2007-10-03
Posted in Geek Stuff, Otaku Stuff
at 8:54
Like many purists, I always rename my .cbz files to .zip and my .cbr files to .rar. (or, in my case, convert them to .zip) And, like many people, I extract my comic and manga archives before I view them. Well, until now.
I decided that I’d give specialized comic viewers a try and gathered up the two most likely prospects. (The two comic-specific image viewers I found in the media-gfx section of the Gentoo Linux Portage tree) A Python (using PyGTK) tool named Comix for UNIX-like operating systems, and a wxWidgets-based C++ program named Comical which is available for Linux (and probably other UNIX-like platforms), Windows, and MacOSX.
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2007-05-04
Posted in Geek Stuff, Links, Music, Otaku Stuff
at 22:04
Long story short, I wrote up a list of all the gender-bending fiction I knew and had so much fun that I did another one for music with decent lyrics. You’ll probably want the master list though.
Enjoy. I’ll be making more as I find the time and inspiration.
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2005-11-28
Posted in Geek Stuff, General, Otaku Stuff, Web Wandering & Opinion
at 10:34
Comic Alert!
I haven’t been able to make as much free time as I’d like, but I did manage to find what is proving to be a real time saver. With all of the webcomics I read, checking for updates can be very time-consuming. Especially since many of them don’t provide RSS feeds.
Comic Alert! is a website I found while googling for an RSS feed on a particularly confusing site. Essentially, you sign in (you don’t even need to give an e-mail address) and build a webcomic favorites list.
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2005-05-01
Posted in Manga, Otaku Stuff, Reviews, Web Wandering & Opinion
at 1:50
As you may have guessed, I’ve always loved gender-bending comedy. Though it’s less likely, someone may also have guessed that I enjoy it, not only for the wild and wacky humor, but because I love seeing how the characters react and trying to decide how accurate their reactions would be in real life.
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2005-02-28
Posted in Geek Stuff, General, Otaku Stuff
at 4:41
It still surprises me how many people don’t know about Wikipedia. Whether it be research for your math/english/history paper, or looking up some obscure Star Trek/Star Wars/Comic Book/Anime/Manga term, they have it all.
In case you didn’t know, the wiki in Wikipedia is a term referring to a website where any random visitor can edit almost any page. Surprisingly, peer pressure and the dedication of other users keep trouble to a minimum. Since wikis keep a history of changes, and damage is easy to undo. Wikipedia’s stated policies concerning referencing sources and the peer review do the rest. I know this may sound unreliable, but don’t dismiss it before you try it.
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