You may have noticed a slight change in my titles: all the “¿” characters are gone. From here on I’ll have to start using HTML entities for all my special character needs, which means getting real friendly with ampersands and semicolons. “¿” should make “¿” Did that come out right? Yes, yes it did. Yay.
Dani’s New Design
In retrospect, I think I sounded like some sort of otaku in my last post. ^^,
Anyway, check out Dani’s new design. Thematically yummy. :) I especially like the Light of the World title graphic.
Urusei Yatsura
To answer D‘s question, the girl on Index49 is Lum, the pretty alien-oni from Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura. That was one of the first animes I ever watched (along with Ranma, waaay back in the early 90’s), and I thought it was hilarious.
More info on Urusei Yatsura can be found at Tomobiki-Cho, which is also where I snagged the Lum graphic. (I wasn’t sure Lum’s trademark tiger-striped bikini was entirely appropriate, so I picked an equally endearing uniformed graphic instead. ^^,)
Interesting notes on my favorite [cooked] Japanese dish in the Tomobiki FAQ.
“ñ” and Stink Factor
Thanks, Bam! The reason my XML-RSS feed was messing up was because of all the “ñ” characters. I’ve replaced them all with “ñ” thanks to MT’s trusty search and replace function. As you can see, I still have much to learn about XML, XHTML, and the special characters they hate so much.
On to other things. Earlier on, Raffy blogged the Cinnamon Challenge at MichaelBuffington.com. Now, courtesy of the same guy, we have Stink Factor, with additional challenges to spice up your day.
Mr. Buffington, if you’re reading this, I invite your staff at Stink Factor to two traditional Filipino challenges: (1) Drink a small cup of white vinegar (“Datu Puti” brand, if possible) without making a face, and (2) siling labuyo. `Nuff said.
Cooked PalmVII
This is what happens when you cook a PalmVII in the oven.
Also check out the Palm Graveyard.
IT Company cuts off Net access
Check this PEX thread: an IT company that cut off its web developers’ internet access. They also removed their employees’ floppy and CD-ROM drives. This is one for the Dilbert books.
Dial-Up ARGH!
Maybe it’s just my frustration right now, but words cannot express how inherently pathetic it is to have a country trying to turn itself into a regional leader in Information Technology — when the meager 1% of its population with Internet access can’t even get a decent dialup connection from home.
I’ll let my browser status bar speak for itself:
It just ain’t right.
Pooper – Vanilla Sky
This is how Vanilla Sky (aka Abre los Ojos) ends. Think hard before you click, and don’t say I didn’t warn you.
TNG crew to go bobsledding?!
The positions in the bobsled were chosen based on their individual talents: Stewart for aerodynamics, Spiner for his navigational skills, Frakes for ballast and Dorn for upper body strength.
(link via Ensign Crusher)
Syndicate
You can now syndicate my weblog, but the RSS feed gets uppity whenever special characters come into it. Don’t know why.