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UBCon, games
UBCon was this weekend. It went better than I expected - expectations fueled by the Con's website ( Read more... ) -
Movies etc
We went and saw "John Cartier" this weekend. Can't say I found the protagonist sympathetic, but the movie was generally entertainig. A little slow with the initial set up, but Mars itself was interesting. Never read any of the books, so can't comment from that angle. Don't regret paying the matine price ( Read more... ) -
Tokusatsu
We started watching Tensou Sentai Goseiger this week. We finished off watching Maho Sentai Magiranger a week ago, caught up on Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger last week, and will watch the end of it after we get a hold of the last episode. Then back to Gosaiger. Hm, after two episodes, I think I like GoseiPink. (And not too surprisingly, I like ( Read more... ) -
Of firewalls, router and modems
I turned off the router function of our dsl modem last night. It went relatively smothly, as I've done pretty much the same thing before for my in-laws. Mine had some extra steps, as I lost the IP lease for the network hard drive in the shuffle, and I finally conluded it was better to just give it a permanent IP address outside the DHCP lease ( Read more... ) -
Hot Japanese, ugly Americans?
M & I have been watching Japanese tokusatsu (live action "superhero") shows lately, including some Super Sentai shows. In the West, the scenes with the Japanese actors get stripped out and the costumed action sequences are combined with english speaking actors to create "Power Ranger" episodes ( Read more... ) -
Japanese shows
Lately we've been watching Japanese Super Senti shows as well as anime. Specifically Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (Pirate Sentai) and Maho Sentai Magiranger (Magician Sentai). I like the Japanese actors and the story lines involving their characters. Okay, the space pirate ship in Gokaiger is neat and I'd be happy to have it, and the in-costume ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays ( Read more... ) -
Visits
A visit from a friend so beats getting a religous track when you answer the door!
Okay, back to wrapping.... -
Berries aren't scared by talking
I was waiting for the bus but not by the bus stop, but in the shade. I could see the next bus stop up from where I was, and the bus had to make two turns before it got to where I was, so as long as I paid attention I had plenty of time to leave the shade and get to the bus stop near me ( Read more... )