February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Fansubs are not illegal and torrenting fansubbed material is not illegal either....
– Point and laugh at the dumbass. Submitted by shadow (via animesos)
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June 2011
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Modern History: The Amen Break
atari-teenage-riot:
Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot in the massive AMEN break Radio 1 BBC special! Without the Amen break there wouldn’t be digital hardcore or Atari Teenage Riot!!! check it out!!! :)
The Story of the ‘Amen Break’ with Crissy Criss - BBC 1Xtra by Crissy Criss on Mixcloud
Essential listening for those that want to know about one of the most recognizable beats in...
May 2011
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GEN MANGA On Scanlators/Scanlations →
genmanga:
So you scanlators out there, do you feel any remorse? Scanlation is becoming quite rampant on the internet. While some publishers are asking scanlators to stop others are taking more drastic measures.
Scanlators are both manga fans and dedicated marketers. They are the very fans for whom…
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April 2011
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Nilay Patel - Copyright law: no one understands it →
nilaypat3l:
So as I noted in my breakdown of Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung, it looks like Apple’s law firm made an embarrassing copyright mistake: they used photos of Samsung products taken by Myriam Joire and AndroidCommunity without permission. Hell, they even cropped AndroidCommunity’s watermark.
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Family Guy riffs on Street Fighter II.
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Marco Arment on Facebook's Open Compute Project →
marco:
Facebook just released Open Compute Project, their now-public datacenter and server design, optimized for situations in which hundreds or thousands of servers are needed such as the biggest websites and web-hosting companies.
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I think I mentioned before that animation is usually the last thing I ever...
– Don Hertzfedlt on Cat Soup
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Moot from 4chan/Canvas being interviewed on TechCrunch.
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Archer’s parody of otaku-inspired virtual girlfriends.
March 2011
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What Otaku Behavior Annoys Other Otaku? →
mangatherapy:
Found an interesting survey just now. Source: What Japan Thinks
What strikes me is the top ten things that seem to get otaku more riled up than anything.
1. When they get names or explanations just ever so slightly wrong.
2. When they point out someone faking it by saying all…
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The Future of Online Manga Publishing In Japan
Tony Yao’s Take on the future of electronic manga publishing in Japan - Humberto
mangatherapy:
Due to the earthquake that has caused so much destruction in Japan, Shueisha posted the March 14th issue of Weekly Shonen JUMP online (for free) to those who weren’t able to purchase a physical copy due to the many delays caused by the disaster. The link to download an app to view the issue...