Ya, I need the room for when I do my dev/cert work for ... well work, or for my own hosting stuff (I host my own blog/webserv/hosting company etc). So in total when I get rolling I have four screens, the two wides, the terminal window and my media l...
An amazing story, Danny, and kudos to you. You've done damn well for yourself and you have your own hard work to thank for it. Luck and skill is with you, and I have to say you've achieved what I'm trying to as well. To answer your poll, I do have...
If you think Japan has changed just because they're cracking down on Akihabara, then you really need to take a look at the bigger picture. D: Japan itself hasn't changed much save for the sensationalism as of late about Akihabara, there's more to Jap...
Completely insane. I cannot believe that they'd come down after something like this. I understand it's a tragedy but with all the millions of people that buy anime related stuff and they get one or two little bad events? What about people that lik...
I'm not far off from your comment either. Too much hype is poisonous, I mean, sure, there's plenty of fanboyism to go around because it's Kojima, etc etc. But the simple fact that it's been lauded for the past year or so nonstop sort of took the ed...
User added content often puts really risque things on front page without use of the NSFW tags. I'd say that's probably the big issue - since everything's clustered together on the front page. I know I personally had to NOT visit the site multiple...
Beautiful pictures, Danny, it looks to have been a wonderful trip. I can't help but smile each time I see a picture with the Haruhi figma standing somewhere, seems to ubiquitous yet at the same time it always adds this hint of color and SOSdan awesom...
Oh, and I didn't even answer your question. I go on international flights now and then for work (and sometimes for play), and as strange as it may sound, I found that drinking a fair amount of water keeps lag at bay. I find it makes the body feel...
Hamburg looks strangely like downtown Quebec, with its strange mix of classic architecture restored and kept proper, yet dotting in with modern where they could fit it in. Bonus points for the BLT Breakfast. You're making me crave that right now. ._...
Wow, my rent is balls cheap compared to this stuff. I pay about $550CDN a month not including extra bits like power/internet. That's two bedrooms, at that.
Haha, tell you what, Danny. I'm about to get my Sasara Maid-sukumizu figure (different pose though) either tonight or early next week. I can take lots of detailed shots for you, if you wish.... and anyone else here that would like them, too!
We have a bit of both worlds where I work. We have open 'pods' but have walls between some zones to prevent too much noise from getting around. I find it to be a really effective design and quite comfortable. I'm totally on the same page as you,...
The Mikuru gropings will be epic. I had doubts about Figma style figurines when I first saw them come into popularity. I didn't like the idea of the balljoints marring the way the figure looked but I'm seeing that the posability of the figurines can...
Damn. Damn. Damn. I have to go to one of these festivals, at least if they are open to the public at all. I'd have picked up the Shana figure in a flash. Just the sort of self-indulging prestige of having the hand made version/one cast version wou...
There's always someone looking to make a dollar on the insecurities of others, but I didn't know that such a high volume of people surveyed WANTING to genuinely be unfaithful. That's kind of sad, if the family units in Japan are really that straine...
Troubling, to say the least. Akihabara was going to be one of my milestone stop points when I travel Japan in September-October, to hear that Otaku-Mecca is more or less paralysed like this doesn't sit all too well with me. Despite my not being a...
7,900 yen. I expected it to be way higher than that for Akihabara, but I probably have the wrong idea of what Akihabara's throughput is like, I haven't done too much research into it yet so possibly I'm a bit out of whack with it all. I spent like.....
A nice figure overall! The hair seems to be matted in places but I don't know if it was intentional (sweaty hair?) or if it was paint blotting. I like the simple yet effective detail of the kendo outfit. It's a nice touch, there aren't many kendo o...
Thankfully where I am now, there isn't that sort of thing going on, however in the past I've had my fair share of bad headbutts against toxic managers. Mainly the passive aggressive type that likes to subtly berate you and bug you like eight or nine...
In Canada it's universally non smoking in all commercial and public places with the exception of general city streets, so teracces and restaurants are totally smoke free here. Much to my liking as well. I'm just about the same as you in that departm...
It's actually going to be interesting to see how the Japanese ISPs are going to try and handle the issue, and if they plan on also addressing inbound connections as well. Would be disappointing if there was some measure of overstepping bounds and s...
