2008-01-29

Humor - Crackpot Sites And Parodies

Posted in Web Wandering & Opinion at 20:49

Well, my brother showed me a crackpot video about asteroid 2007 TU24 and the refutation and it reminded me of the old classic… Time Cube.

Out of curiosity, I decided to check the Wikipedia article… enjoy the parodies I found. :)

Humor - So You Want To Learn Japanese

Posted in Otaku Stuff, Web Wandering & Opinion at 20:31

So You Want To Learn Japanese

I ran across this hilarious joke article a year or two ago but forgot to blog about it. It’s primarily focused on people who are interested in learning Japanese, but you’ll get a laugh out of it no matter who you are.

A Break From The Norm

Posted in General, Site Updates at 20:27

I’ve decided to break from the “one review and one non-review per day, alternating” pattern for the forseeable future. It’s making it difficult for me to get my coursework in on time.

As a result, you’ll probably see a lot more non-fanfiction posts and a lot fewer reviews. Sorry, but I’ve had problems with procrastination in the past and fanfiction is the worst catalyst I’ve encountered so far. On the plus side, I’ll post non-fanfic stuff as soon as I feel like it, so there’s no longer a practical limit to the number of posts I might make in a day.

Why StGIT?

Posted in Geek Stuff at 12:38

If you’ve read my previous posts on the git revision control system, you know that I like it very much. (It’s almost the best thing since sliced bread :P ) However, there is one add-on for it which I could never quite figure out the utility of… StGIT.

Well, I finally got around to asking the guys in #git @ FreeNode and now I know… it’s main beneficial application is in managing patches against a moving target. Or, as the summary for “quilt” (an older standalone tool with a similar purpose) says, The key philosophical concept is that your primary output is patches. Not “.c” files, not “.h” files. But patches.

Fanfiction - Ranma and The Doctor

Posted in Fanfiction at 12:25

Ranma and The Doctor by Turbanator

Length: 9 Chapters, Ongoing
Sources: Ranma ½, Doctor Who
Rating: 4/5

Today’s special is “Ranma and The Doctor” and if you guessed that the crossover is Ranma ½ - Doctor Who, then you get a cookie. (some restrictions may apply, see store for details)

The basic plot is that the Open Water Kettle got destroyed before Ranma’s curse could be unlocked and then Gosunkugi found something bad enough for The Doctor to have to drop by. A little Nerima chaos later and we find Ranma travelling with The Doctor and, though they don’t know it, Ryoga and Tatewaki Kuno dragged along for the ride.

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