This year’s Hugo awards were given out recently and since I mentioned the nominees months ago, I’d figured I’d now mention the winners. This award is one of two major awards that cover the English SF world (along with the Nebulas). Last year the awards ceremony was held in Japan (an interesting write-up of one [...]
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I remember the first time I became aware of this show – I was reading THAT Animeblog’s spring preview - something about the picture drew my interest. I had a feeling it would be a good show but with little more then that feeling to go on I decided to leave it off my spring [...]
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As I saying in my previous entry I went to see Wall-e for my birthday yesterday. My family got to discussing the messages afterwards and so I’d thought I would put thoughts here.
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Happy Birthday to me. July 23rd marked my 30th birthday so I’m thinking I should feel old but I really don’t feel any different. I was going to have this up earlier but I wanted to include pictures of my Gurren Lagann cake.
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Not entirely an anime-related post but with the start of summer I realize there’s a bunch of stuff to look forward too.
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The latest book from one of my favorite authors – Cory Doctorow – is an experience that shouldn’t be missed. Read on for my review, with only vaguely related pictures.
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Continuing my reviews, Kaiba, is definitely the most original series of this season.
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Made some wallpapers you might enjoy.
I putter in photoshop every now and again and sometimes I come up with wallpaper that’s nice. Here’s a couple that I made. I did both in 1280×1024, 1600×1200, and 1920×1200 formats for your viewing/downloading pleasure.
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Taken from here and seen on boingboing.
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With a couple of stand-out stories right off the bat, 2008 is looking like another great year for Asimov’s. Oh, and a pretty spiffy cover as well … (more…)
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