Saturday, November 20, 2004
Doujinshi (Fan Manga) - this is not your fathers fanzine.
"Doujinshi" is a Japanese term that roughly translates to "Fan Manga", often multi issue labors of love that might be original material or fan versions of popular manga. Don't the amateur label fool you, often as not the quality of these fan publications are at least as good as professionally produced manga, and several established manga artists got their start as doujinshi publishers. In Japan, doujinshi has a huge (really really huge) fan base, both creating and reading the stuff.
A few years back, when manga started to catch on in America, Marvel Comics published a series that "re-invented" the Marvel characters in manga style (and I must add were surprisingly good). If you are a fan of Cartoon Networks Dexter or Samurai Jack (me) or the Powerpuff Girls (my wife) check out this professional quality doujinshi that shows what these characters might have been like had they originated in Japan:
http://bleedman.snafu-comics.com/?strip_id=0. Shout out to my buddy Prince Eric (insert joke here) for pointing out this site.
Not a big fan of these characters? No problem, there is a wide variety of doujinshi genres and most are available on the net. Just search for "doujinshI" with your favorite search engine to discover a whole new kind manga you may not have known existed.
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A few years back, when manga started to catch on in America, Marvel Comics published a series that "re-invented" the Marvel characters in manga style (and I must add were surprisingly good). If you are a fan of Cartoon Networks Dexter or Samurai Jack (me) or the Powerpuff Girls (my wife) check out this professional quality doujinshi that shows what these characters might have been like had they originated in Japan:
http://bleedman.snafu-comics.com/?strip_id=0. Shout out to my buddy Prince Eric (insert joke here) for pointing out this site.
Not a big fan of these characters? No problem, there is a wide variety of doujinshi genres and most are available on the net. Just search for "doujinshI" with your favorite search engine to discover a whole new kind manga you may not have known existed.
Read more!
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Blogger's post editor sucks - big time.
I like blogspot, I really do. But it really sucks when the HTML based post editor locks up and eats your post, like every chance it gets. And the spell checker, now that really blows. Simply put, the Blogger post editor really sucks and blows - I'm done with it. Hey Blogger, you know I'm not the only one. Perhaps a fix or two might be in order. Just a thought.
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Sears - The ultimate blue light special.
I just had to say it. The acquisition of Sears by K-Mart will finally prove once and for all if two bricks sink faster separately or bound together ^_^.
In the interest of full disclosure, I hate K-Mart as a consumer and student of business, and Sears as a technologist (and consumer and student of business :-).
I won't say what project, but years ago I (through a third party company) created in its entirety a software package used by Sears to roll out a major change in how they did business. For the record, their arrogance was eclipsed only by their ignorance. Of all the major US companies for which I ever provided services, they tied with GM as the most clueless bunch of morons to ever hold the mistaken belief they had the vaguest idea they knew what they were doing. Trust me, That's deep dark serious cluelessness!
Post your favorite K-Mart or Sears clueless moment. I will award the poster of what I judge the most interesting, funny, classic etc. post a shiny new Gmail invite. Ties are possible, so tell us why you too hate K-mart or Sears (or both).
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In the interest of full disclosure, I hate K-Mart as a consumer and student of business, and Sears as a technologist (and consumer and student of business :-).
I won't say what project, but years ago I (through a third party company) created in its entirety a software package used by Sears to roll out a major change in how they did business. For the record, their arrogance was eclipsed only by their ignorance. Of all the major US companies for which I ever provided services, they tied with GM as the most clueless bunch of morons to ever hold the mistaken belief they had the vaguest idea they knew what they were doing. Trust me, That's deep dark serious cluelessness!
Post your favorite K-Mart or Sears clueless moment. I will award the poster of what I judge the most interesting, funny, classic etc. post a shiny new Gmail invite. Ties are possible, so tell us why you too hate K-mart or Sears (or both).
Read more!
