January 18, 2021
Winter 2021 season
There's still a lot I haven't finished watching from last season, although I did watch all of Maho no Tabitabi, which should count as an endorsement. I've fallen behind on Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? especially after I learned there was a side series to watch.
There is a new season of Beastars, so that's definitely on the list.
And there's more Re:Zero, another series I've fallen behind on.
For total cheese, Hidden Dungeon. I expect I'll drop it.
I went on a NASA site and found some interesting .stl files. I'm currently printing out a Saturn V model. They thoughtfully broke up the First Stage into two parts, but the second stage I will have to break up and join myself, as it's too big for the Ender 3. Something is a bit off about the models, aside from Cura complaining they aren't Manifold. It's also hard to turn them on axis and actually have them perpendicular to the build plate. This cut second stage is going to be a challenge to put back together.
Of interest are the STL files for the lunar landscape of each mission's landing areas.
There is a new season of Beastars, so that's definitely on the list.
And there's more Re:Zero, another series I've fallen behind on.
For total cheese, Hidden Dungeon. I expect I'll drop it.
I went on a NASA site and found some interesting .stl files. I'm currently printing out a Saturn V model. They thoughtfully broke up the First Stage into two parts, but the second stage I will have to break up and join myself, as it's too big for the Ender 3. Something is a bit off about the models, aside from Cura complaining they aren't Manifold. It's also hard to turn them on axis and actually have them perpendicular to the build plate. This cut second stage is going to be a challenge to put back together.
Of interest are the STL files for the lunar landscape of each mission's landing areas.
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December 25, 2020
The Ender (3) of all things
I've been curious about 3D printing for a while, but it seemed awfully expensive for printing out various plastic gewgaws of no real utility. That attitude has been adjusted by my dealing the the 3D printing lab across the way at work, where they make handy bits of tooling and protective equipment for fragile parts. And I realized I might have some uses for the stuff as well.
Then last Saturday, a friend mentioned that he had just gotten a Creality Ender 3, and that they were on sale for a mere $160 (although shipping and tax added another 20 bucks or so). So I started looking into it, watching a LOT of YouTube videos, and I was sold. I ordered Sunday, and the kit arrived (checks watch) yesterday at around 5:00. In short order I had it assembled (between some of the videos and my own mechanical aptitude, it was trivial) and not much later I had the small sample of filament loaded up and attempted one of the test files. Right out of the box, with only slight adjustment to level the bed, it printed very well. Alas, the sample of filament wasn't quite enough to finish the sample print, the poor cartoon dog only made it up to his eyebrows. So I hied myself to Amazon and ordered a couple rolls - black and white, and the black had a $4 off coupon! Typically a Kilo of filament runs $20-$25. It won't arrive until Wednesday, alas.
In the meantime, I researched models for upgrades and accessories for the machine, and software for making said models. Alas, the makers of Fusion 360 have decided to end their hobbyist support - one can get a year free, but then you have to pay. But there is a mature, ten year old open source product out there called FreeCAD which can do almost the same thing (and the areas of lack are extremely esoteric). I watched a guy model a turbine blade in both programs [Scratch that, the other program was SolidWorks] and the results were identical, plus the process blew my mind.
There's also a free "Slicer" program that converts the model into G-Code for the printer, called Cura. There's another furnished by Creality, but everyone uses Cura because it's very capable. It lets you step through the print, and adds supports, manages the in-fill, and more tricks than I know what do to with. It's capable of directly driving the printer via USB, but if you have Windows 10, with its uncontrollable updates and reboots, the chance of it ruining a print is high, so you can also save the G-code to a mini-SD card, and have the printer run it from that.
Now I just need to figure out what to do with the inevitable plastic gewgaws....
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December 13, 2020
Merry Christmas
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November 07, 2020
This is Brilliant! (h/t to Brickmuppet for finding it)
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October 24, 2020
Fall 2020 season (To be updated)
Getting a bit of a late start, most shows are already up to 4 episodes out.
First up: Majo no Tabitabi. As a little girl, Elaina read a story book about a witch who traveled the world and had adventures. She was so inspired, she decided to become a witch and do the same, and at 14, had passed the exam to become an apprentice. Yet none of the local witches would take her on. Eventually she found a strange foreign witch in the woods who would, although it was quite discouraging at first. But she passed her apprenticeship after a year, and then began her travels. By the second episode, we join her three years into her journeys. At least in the beginning, they tend to be episodic stories, often with a dark twist. Will a longer plot emerge towards the end? I don't know.
A lot of the ideas may be standard tropes, but they are told very well, and the animation is lush.
DanMachi season 3 (Haven't started watching yet)
A lot of the ideas may be standard tropes, but they are told very well, and the animation is lush.
DanMachi season 3 (Haven't started watching yet)
Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko (Gonna take a flyer on this one). Our Hero is Isekai'ed in the most humiliating manner possible. The gods tell him he died sneezing in his sleep, dislodging his pillow, and hitting his head hard enough to cause a brain bleed. But just as well, as he was living alone and working for a hellish black company. But this is a kid show. Like, imagine Pokemon without Team Rocket. There is no identifiable bad guy. Also, the gods transplanted him in easy mode, unlocking all types of magic for him (The only consequence is that if one becomes a jack of all trades, you become a master of none). And he gets a fresh 8 year old body. He lives in the woods for 3 years, developing absolute mastery over slimes (And in fact, evolving 2 new breeds never before seen.). Eventually he runs across some of the Duke's guardsmen in the woods, and one is injured. He saves him with medicinal potions he's been whipping up on the side, and eventually they save him from his hermitage by introducing him to the Duke and his cute daughter. Then he checks in with the adventurer's guild and gets really easy, but high-paying jobs that are perfectly suited for his new slimes. (One eats trash, and the other cleans and sterilizes). Four episodes in and everything is still going his way, and everyone is amazed by him. I only watched it because the OP promised a cat-girl, and there is (And a dog-girl and a tiger-girl) but no, this show is WAY below my age range.
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin (Maybe, I've skipped a few seasons)
Gebäude Bäude (Last season of Fireball, no episodes out yet, and I dislike the design on the image they have up).
Munou na Nana (Late add) Take My Hero Academia and turn it on its head. Make it Sinister. Kids with superpowers are a danger to the world. Send them off to an island to give them "training" to fight for humanity, and then send some agent with no powers there to pick them off, one by one. But by the third episode, it's clear there is competition....
Munou na Nana (Late add) Take My Hero Academia and turn it on its head. Make it Sinister. Kids with superpowers are a danger to the world. Send them off to an island to give them "training" to fight for humanity, and then send some agent with no powers there to pick them off, one by one. But by the third episode, it's clear there is competition....
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October 22, 2020
Rideback
I'm stunned. I was looking through an old email file, and saw that back in 2009 a friend (perhaps former, he hasn't talked to me in ages) e-mailed me the torrent file for Rideback. On a whim, I double clicked it and uTorrent not only opened it, but damned if it didn't start downloading! And it was done in no time. Back in 2009 I think I was still on dial-up, and it took DAYS to complete the torrent, and the machine I had at the time couldn't really handle even playing 720p. I did burn the series to DVD (As Data, not rendered). And my next machine was able to play it.
How's the series? I need to re-watch it, I guess (add that to my immense To Watch list....) Generally the plot is our Heroine is a ballet dancer with a promising future until she wrecks her ankle in her debut lead performance. And she needs to learn something else in college. At school, she eventually runs across the riding club for these machines called "Ridebacks" which are transforming motorcycles. They go from a two-wheel traditional motorcycle form, to an upright, side-by-side wheel form. Oh, and they have arms. So it looks like the rider is riding piggyback on the machine. Hence the name.
At the same time, some rebel group somehow managed to take over the world, and is being really fash about it. The secret to their success was the use of military grade Ridebacks. So civilian use is eventually targeted for being counterrevolutionary.
Our heroine, because of her highly developed sense of balance, is a natural rider. (So natural that the balancing circuits on the machine are actually a hindrance.) And she manages to get caught up in the counterrevolution. Bad things happen and at one point the den Beste rule is violated. But I forget how it actually ends.
I have a 0 share ratio on this right now... :-( But having actual files is one advantage over my switch to using magnet links. Drop me a line if interested.
At the same time, some rebel group somehow managed to take over the world, and is being really fash about it. The secret to their success was the use of military grade Ridebacks. So civilian use is eventually targeted for being counterrevolutionary.
Our heroine, because of her highly developed sense of balance, is a natural rider. (So natural that the balancing circuits on the machine are actually a hindrance.) And she manages to get caught up in the counterrevolution. Bad things happen and at one point the den Beste rule is violated. But I forget how it actually ends.
I have a 0 share ratio on this right now... :-( But having actual files is one advantage over my switch to using magnet links. Drop me a line if interested.
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October 04, 2020
Nadesico, Aria, et al.
So in the last week, I watched all the episodes of Martian Successor Nadesico on Youtube. I was curious after someone mentioned it was free, but also because I have a Dojinshi about it I picked up decades ago by Dan Kanemitsu, who turns out to have been the translator for the anime.
At the end of it, YouTube presented me with other shows on the "Nozomient" channel. And since a certain Duck is very enamored of Aria, I figured I'd try that next.
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October 03, 2020
I want to strangle circles who do this!
So this group releases a series I want to see, and I dutifully torrent new episodes every week, But then when the last episode comes out, instead of releasing it, they make it part of a batch.
Yes, I know I can tell BitTorrent to not download the other 11 episodes, and my system is littered with fractional files, and when I've had to rebuild the index, it insists some files are incomplete because the blocks span the file ends. It's a PITA.
Yes, I know I can tell BitTorrent to not download the other 11 episodes, and my system is littered with fractional files, and when I've had to rebuild the index, it insists some files are incomplete because the blocks span the file ends. It's a PITA.
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September 05, 2020
Nadia
I've slowly been working my way through Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, a series that made quite a splash (sorry) in the anime community when it came out. I actually scored a copy Raw on VHS ages ago. Being Raw, I rarely made it more than a few episodes in. There was a commercial release, I think I have one or two tapes of that. And I found a torrent last year. I'm finally working my way through it. I'm not quite halfway through, and all I can think is "You know, Nadia's kind of a little bitch." Other than being a McGuffin for the first part, she doesn't contribute much other than scowling at everyone.
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August 16, 2020
Juden-chan
Steven den Beste's rotating picture gizmo had a lot of images from an Anime called Juden-chan (Which has nothing to do with Nazis.) But since it was from 2009, there was no way to see the show.
Was.
Found it: https://tubitv.com/series/1963/juden_chan Thanks to someone telling me where I could find Aika, which apparently is a touchstone I missed. The site seems to have a lot of classics.
Was.
Found it: https://tubitv.com/series/1963/juden_chan Thanks to someone telling me where I could find Aika, which apparently is a touchstone I missed. The site seems to have a lot of classics.
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