Apple has release the newest specs for their iMac series of computers. The iMac is Apples midpriced model of computers with prices starting at $1200 for the 20inch 2.4Ghz version up to $2200 for the 24inch 3.06Ghz version. When I was planing my Mac purchase I deside not to go with the iMac mainly [...]

I was in the book store a few weeks back and picked up the first Vampire Hunter D novel. Up till now my only experence with D was the original 1985 anime movie. This is the book the original movie was base on, the second movie Bloodlust is based on book 3, so the plot [...]

One of the worries of anyone running a website on a computer they don’t control is what happens if when the computer fails. For a long while (pre Mac days) I handled it by, at least once a month downloading a mirror of everything on the site’s server, and backuping the database manually once [...]

This just came up on Goodsmile’s site today. Coming from Art Storm is this pair of figures from the ergo visual novel Hoshiful. The girls are Ruka Hoshikawa (the blond) and Kotone Kusuhara (the brunette). The girls are scheduled to come out in September for 5,800 yen each. Both are 1/8 scale and stand in [...]

Well with the upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 and the addition of a plug-in a new site feature appears. The ‘Other Posts of Interest’ are at the bottom of each post both on the Main page and on the single post pages. This will make it easier for new visitors to find older posts that [...]

Well the Upgrade to Wordpress Version 2.5 complete. The upgrade went fairly easy with only a couple of small hiccups. All of the plugins seem to be working ok. There is a small problem with the Now Reading Library not showing up right. If I remember right I had this problem before, and it wasn’t [...]

There are those of us who like Mac. There are those of us who like Steampunk. There are those of us who like both then there are those of us who like both and have the skill to do something about it. What you see in the pic above is re-skined MacMini and not [...]

Well we all knew the Digital Idol Miku Hastune would make it to PVC. First there was Goodsmile’s Nendoroid version and now those good people have also brought us a scale ver to inflect more damage on our wallets. The 1/8 scale version is due out in September and stand in at 18cm with a [...]

Spirit of Wonder is one of those quirky little Animes that Japan doesn’t produce only epic battle and fan-service series. Spirit of Wonder is not a movie despite the title seen on some sites but, a four episode OVA series that is split between three stories. There are the two Miss China shorts that [...]

The Loli Battle over at Lolitron.org has completed the first round and the second round will start tomorrow. There were a couple of upsets in the first round and some girls I was certain to would move on didn’t. If you did vote in the first round head over and register for the second, and [...]

Just found out one of my favorite music groups, Portishead, is releasing a new album at the end of this month. “Third” is the, well, the third studio album by the group and their first in almost 10 years. Portishead sound is kind of hard to describe, it’s a dark moodie trip-hop sound with [...]

Coming in September from those guys and gal over at Alter is Takamori Haruka from the Egro Game Beat Blades Huraku. At 1/8 scale she stands in at 18cm tall and will retail for 7,140 yen. She is already up for pre-order at Play-Asia, J-list, HLJ, and KidNemo. More pic over at Amiami.