"8 things that suck about the iPad" (Boy, oh boy, is that guy gonna get the hate mail from true believers!)

No flash support, I think, is going to be a dealbreaker for a lot of people, but since Apple designed their own CPU (presumably with its own unique machine language) then getting a flash runtime onto it will be a major league headache.

By the way, what's the display resolution?

The "funny name" competition has already begun. Which is a pity; Freefall already came up with what I think is a really good name for this kind of device: a "data slab".

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Media Blasters has licensed Kanokon. They'll be releasing it in single DVDs. The first four eps are scheduled for April 27.

I wonder if they'll include the omakes? (I assume so.)

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James needs an identification. Knowing the name of the model would be a bonus, of course, but we're not unrealistic here. What we want to know is, who is she cosplaying?

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Washinomiya is the place that otaku go to pray. Or at least the KyoAni fanbois do.

UPDATE: Here's the other part.

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Looks like I'm not the only person looking forward to Chu-bra. Washu sez:

Now this is fanservice I can get behind! Whereas Omamori and Qwaser scared me off, Chu-bra is looking more and more promising as a deliverer of my favourite kinds of fanservice: panty-shots and cute girls! The animation and character designs look attractive and from what I’ve seen in the promos, the ecchi is as forthcoming as it is in its erotically-charged manga. It’s more of an innocent, moe type of eroticism than the likes of Qwaser or Queen’s Blade, which is why I’m so excited about it!

That's pretty much how I feel about it. Milk vampires and boobs the size of watermelons just don't do much for me.

And I want to stay as far away as possible from Gainax's version of Kodomo no Jikan!! Third graders wasn't enough, Gainax, we gotta do preschoolers now?

UPDATE: Only one more week! The first episode broadcasts next Monday.

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Brian Tiemann discusses the main reason the most recent three Star Wars movies failed.

Myself, I've only seen the second one of the two and I thought it was a complete letdown. After watching it once (and putting the DVD on the back shelf in my closet) I had and still have no urge whatever to watch the other two.

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Via, the Mythbusters paint the Mona Lisa in 80 milliseconds.

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...only it ain't so cute. Someone mailed Tian a strange story, including a picture.

That little girl sure is cute, isn't she?

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This time it's T.H.A.T., and Chu-bra still gets no love.

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Don has his new poll up: "Who is the most annoying character in anime?"

I nominated Jinnai, but that's not who I voted for. I suspect the one I did vote for will run away with it.

UPDATE: Or maybe not. Right now he's in third place.

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