Between Linux and Anime

Gainax Kindergarten Show

On January 30, 2010

I seem to have been drifting towards a more prose-heavy posting style lately, but here’s a show that reminds us that some things are just better enjoyed moment-to-moment.

The unholy Gattai of Gainax and Kindergarten kids has given birth to something that has been dubbed “an awesome show for awesome people!” as well as “the funniest of the new season”. And if you aren’t already watching this, here are two more reasons to open pandora’s box and offer your soul to Hiiragi.

Oh shoot, and I just gave away the first reason.

Candidate for most epic ED this season

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PlasMate ~ Project Management and Other Goodies

By Jason "moofang"

On January 30, 2010

In KDE, PlasMate

It’s been a long time since the last update, and admittedly I haven’t been working on PlasMate as much as I’d like to in the past month (with school kicking in and all). Anyway, just a quick post to highlight some of the stuff we’ve been up to.

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Playing .asx streaming radio/media on Linux

By Jason "moofang"

On January 29, 2010

In Howto's, Linux, Railgun

So I sampled a teaser snippet of To Aru “Radio” no Railgun over at Keiri’s place. (for the uninitiated, that’s To Aru Kagaku no Railgun‘s web radio show co-hosted by the Seiyuu’s of Saten and Uiharu) Being completely suckered by it, I trotted down to Hibiki Radio hoping to give the real thing a spin… only to find that I couldn’t play it on Linux.

So what else is new :(

Anyway before I continue my story I should probably state up front here that I didn’t manage to find a “complete”, “elegant” solution, so if you’re a perfectionist you should probably be looking elsewhere. If you’re just desperate to play that damn .asx radio stream though (as I was), read on.

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K-ON 14 ~ the OVA that came outta nowhere

By Jason "moofang"

On January 27, 2010

In K-ON!

Pink was definitely a good call, Mio!

So am I the only one around who thinks that KyoAni did the right thing when they didn’t (really) animate the concert?

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The Web, the Desktop, and the Google between

By Jason "moofang"

On January 24, 2010

In Articles, Google, KDE, Linux, Microsoft

I haven’t written a proper tech article since before I (re-)started this blog, so I thought it was high time. Besides, I’ve been wanting to write this post ever since I read some articles on Google’s Chrome OS, around the time right after my old blog vaporized. So there’s a couple of buzzwords to hopefully sucker you into clicking the ‘more’ button and actually reading the article – It’s about Google’s upcoming Chrome OS and it’s implications for the web, the desktop and the browser, as well as why desktop evolution can take an alternative path, exemplified by KDE’s budding Project Silk movement.

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あなたが考えているほど世界はひどくないから。

By Jason "moofang"

On January 21, 2010

In Durarara, Muse

“Because the world isn’t as cruel as you take it to be”

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Orange Wind

By Jason "moofang"

On January 19, 2010

In Aria

*quivering sigh* Leave it to Aria to paint that moving picture of the impossibly rare, and the indescribably amazing.

Here’s to your miracle, and to mine. May we know to relish it when our time comes.

(yes, I just got to this episode. :) )

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So-Ra-No-Wo-To and Baka to Test to Shokanjuu ~ 02

By Jason "moofang"

On January 17, 2010

In Baka to Test to Shokanjuu, So-Ra-No-Wo-To

The I-thought-would-be-awesome show that underperformed.
And the I-thought-would-suck show that kicked ass.

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Anisong of the Season: Only my Railgun

By Jason "moofang"

On January 13, 2010

In Anisong, Railgun

More than a little late now I know. I saw all the seasonal anime awards being given out all across the blogosphere, and then noticed that I haven’t posted an anisong for awhile. So I thought hey, why not :)

Personally I thought fall had been a season of really good music. A decent number of OP’s and ED’s captured me quickly and sufficiently so that I sat through them every week instead of skipping them. On top of that a couple of insert songs too were surprisingly good. There was plenty of competition for my favorite track of the season, but in the end I chose Only my Railgun for its upbeat and ringing sounds, its really great tune-lyric synchrony, and its simple, sheer electricity.

I suspect I’m gonna need a good bit of that electricity to survive the coming semester :(

Anyway, here it is. I make an exception to my ‘only post soothing, background-music-ish tunes’ rule to give you the Anisong of the Season. In case you don’t actually know, Only my Railgun is the OP to To Aru Kagaku no Railgun. Because the TV-size version of this song just isn’t awesome enough, I have posted the full-length version :)

Hit the jump for pic, lyrics and translations. Then hit F8 to play the song. Enjoy :)

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On Blogging

By Jason "moofang"

On January 11, 2010

In Muse, NUS

I like how this picture effectively goes “blog. people. think”. Picture source

So CS3216 is kicking off again with the first lecture starting today and yes, I’m tutoring again. I was just down at the prof’s blog and part of his kick-start post addressed his motivations for ~~emotional-blackmailing~~ asking his students to blog the course. Here is an excerpt:

The thing about blogs is that there’s some ownership. When a student blogs, it makes a statement about who he/she is. Very few people want to make a statement to others that “I’m a loser”.

In this light, when “forced” to blog, students will spend a lot more effort thinking about what to say and how they want to say it. It is not so much the blogging that the learning takes place, but in the agonizing over what to write where people will learn something.

They are forced to take stock of what they have heard/seen and draw conclusions. That’s important. Many people go through life not thinking hard about what they have see or heard.

I’m just gonna muse a little on that here.

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Gainax Kindergarten Show

PlasMate ~ Project Management and Other Goodies

Playing .asx streaming radio/media on Linux

K-ON 14 ~ the OVA that came outta nowhere

The Web, the Desktop, and the Google between

あなたが考えているほど世界はひどくないから。

Orange Wind

So-Ra-No-Wo-To and Baka to Test to Shokanjuu ~ 02

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