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5 become 1

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Mugenbine fan-mode

A Mugenbine fan-mode brought to you by the letters I, J, L, X and Z.

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Elsewhere on the web

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The Death of AcroPhantom.
Another Microman bites the dust. Superarticulation is nice but figures need to be durable as well. While it must be pointed out these snap, crack and pop problems aren’t common, this is scant consolation when it happens to one of your figures.

Thai-Toku’s Hyper Hobby 3/05 scans.
The Microman MagneForce design is compared to its Micro Action Series predecessor.

Keep the beat, keep your … B’tx.
The episode 10 preview depicts Hibiki commandeering Ibuki’s Honda Shadow 400 but the demon rider will apparently get a DiskAnimal that transforms into a bike.

Lego Doraemon. [via]
Looks like it’s 1:1 scale.

Sh15uya fansub out.
Hero Legend’s tracker hasn’t disabled NAT checking so the download/upload rates ought to be excellent even for those behind a transparent web proxy.

Re: Adobe Photoshop.
Zinger!

“This looks like a fraternal twin of the December 26 earthquake …”
“Monday’s event marked the first time in recorded seismic history — nearly a century — that two quakes of such size have happened so close together…”

8.7 quake devastates Indonesian island.
“Indonesia’s disaster relief center said at least 1,000 people were killed on Nias, a desolate island famous among surfers worldwide for its fabled right-hand break. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said up to 2,000 may have died.”

Mar

29

Shaken

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In retrospect, this earth tremor was probably something folks in Japan or California would pooh-pooh but it was a big deal for someone who had never experienced anything like it (e.g. yours truly). I mean, the greatest natural disasters I experienced prior to this were during my younger years when I couldn’t go out to play because it was raining.

According to CNN and online reports, a tsunami is expected. I very much doubt anything would occur in my area because we’re shielded by Sumatera. Still, I don’t think I’ll be sleeping much tonight. There could be aftershocks for one thing and besides, I’d like to keep myself updated on the situation.

Anyway, here are some quake-related links …

Mar

29

The earth moves for me

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I experienced an earth tremor for the first time in my life earlier. Minor shakes aren’t uncommon in northern Malaysian states but this was a first for my area.

I thought I was imagining things when I started swaying and almost attributed it to a bout of dizziness but upon getting up from a chair, I was taken aback to see the pillow on the chair shaking. My family members confirmed they felt it too.

We got out of the house and started comparing notes with our neighbours. The whole neighbourhood was out and excitedly chattering. Nobody here had felt anything during the Indian Ocean quake so folks concluded this was either closer or bigger. A local blog aggregator is filling up with reports from local bloggers and apparently, some precautionary evacuations have taken place.

It appears there’s been a 8.2 near Western Sumatera. Oh, those poor, poor people over there. I hope they’re all right.

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A Galaxy Convoy fan-repaint.
The silver is superior to the soul-crushing blandness of the original grey.

An unlikely Kamen Rider 555-Magiranger crossover.

M-TRAN: self-reconfigurable modular robots. [via]
They move cool. They sound cool. They even have gattai action. I never imagined there would be a development this fantastic in robotics in my lifetime. You have to see the videos to fully appreciate this.

Ask the Oxford Word and Language Service experts.

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