Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Other posts that don’t fit onto any category

A farewell to Harry Potter (and will there ever be an anime?)

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Yumeka

I wouldn’t call myself a Harry Potter fan, but I do enjoy the movies and have great respect for the books and overall series. With the release of the final movie, which I saw this past weekend in IMAX 3D, … Continue reading →

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Finally moving up to Blu-ray

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Yumeka

This past Saturday I purchased my first Blu-ray player. I know Blu-ray has been around for a while now but I was a bit skeptical about getting into it. Firstly, I didn’t have enough money to even get my first … Continue reading →

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It’s my birthday

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Yumeka

I’ve finally hit the quarter of a century mark…

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My condolences to Japan and reflections on natural disasters

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Yumeka

I’ve never seen Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 but I know it’s appropriate right now I rarely do news posts since I can’t get them out promptly and there are many others far more skilled at gathering up-to-date information and links than … Continue reading →

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Anime Outburst

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Yumeka

Like with my past post about anime lateral thinking puzzles, I enjoy taking established games or activities and “anime-ifying” them. I remember we played anime Pictionary, Charades, and Jeopardy in my old anime club and it was lots of fun. … Continue reading →

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Anime lateral thinking puzzles

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Yumeka

After my previous post, which garnered a lot of discussion and more extensive comments than any post I’ve written in the past couple of years, I’m taking it easy today with something fun…

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Web browser tabs and me

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Yumeka

One web browser feature I’ve been using a lot for the past few years is tabs. However, much to my surprise, most of the people I’ve met don’t use them, at least not as much as I do…

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An in-depth look at an anime fan

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Yumeka

Back in 2009, Reverse Thieves launched a project called The Otaku Diaries in which they interviewed a number of anime fans about their personal lives and relationship to anime. I would have liked to participate in the project, but I … Continue reading →

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The Anime Preference Survey (2010 edition) results

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Yumeka

The results of the anime survey I conducted a little less than a month ago are now posted…

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Anime characters and their pokemon equivalents

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Yumeka

“biribiri” I came up with this idea a while back and have been wanting to try it out. It’s a pretty random project I know, but I thought it would be fun. Turns out, I had a blast making it, … Continue reading →

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