Link of the Day [1.02.08]
Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy is coming to the theatres as a CG film and not anime. I wonder if it will work?
Link of the Day [1.01.09]
When I first started reading manga, I stayed on the male side with reading shonen manga. I avoided shojo because the girls with the big eyes just creeped me out. As I read more and more, it became apparent that I had to read some shojo because there’s a lot out there. Also, shonen manga is too much filled with ninjas and pirates, at least the ones that were sold in the US. I needed to see some more school comedy romances. Shojo is filled with these type of stories. I may be turning into a shojo reader. It’s weird where things lead you.
Link of the Day [12.31.08]
Was watching Nova last night on PBS. It’s been a long time watching anything on PBS. It was about the last Mars missions. It’s pretty cool to explore another planet. They said the next mission will be the Mars Science Lab. That’ll be cool to hear about that in the years to come.
Link of the Day [12.30.08]
The year is almost up. Pretty soon the ball will drop from Times Square and the New Year will be here! To celebrate the passage of this year, let’s all have some fun and take a look at the Aztec calendar.
Link of the Day [12.29.08]
It’s a good time to be a skater in SoCal. If you know anything about skateboarding history, you know that pool skating became huge because of the emptying of pools in the 70s. Now we have more houses being abandoned because of the housing market turmoil, and once again we are having an emptying of pools. I wonder if people are flying planes to find the hidden gems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/us/29pools.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Link of the Day [12.28.08]
In these tough economic times, one has to scrimp and save one’s money to make ends meet. If only money grew on trees.
Well just use today’s link to print your own money. Monopoly money of course, but it’s always fun to print out thousands of dollars on your printer. You can even use it to make your own game.
http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/monopoly/default.cfm?page=strategyguide/gametools
Link of the Day [12.27.08]
Okay. Here’s one of the things I got for Christmas. It’s the IJN Haruna from Hasegawa in 1/700 scale. It’s a full hull model which I don’t have any experience at doing. The last full hull model I attempted was my brother’s Bismark and that burned down in flames.
She’s a very interesting ship. She’s sister to the Kongo, whose name lives on in the JMSDF Kongo DDG-173, a modern day Aegis guided missile destroyer. This is another class of ships I want to build.
http://www.battlesforguadalcanal.com/ships/haruna/haruna.html
Link of the Day [12.26.08]
If we were living in one of the Commonwealth nations that owe their existence to the UK, then today would be our Boxing Day. Instead we live in the US and today is returns day. Or finding a better gift day. Or getting ourselves the gift we wanted day.
http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/canada/boxing.aspx
Link of the Day [12.25.08]
Merry Christmas! Hope Santa brought you what you wished for.
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/cheap_toy_roundup_2008
Link of the Day [12.24.08]
Kids, in a few hours he’ll be on his way!