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Holy crap. This has got to be the most mismanaged, crazy con I've ever been to.

Two panels we went to were completely non-existant, with no signs telling anyone it was cancelled. The Anime Music Video contest started and ended around 40 minutes later than it was supposed to, and the Cosplay contest started 45 minutes late. The people running the shows were amateurish and the lighting on the stage for the cosplay event was horrid.

I guess the dealer room was a nice experience, if a bit overpriced. The one thing I really wanted to buy, a production cel of Kiki and Jiji from "Kiki's Delivery Service", was $2500! Absolutely insane. I guess they're hoping some rich fan of the movie comes along and plunks down the cash. There was very little stuff from the animes I am/was into, like Tenchi Muyo, Sailor Moon, stuff from Studio Ghibli, etc... Mostly the new stuff.

I didn't really participate in any of the gaming events, so I'm not sure how well run they were. Hopefully they weren't too bad.

Overall, though, it was a fun day. I took a few pictures, some of which will be posted here. }:)

Pictures are linked here.

-Z

From Usenet... Hee. Notice that the kitty doesn't look very happy. I wonder why? }:)

Everyone's always whining about Windows being insecure.. But us Linux users have to keep on top of things as well...

A new security hole has been found in Samba, that nice program that lets Windows machines mount directories on Linux servers.

Waitasec... This security problem is in something related to Windows! Big surprise there!

Anyway, here it is.

This mug rocks. I've had it for nearly twenty years! Notice the 5.25" floppies and the fan-fold computer paper. Doesn't nostalgia simply rock? }:)

Okay, I'm a guy, and I like women who are well proportioned. This, however, is ridiculous:

Vixen Lamoore

(not safe to click on at work)

Her implants weigh 4.5 pounds EACH!! How much do you want to bet she'll be having those implants removed or reduced before she's 40?

Alright, perhaps there are guys who are turned on by this... But jeez... Enough is enough!

-Z

These were posted all over campus a few months ago. Talk about a strong political statement! Of course, they were all gone the next day. I guess either some pro-lifers stole them, or campus officials didn't like them around.

So, this weekend I'm going to meet up with some friends at OtakuCon, an anime convention in Miami Beach. Looks like it's going to be fun.

Unfortunately it's going to be cold Sunday, so if I go to VSW to volunteer at the property I'll freeze to death. But of course it's worth it to hear those tiger-chuffs!

Oh, and Shoshauna might be leaving soon. Hell, she might be gone by Sunday. Oh well, that's life...

After using nothing but Pine for years, I decided to seriously try out Thunderbird. I've been using it for Usenet for a while now, but not for mail.

Boy, was I pleasantly surprised! It rocks! It's acutally fast, implements the IMAP protocol well (server-side searching rocks) and allows me to do most of the things I was able to do with Pine.

So give it a whirl if you haven't tried it. It's free, cross-platform, and best of all, isn't Microsoft.

-Z

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Make with the clicky

Bwahahahahahahaaa. }:)

-Z