannad ~ After Story
• Gundam 00 2nd Season
• Kyo no Go no Ni
  
• ef ~ A Tale of Melodies (still have to finish A Tale of Memories...)
• Lucky Star OVA
• Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter

LaFlaga Feed C/O Google AJAX Feed API

Implemented RSS feeds from Blog de LaFlaga using Google's AJAX API. Something more dynamic for the frontpage.

Google Code: AJAX Feed API

ARIA - The Secret Garden

LaFlaga Website Version 4.0

Redesign of LaFlaga's website with an emphasis on simplicity. This new site REQUIRES javascript to be allowed to view correctly. It has been tested using Firefox 3.0.1 and is expected to display correctly with previous Mozilla browsers, Safari, and Opera; NO support is given for IE.

Google Update -- The Process that JUST WON'T DIE

http://www.google.com/search?q=googleupdate.exe

After downloading Google Chrome and trying it for a while... it was back to Firefox for BOAS. But as I uninstalled the beta browser; there was still the menacing process googleupdate.exe always in my task manager. To get rid of it fully I actually had to setup a firewall block on Google Installer and manually `rm -rf` (yes I have that in Windoze...) the entire Google directory from "C:\...\Local Settings\Application Data"--a directory that is hidden but exists! Do yourself a favor, if you plan to dl Google Chrome, please find the offline installer for Google software.

Google Chrome

Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Like saving 3% fuel economy by properly inflating your tires it makes good sense to download Google Chrome.

On another note--Internet Explorer 8: Over 2x “Fatter” than Firefox

Minami-ke Anime's 3rd Season Reportedly Green-Lit - Anime News Network

A third season of the anime adaptation of Coharu Sakuraba's Minami-ke manga series has been reportedly green-lit in Japan.

Source: 2ch @ ANN

Ubiquity

I know its been a LONG time since I blogged about anything (work+life happens); but if you didn't already make the leap for WORLD RECORD then Ubiquity may be the reason to upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 3.x. Lofty idea; but cool implementation.

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

OMG OMEGA CUTE!!!

Virus Visualization

Some artwork inspired by computer virus are shown here, created by MessageLabs.

ARIA the ORIGINATION OST & Canvas Single by Hirai Ken

Great music for the first time in a long time...

DC: XBOX World

Interesting post from Dannychoo.com

http://www.dannychoo.com/fauna_detail/eng/1320/XBOX+World/

Spring 08 Anime

Line up for anime showing Spring this year; see anything you like? BOAS is definitely into Code Geass R2 and curious about the new xxxHolic. Itazura no Kiss had a fairly successful j-dorama adaptation. Also Vampire Knight was recommended by a friend for its pretty manga artwork.

Hatsune Miku Nendoroid Odori

3D+Dolls=Nightmares

From dannychoo.com "Blythe Dolls" (WARNING DO NOT FOLLOW LINK IF YOU ARE PRONE TO NIGHTMARES)

I originally came to the conclusion that there were 4 types of male Otaku.

* 1.Prefers 3D (real human like Idols) girls.
* 2.Prefers 2D (anime, eroge, illustration) girls.
* 3.Prefers dolls (Candy Girl etc).
* 4.Prefers hybrid mix of 3D and 2D (Anigao Girls) girls.

Today I discovered via Jyohoya that there seems to be another type - the otaku who prefers a hybrid mix of 3D human and dolls...

Stylish