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Archive for September, 2008

Blog.kianyang.com launched !

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Over the last couple of days I've been working on a new site that focuses on Macs, web designs and trends as well as general tech news and now its finally ready to hit prime time. Future posts on Macs will be hosted on the new site instead. Redesign of ...

Animation Comic Game Convention 2008 Event Coverage

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Dropped by ACGC 2008 on a very packed Sunday. Online games booths dominated most of the event floor space but I gotta admit that ACGC had some of the best looking booths that I've ever seen in a while for an anime convention. The number of cosplayers were below expectation ...

Animation Comic Game Convention 2008

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Date : 27 - 28 September 2008 Time : 10am - 9pm (free admission) Venue : Midvalley Exhibition Center Hall 3, Midvalley KL Looks like ACGC 2008 is back again for a finale. The first one was held sometime in February which I missed. There'll be doujinshi booths, Cosplay competition with a Nintendo ...

Tokyo Gas Commercial

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Picked this up via DannyChoo. Hilarious commercial brought to you by Tokyo Gas with a mix of Chobits and ecchi-ness. Tokyo Gas Commercial

Gundam Vs Gundam PSP

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

The official website for Gundam vs Gundam PSP was just launched last week. This much anticipated PSP title is due for release in November and features all your favorite Gundams from the different series, Gundam 0079, Gundam Seed and even Turn A Gundam. Now you can play out your ultimate ...

Half Life 2 D0g Papercraft

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Via Kotaku Check out this impressive papercraft version of our favorite robotic sidekick from Half Life 2, Dog. Created by 4chan user chamoo232 who is said to have taken 50 hours to create this paper replica. Sadly the building instructions were not released and the link on Kotaku appears to be ...

Mac Experience : Adium

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Adium has been my main Instant Messaging client ever since I switched to a Mac. I used to be a fan of Yahoo Messenger because of its simple interface and features. All that changed when they kept adding unnecessary features to once a clean app making it one of the ...

Artist of the Month : Ayumi Hamasaki

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Via wikipedia Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ (also 浜崎歩) , Hamasaki Ayumi), born October 2, 1978, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also known as Ayu to her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of pop" and "the Empress of J-Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. ...

Gatchaman CGI Remake

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Fans of old school anime would definitely remember this series back in the 80s, Gatchaman, better known as G-Force, the American version released here. Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman as it was known in Japan, is one of the more successful Hensin Super Sentai-type series that spawned many other five-hero team series ...

Gundam Master/Slave Control Suit to pilot Fighting Robots !!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Via Gizmodo Naoki Maru of Kyoto, Japan may have built one of the more impressive control devices for a robot. Using what he calls a "master-slave" technology built onto a harness, the mechanism captures the movement of the pilot and transmits it to the robot via bluetooth and replicates the movement. ...