Jan

31

Elsewhere on the web

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Hare Hare Yukai ver Busou Shinki. [via]
A toy reenactment of the dance seen in the ED for an anime.

“The Legend of Zelda - R-rated edition.”
Link … to the XTR3M3.

Gandhi II.
“No more Mr Passive Resistance.” From the “Weird” Al Yankovic movie, UHF.

Jan

30

Elsewhere on the web

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Monster Hunter Portable 2nd trailer. [via]
Monster Hunter Freedom, the translated version of the original Monster Hunter Portable, was one of the best games I played last year. It was very difficult and often frustrating but ultimately, very rewarding.

Oswald Bates.
A prime example of why literacy is of clitorical impotence.

Jesus loves you.

Jan

30

Stuck on you

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A 20-inch display with a resolution of 1680×1050 has 1,764,000 pixels. You would think one pixel wouldn’t be able to stand out among 1.7 million pixels. And yet if that one pixel happens to be a stuck pixel on my spanking new display, it does stick out.

Dell 2007WFP stuck pixel

Hello, sore thumb.

The offending pixel happens to be red which is perhaps entirely appropriate because I think of it as a red zit on the face of my display. I didn’t even notice it in the first few hours of using the display but now my eyes cannot help but be drawn to that pixel. I’ll be typing something or reading something and my eyes will go seeking for that dastardly tiny red speck of their own accord. Where is it? Where, where? Aah, there it is. This is usually followed by some cussing.

Remember that irrational, fussy part of me I mentioned earlier? It may be a little part of me but damn, it can be loud.

This is completely stupid, of course. I cannot even figure out why I obsess over something as tiny as this.

At one point, I thought there were two stuck pixels on my monitor and had begun gnashing my teeth and spewing expletives before I realised the other stuck pixel was actually a speck of dust which was easily wiped off.

So, yeah, it’s definitely stupid.

It’s one stuck pixel.

Among 1.7 million pixels.

I could raise such a fuss over this that Dell would have to send a replacement just to shut me up. But there’s no guarantee the replacement unit would be free of flaws. The replacement might have problems with colour banding, severe backlight bleeding, excessive flickering or dead pixels. I could end up trying replacement after replacement without satisfying my high standards.

Another option is try the various folk remedies that reputedly fix stuck pixels.

But I think it’s better to let go.

Embrace the flaw.

Be one with nature.

Om-m-m-m …

Where is it? Where, where?

Ah, there it is.

Son of a …

Jan

29

The Runeslayer

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Xevoz Runeslayer

A photo of a Xevoz Runeslayer from the Runeslayer vs Firedrake set.

He slays runes, seriously injures letters and I’m not even going to go into what he does to pictograms.

Jan

28

How droll

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Takara Binaltech Tracks

A photo of Takara Binaltech Tracks.

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