Site Updates

1/20/10 - Christmas gifts are in and the Anime List has had entries added for Season 1 of Dragonball GT, Origin: Spirits of the Past, and the complete collection of Case Closed, aka Detective Conan. I assure you, they look great on the new TV ;) Honey and Clover, the third disc of Genshiken 2, Code Geass R2, and the rest of the Dragonball series remain on the "to buy" list, which narrowly remains smaller than the "to watch" list. This list was also reduced as we plowed through Tenjho Tenge and Gravion, which both have been added to the Anime List as well.

My cousin introduced me to a great new series that I'm dieing for the box set to come out in March. It's called Darker than Black. It's absolutely amazing. Easily one of the best series I've seen, probably since Full Metal Alchemist. I highly recommend you check it out.

12/02/09 - Feedback added for the first disc of Evangelion Rebuild, "Evangelion: 1.01 You are (NOT) Alone" to the anime list. The second disc of Genshiken 2 was tacked on there too. I've been on somewhat of a spending freeze with all the purchases that still need made before Christmas. Honey and Clover, Card Captor Sakura, and then starting to pick up the seasons of Dragonball and possibly even GT are planned for early next year... Those are pending a new tv though.

11/21/09 - Many new wallpapers have been posted to the Wallpapers page. In honor of Evangelion 1.01: You are (Not) Alone coming out in the US, I've added many new Eva walls. Since season two of Full Metal Alchemist has been coming out, I posted more of our alchemy loving brothers. To celebrate the Pain arc of Naruto ending, a great wallpaper of Hinata has been posted.

Also, for no reason other than finding some good ones and recently purchasing them, I've posted some great Code Geass, Gurren Lagann, Bleach, and The Slayers wallpapers. Check them out.

11/15/09 - New pics posted on the Personal Pictures page. Nabbed some pics of Heather, JT, Carl, and Nat from Halloween as well as a good Christmas pic of Dad and Buzz... In Costume! I'd feel sorry for the pup but he finds and drags out the costume himself.

10/25/09 - Well, one week later, the color scheme and tweaks to the layout have been applied. I hope it suits everybody.

10/17/09 - After a long arduous fight, the dropdown menu is finally active! I'll be tweaking the color scheme a bit this weekend too to shine things up.

10/13/09 - In the 10/2 post, there was news on the new picture link page format that was applied to the Pictures Page. Since then, I have applied this to also work for the Art, Fanart, Friends Art, Photography, Wallpaper, and Wow Screenshots pages. This will make pictures site wide much easier to navigate. Now I'll just have to clean up some messy code and create some more styles to make it easier in the future.

The Anime List has had the Dragon Ball Z titles for Bardock, Father of Goku and The History of Trunks added. Genshiken Season 2 also started coming out so that's added as well. I'm very excited for this one to finish being put out in the US.

10/02/09 - Adding this update a bit late. I finally got the behavior I wanted set up for the Pictures Page's link table. It will show or hide links for each heading dependant on a double click or a click. This same code will soon be getting applied to the rest of the pages that contain lists of links with headings. Potentially this could even get the menu up to snuff.

09/28/09 - The full set of 2009 Ren Faire pics are up on the Pics Page. Included are those taken with Lindsay and Heather and JT at the Minnesota Renaissance Faire as well as those from going to the Des Moines Renaissance Faire with Jon and Sara. It was 3 fun weekends of food, wenches, and medieval fun. I'll have to work on a way to show and hide picture link subsections because the Pics Page is getting pretty crowded.

09/26/09 - Finally finished Disgaea the anime. The rating and review information are posted on the Anime List. Overall it was a great show. I laughed and smirked throughout the whole series and then at the end it stayed true to the game story enough to have me shedding the same tears for the same reasons. It even pulled off putting an addition to the original ending that I'm sure you guys will like.

I'll get off my butt and post some more reviews soon. There are also more pictures to go up of the Des Moines Renaissance Faire and my second trip to the Minnesota Renaissance Faire since I couldn't miss going with Jon and Sara and Heather and JT. Been super busy lately and I know I need to catch up on site work.

08/23/09 - I just got back from the 2009 Minnesota Renaissance Faire with Lindsay. Some pics of Linds and Me, Natasha performing, and the Terpsichore Group's rendition of a Sword Dance are on the Pictures page. There will be more pics to come when I head back there with Heather and Jeremy.

07/30/09 - Comments have been added for the comment worthy titles in L-Z on the Anime List. Woot! Finished with the series that stood out as either really good or really bad. I'll add to the more popular average series as I feel like it or as requests come in. There are a lot of gems that are average overall but very good stuff.

07/29/09 - Comments have been added for the comment worthy titles in E-K on the Anime List. ZOMG MORE progress!

07/27/09 - Comments have been added for the comment worthy titles in A-D on the Anime List. ZOMG progress!

07/25/09 - The layer tag was only for Netscape 4 so everybody uses Div tags now. After tinkering with their positioning and layout with CSS I've finally gotten the look down and will start writing commentary on the anime titles that really stand out. Having figured out how to tinker with pop-up like sections of content this may mean I'll work on getting a more dynamic looking menu back on the site.

07/24/09 - Apparently in the recent versions of HTML, they finally introduced a Layer tag. So that's what the pop-up like comments on the anime list will be done with. I'll figure them out and be applying them over the next few days.

07/23/09 - Planning for the commentary to be added to the anime list, I have decided that the "Complete" column will be replaced with a "Comment" column. Due to limited page space, I'll likely pick some generic symbol to indicate that there are comments to be read for a chosen title and just have the description be an alternate text for the image so that it will pop up when the image is hovered over. At first there will probably only be comments for a select number of shows. Those that are either really good or really bad. I'm sure the ones that lay in the middle but hold special places in our hearts will get their own comments too... Can't forget the gratuitous fanservice shows!

Update: I worked on this for a little bit today. Firefox doesn't like alt tags being abused to do that much content displaying. The title tag works but has a limited display time on it. You can check out how things currently look on the anime page but there will be much more tweeking to the display method before writing all the comments. There shall be much JavaScript play tomorrow.. or maybe some CSS magic.

07/22/09 - Got around to finishing Gurren Lagann. That's a whole lot of awesome sauce. I'm rating it a Nine since if it weren't for the bad intro episodes and relying on a lot of cheese, it'd be perfect. Though maybe the cheese is part of why it's so good. Good stuff. Don't miss it.

07/08/09 - Went back to Mayhem and grabbed Haibane Renmei, got caught up on Gurren Lagann, and updated the Anime List. I had also ordered the last disc I need of GITS SAC 2nd Gig, but it's on backorder... which when I found that out, I also noticed a new Code Geass set is out and begging to be picked up. Bah, I still need add the series descriptions. So much to do, so little time.

06/24/09 - Mayhem Comics of Ames is liquidating their anime selection for $10 a disc so I grabbed some Hellsing Ultimate Oh My Goddess (the original Ah! My Goddess), and two more discs of Gurren Lagann. They've been added to the Anime List. I'll have to watch them soon and get revews up soon.

06/16/09 - Ah! My Goddess new TV series season 1 and 2 added to the anime page. Apparently they were licensed by two or three different American companies for import. Here's hoping they have the same voice actors. Urd FTW!

06/09/09 - I finally got around to watching Black Lagoon. I'm impressed and happy to see that it's not only a good anime story with lots of kick-ass action, but it's one that even people who get turned off by stereotypical anime stylings will enjoy. It manages to completely circumvent the standard emotes, overly artistic stylings, gratuitous fanservice, and cultural reference that anime lovers love and outsiders are often scared off by... Especially the die-hard 80's American Cartoon fans that refuse to try new stuff... not that I know any of those >.>.

I've decided that the Anime List could use some sprucing up so keep an eye out for some more detailed review information and classification to better guide fans amongst the plethora of different anime genres. This is in response to finding it frustrating introducing newbies to anime and hearing about them getting shown stuff that is totally opposite of what they're looking for, just because it's generally considered good. Considered good an anime fanbase, the older of which just love it all because they remember back in the day when ya watched whatever ya could find and ya liked it. And you wondered why people used to like Akira... That's right, Akira sucks, I said it. It's still the only dvd I've ever returned.

Almost forgot, in World of Warcraft we downed Mimiron and just got General Vezax on 25 man. They're some interesting fights. I should have screenshots added to the site soon. Apparently I have to post all way back to Ignis and Kologarn. Oops. Should be posted in the next few days. Edit: Added the ones I have. Apparently I'm missing shots of Ignis, Freya, and Thorim. I added a nice shot of Sylvanas Windrunner as compensation.

05/28/09 - Anime list has been updated for the latest addition of Slayers OVA Collection. I reused the normal slayers season link since the OVA collection is a compliation of 6 OVA's individually released. DBZ Season Nine also added.

Also, there's FINALLY a current pic posted on the Pics page of me and my bro Sam with the new wheels.

05/14/09 - The anime list and reviews have been updated to reflect the addition of more Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Second Gig along with more Deathnote and Black Lagoon: Second Barrage.

And as to where I've been on the updates for the past few months, explanation is that in January I got a new job, then spent a few months procrastinating taxes, then got the new car mentioned yesterday. Life's been pretty busy between that, getting back to the gym on a regular basis, and raiding Naxx and Ulduar. We're currently beating our heads on Mimiron while summer plagues us with low raid attendance.

And then there's also the issue of my desktop crashing. I'm still working on determining the problem. It's either the power supply, motherboard, or SP3 interacting negatively with Media Center and Vista. Luckily I had just revived the old laptop.

05/13/09 - Pics of my new car, a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, are posted on the Pics page. I also updated the site with many new World of Warcraft Screenshots to show off the new boss kills.

02/15/09 - Deathnote, Ninja Nonsense, Slayers Season 1-3, Gurren Lagann, and more DBZ added to the anime list along with reviews.