it is with great great GREAT joy that i announce MediaBlasters as of yet unofficially announced acquisition but listed via BestBuy and another etailer, one of the great anime of last year: Figure 17.

i personally am stoked. having seen the first two episodes knowing i would like it, i did. and not i get to have it on glorious r1 dvd. w00t! 😀 i highly recommend this anime to anyone and everyone, along with Brigadoon which MB is also releasing. one of the characteristics/traits of MB that i have always grudgingly admired is that they are willing to liscence the smaller, lesser known, less mainstream and thus slightly more risky titles.

~bows~ thank you, MB ^_^
now, as for the actual dvds, i expect a BOX along with a lovingly encoded anamorphic video on dvd9s with absolutely no noticeable layer change break.

Eve Babitz: “By the time I’d grown up, I naturally supposed that I’d be grown up.” [Quotes of the Day]

Kottke links to a site that covers just what your rights are as a photographer. Pretty interesting reading. There’s also a PDF file to download and read, kinda like the ACLU’s Bustcard.

Dunkin Donuts introduced scones here a year or so ago. I never really tried any of them because none of the flavors really interested me. Until the other week I noticed they had apple cinnamon scones. I just got one this morning. The verdict, YUM. These things are great. This makes up for them getting rid of apple cinnamon muffins ages ago.

Chris Pirillo asks, “What was the last piece of software that YOU bothered to register?” Good question! Recently I’ve registered Omni Outliner and NetNewsWire. The next app to get my money will be Kung-Log (which is donationware). Since I’ve switched to OS X I’ve become much more aware of the work of developers creating shareware. Some of it is probably because I think they really do drive a lot of the Mac software world. Looking at my dock I’d say almost 1/3rd of the apps there are shareware or freeware. When it comes down to it, these are the people who I want to see getting my money. They seem to be much more aware of my needs.

This actually brings up something else I’d like to say to some of the big graphics program makers (though it applies to a certain company and their suite of office programs too). Give us some consumer versions of stuff. It doesn’t have to be the super deluxe model that a pro version would have. And price it under $50. I’m not going to use much more than 10-20% of the features of your current application. I just need something to play around with simple graphics. Kind of like one step above MacDraw/MacPaint (whatever happened to those anyways. I used MacDraw for so many projects in college and now you can’t find really find anything like it). Or does anyone else have things to recommend for us OS X users? Is there an equivilant to Paint Shop Pro for Windows (Yikes, when did this jump in price too?).

Marquis de la Grange: “When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” [Quotes of the Day]

I think I’m going to do a combination of sleeping and watching movies today. I’ve got a few things from netflix that I’ve had for weeks, and some movies I haven’t watched yet. Of course, now to figure out just what they will all be.

Hmm, just found out that Keiko Matsui is playing at Sculler’s in a few weeks. Maybe I can scrape together some cash to go see her.

Though this is a slightly older series. I’ve been slowly making my way through Animeigo’s release of You’re Under Arrest. It’s the story of two policewomen and their coworkers. While the TV series is mostly episodic in nature, it’s quite a bit of fun. And there is a decent bit of continuity as time goes on. The series was created by Kousuke Fujishima, the individual repsonsible for Oh My Goddess!, so if you enjoyed that I’d recommend giving this a try.

Though this is a slightly older series. I’ve been slowly making my way through Animeigo’s release of You’re Under Arrest. It’s the story of two policewomen and their coworkers. While the TV series is mostly episodic in nature, it’s quite a bit of fun. And there is a decent bit of continuity as time goes on. The series was created by Kousuke Fujishima, the individual repsonsible for Oh My Goddess!, so if you enjoyed that I’d recommend giving this a try.