By super rats on July 17, 2009
I can’t usually sleep the night before a trip. My sister and I usually go to Otakon on Friday. The plan is for me to get to her place by 7:30AM so we can get to Baltimore by 10AM, spend a couple hours in line, buy a hot dog from a cranky vendor, and be in around noon. It never actually works out that way, of course, and there’s no real incentive to get there much sooner. I really can’t see spending an extra $150 to sleep over Thursday night and be able to get in on the very first panel. Guess I’m not hardcore enough.
Continue reading “Day Zero Can’t Sleep”
Posted in Other | Tagged Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, otakon
By super rats on July 10, 2009
On Wednesday my blog was hacked. It wasn’t a big deal, more of an annoyance, but it could have been worse (or it is in fact much worse and I just don’t know it yet). To get back online I deleted and then re-uploaded my WordPress files via ftp. It was faster than trying to hunt down which files may have been altered. After that I took a look at the MySQL database to see if there were any extra tables and checked to see if any users were added to the users table. All clear, but also used the WordPress Exploit Scanner to take a look and was clear too. Hopefully, that’s the end of the hack.
I’ve been good about keeping my WordPress installation up to date, which is important in keeping your site safe. With WordPress 2.8 there’s really no excuse not to since it’s a one button push operation. Just a minute ago I updated. It took thirty seconds to upgrade to 2.8.1. Unfortunately, I was lazy with changing passwords every so often and had grown lax with scanning my PC for malicious ware — as an uneducated guess, this is how I got hacked. Full deep scans have since been done. Thanks to Gargron for reminding me over Twitter to change the database password as well as the ftp and blog admin passwords.
If anyone knows what else I should do, please let me know.
Posted in Admin | Tagged blogging
By super rats on July 9, 2009
Looks like tj han from Riuva is moving and can’t take all his stuff with him. Check out his figure sale. He’s got a number of things that are out of production, so if you missed something the first time around, you might find it. Seems like prices are negotiable. Someone should snag those Galaxy Angel figs.
Posted in Other | Tagged help a brudda out
By super rats on July 7, 2009
It was three, dark, quiet, and still. Yoko sighted a manimal climbing over the outer stone wall. She could have popped him off at any time, but she waited. The manimal landed on the ground and rolled into an area covered in shadow. The dust he kicked up hung in the moonlight for a long while. After she counted to three hundred, the second manimal appeared over the wall and she popped him before he landed and then popped the first one. Sometimes it’s better to send two flying than take the one in hand.
Continue reading “Wait For It, Yoko”
Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1:6-scale, anime figures, gun, Gurren Lagaan, Kotobukiya, nice rack, thigh highs
By super rats on July 6, 2009
I don’t think I’ve seen any slice of life yuri shows, but from the first episode of Aoi Hana, it feels like a very typical one. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, particularly for those who are fans of this type of story.
Continue reading “Catching Trains”
Posted in Anime | Tagged romance, series impression
By super rats on July 2, 2009
As much as I’m enjoying the slow unfold of details in Shangri-la, the attempts at humor bug me way more than its issues in plot and pacing. Anime directors love sudden inserts of humor in dramatic scenes and I’m usually down with it, I mean these shows are supposed to be amusing, but the humor in Shangri-la makes Kuniko and Metal Age less credible. So after feeling the weight of a prison full of dead comrades, Kuniko becomes leader of Metal Age and declares they will assault Atlas. Kuniko’s battle plan is a crayon drawing. It just feels like a letdown to see Kuniko be so carefree with other peoples’ lives knowing what she saw at the prison. And like, is everyone in Metal Age stupid? They’re going to risk their lives and spend millions of dollars for Kuniko’s crayon plan? The same people who had written her off earlier in the episode? If Atlas can’t deal with these morons, what does it say about Atlas? *Shrug* (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Continue reading “Kuniko Isn’t Funny”
Posted in Anime | Tagged character development, Gonzo, Shangri-la, story development
By super rats on June 29, 2009
Whenever I start feeling a little blah towards anime, I rewatch a favorite from years past instead of trying to find something new. Being in the mood for something fluffy and ridiculous, it felt like a good time to revisit Battle Athletes Victory. It probably would sit next to all of the shows from over ten years ago that nobody remembers, but I think Battle Athletes Victory hangs around fan memory since it’s one of the few sports series out there on dvd. Sports shows have a weird emotional investment thing, so even when it’s really corny and predictable (it usually is), it sticks to fans because of that. Rudy…Rudy…Rudy!
Continue reading “Battle Athletes Victory Revisited”
Posted in Anime | Tagged AIC, comedy, moe
