Category Archives: Otaku

Spiritual dwellers of Akihabara

Sage

Posted on November 6, 2005 by DarkMirage

I won’t be blogging at all for the next few days because I will be stucked in the middle of nowhere without internet access and fending off attacks from wild beasts and possibily savage cannibals. 幸運を祈ってくれ！ I suppose I should … Continue reading →

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XHTML

Posted on November 6, 2005 by DarkMirage

So… This blog is now 100% XHTML 1.0 Validated. Well, WordPress is supposed to be valid out-of-the-box, but I messed around with the layout a bit and screwed up. I never knew there were so many rules! No <p> or … Continue reading →

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Shuffle!

Posted on November 5, 2005 by DarkMirage

After watching 15 episodes of Shuffle!, I decided that the anime is trying too hard to tell the stories of all five girls instead of concentrating on one of them. Although this was done to appease everyone, I don’t like … Continue reading →

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Wrong About Japan

Posted on November 5, 2005 by DarkMirage

I picked up Wrong About Japan (ISBN: 0571224075) by Peter Carey today. I’ve been eyeing this book for months, but somehow never managed to bring myself to buy it until today. Basically, it’s an account by a New York author … Continue reading →

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Plugins

Posted on November 4, 2005 by DarkMirage

WordPress plugins are really convenient compared to installing seperate php scripts for various functions and hardcoding them into the layout manually. I’m a bit overwhelmed by the options available, but for now I’ve added a Now Playing script. Well it’s … Continue reading →

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Sony Aids Cheaters

Posted on November 4, 2005 by DarkMirage

A few days ago, Sony released a CDs with a DRM protection that installs a rootkit on your system. This “protection” hides all files with names starting with “$sys$” from the operating system. Of course a massive boycott was launched … Continue reading →

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Summer Days

Posted on November 3, 2005 by DarkMirage

I have a lot of catching up to do… I didn’t find out about this till yesterday. Summer Days Summer Days is a story based on Overflow’s fully-animated School Days. There doesn’t seem to be a tragic love triangle this … Continue reading →

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Kannadzuki no Miko Vol.2

Posted on November 3, 2005 by DarkMirage

I dropped by Kinokuniya to pick up this order today. This is the second, and also the concluding, volume of Kannadzuki no Miko, with 100% more yuri than the anime its based on. The second part of the story has … Continue reading →

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