10 Anime of the Decade: My Honorable Mentions
As you all know, Japanator has recently finished their Top 50 Anime of the Decade feature. As many of you also know, much rage was abound over the many anime that didn’t get their proper praise on the list. I personally found Japanator’s list to be one of the best “top anime†lists I’ve seen in a while, yet I too regretted the lack of certain anime. Thus, here are my top 10 picks of the decade that DID NOT show up on Japanator’s Top 50. Because let’s be honest, if I did, Gurren Lagann and FLCL would just end up taking spots #1 and #2, and that’s no fun. Note: I’d like to say once again that I greatly enjoyed the Top 50 list.
50 beautiful anime wallpapers
Anime is a type highly stylized animation originally from Japan, where it’s characteristic style was developed during the 1960s and onwards. Today, anime is not only popular in Japan and Asia, but throughout the world as well, and is considered an art form on par with Western style animation. We’ve got 50 beautiful anime wallpapers for you, all in widescreen HD resolution. Source:
Ten Anime Films You Should See Before You Die
One of the most surprising, and gratifying, things that has happened since I started my blog, Tim Maughan Books, a year or so ago is the positive feedback I’ve had for the anime reviews—especially from people I know are far from being massive fanboys like myself. It’s gratifying because its part of the reason I started writing them; to try and introduce the medium to people who had never really indulged in it all, at least not past perhaps watching Spirited Away with their kids. The problem is, once you’ve had your first taste, where do you go next?
Kubrick's bathrooms
Stanley Kubrick: An Indoor-Plumbing Luddite by Stephanie Morgan Men like Marshall McLuhan pronounce the downfall of civilization in clear terms – in his case, the advent of written language split apart our tribal society forever destroying our close-knit society that was once built upon the need to remain close in order to receive information. Three years after his death, I realize that an artist like Stanley Kubrick is subtler when describing the downfall of civilization. Best known for films like “2001: A Spacey Odyssey,” “Full Metal Jacket,” and “Eyes Wide Shut,” Kubrick was once one of the famed five directors with “final cut” status. This meant that Kubrick controlled all aspects of the final product – no studio could take a film and recut it to their liking.
Manga University Learn Japanese
Learning Japanese is easy with a little help from Manga University! If you're a fan of manga and anime, you probably have had this thought at least once: "I wonder if I can learn Japanese?" And why wouldn't you?
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Videos See the universe come to life via animations, scientific visualizations, expert commentary, and more.
In my bar - Select (The Webtender)
Select the ingredients you have in your bar from this rather large list of ingredients. This list is created from all ingredients used in more than one or two drinks. When you finish your selection, go to the bottom of the page and click the "Generate List of Drinks" button. The Webtender will then generate a list of all drinks possible to make from your selection of ingredients. If you click "Pick Random", one of the drinks you can make will be selected for you. You can also set how accurate the match should be.
50 of the World’s Best Breakfasts from Around the World
– Written by Victoria Philpott Not quite had your fill of breakfasts just yet? Check out our beautifully visual list of the 30 best breakfasts from around the world. Plan your next culinary adventure or just get a little adventurous with breakfast at the weekend.
Shoe Lacing Methods
Mathematics tells us that there are more than 2 Trillion ways of feeding a lace through the six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe. This section presents a fairly extensive selection of 50 shoe lacing tutorials. They include traditional and alternative lacing methods that are either widely used, have a particular feature or benefit, or that I just like the look of.
Written in Bone - A Highly Unusual Case
In 2002, archaeologists uncovered an isolated grave just outside the log wall of a fort built on an island in the James River almost four centuries earlier. Who was buried there? Male skeleton (burial partially re-created for an exhibition) 1607, James Fort site, Jamestown Virginia. Image courtesy of: APVA Preservation Virginia/Historic Jamestowne
Family tree of the Greek gods
Family tree of gods, goddesses and other divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. (The tree does not include creatures; for these, see List of Greek mythological creatures.) Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font.
The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need
Posted by nitzan on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 Running a business for yourself means you have to be inventive and always on the lookout for a new and better way to get things done. Innovation junkies, take note: the Internet has a lot to offer. From invoicing to marketing, these are tools that freelancers need to know about.
stencil with freezer paper (harry potter tee)
Yes, I am a nerd. I came up with a brilliant idea for a Harry Potter t-shirt and I couldn't resist. "Expecto Patronum!" However, you can make whatever kind of design you want with a freezer paper stencil.
How to Encrypt Your Internet Traffic
This is the coolest trick I learned while working at Blinkx. At the time, our management really hated when we go on any type of instant messaging applications. I also suspected that our messenger conversations and other internet activities were being monitored. I was pissed so this is what I did to combat their nosiness. Open an SSH Tunnel to a Remote Machine
