Archive for September, 2008
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 ...
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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 ...
Posted in Anime, Cosplay, Figures, Games, Manga | 2 Comments »
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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
Posted in Anime, Mecha, Movies | 2 Comments »
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. ...
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