Mahjong

I still don't know what counts as a hand in mahjong but I think this one counts!

Secret Code

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/a-different-kind-of-secret-code.html

I think its pretty cool people are doing more things with bacteria colonies. I always thought they were interesting when working in my parent's labs and this along with a lot of other ideas (synthesized life, movie advertisements, etc.) makes bacterial growth seem really cool.

EDIT: ALSO, LESS IMPORTANTLY, MAGNETIC SHIELDS.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/physicists-devise-perfect-magnet.html

Now where is my mecha with an AV field or something going to be developed.

千本桜

Miku is so pretty~~

The song in itself sounds catchy, but a bit too much like touhou. I think it feels sort of "ripped off" of a touhou-style song, although I can't really say that as completely true since I think this style is just a certain type of genre that this song and touhou both happen to fall into.

Song aside, the video is really great. All the characters are so well drawn. Although what Miku exactly is... is up for question. A miko-police-military girl? :V Also, the theme seems really nationalistic. Not that that's a bad thing, but I guess just because of how the theme of the video and the song seems to go it feels like some propaganda schematic.

The title, I'll make a blatant guess and suggest it says "1000 trees".

MY BAD GOOGLE TRANSLATE SAYS ONE THOUSAND SAKURA TREES. derp. :V

Genes

http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/2251238/What-You-Eat-Affects-Your-Genes

You are what you eat etc.

Fun stuff lets try to do genetic manipulation by making people eat different things...

Chips

http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/20/2127220/New-Transistor-Could-Let-Chips-Interface-With-Living-Systems

Sounds like this can be the start of something exciting!

The future is near!

Soon we'll have brain-controlled ipods!

Or ipod-controlled brains!

Either or sounds great!

Random News is Random

http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/18/2257205/Gamers-Piece-Together-Retrovirus-Enzyme-Structure

A good advancement in society and science. Admittedly I was a bit annoyed at first because someone made a brash and provoking statement, however the news is still good news. I hope this method will continue to work well in the future.

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/19/164202/PETA-To-Launch-Pornography-Website

Wait what? :V

Akikoloid

http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/09/14/akikoloid-chan-lawsons-new-vocaloid/

...uh... not much to say here...


Well maybe something.

"What? Why?"

At least she doesn't look or sound too bad.

New Layout(?!?)

So I "tried" out blogger's new interface design thinking it was just for the control part.

It turns out they completely redid my blog design's layout too.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

Project Mirai

http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/09/13/project-mirai-officially-announced-for-the-3ds/

I'm not sure but I think this is how Osu is played? I need to ask some friends to confirm is this is true, I actually have absolutely no experience with Osu.

Somehow Nendoroids don't appeal to me as much as real models, but then again in DIVA I didn't find the real models that attractive either... they just sort of stuck after I played the game for a long time. Well, at the moment there doesn't seem much potential benefit for getting a 3DS so I don't think I'm looking forward to buying it anytime soon...

格子の心臓

I actually had some sort of writeup planned involving a more detailed synopsis of the story for Thomas and Ruby... but I got un-motivated and I'm not interested in writing it up right now. Maybe if I get bored out of my mind watching Nichijou...

I think this song is alright but the chorus is pretty cool.

According to my friends the title is "Crystal Lattice of the Heart"... Let's makeshift and change it to Crystal Heart Lattice. :V

Gaming

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/09/1837254/Are-Games-Worth-Complaining-About

I kind of agree with a lot of points presented here, not just gaming but any kind of activity in general (ie watching anime?). It might just be me but I think people complain too much and don't see the advantage we have in the society today compared to before; they only try to look at what's bad. Criticism isn't bad of course, but just pure insulting without knowing much about how much goes into generation of such products is annoying.

Caterpillars

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110908/full/news.2011.526.html

I heard a lot about different kinds of behavior changing parasites, though this one is a first for me. I always thought of these things as kind of interesting. It's kind of cool to see this kind of research going on.

Although it may sicken other people... :V

Acne

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2111246/Smartphones-Cant-Cure-Acne-FTC-Rules

Because technology is amazing these days, amirite? :V

Carbon

With the advance of the benefits of Graphene, there really needs to be a Graphite-chan, Graphene-chan, and Diamond-chan.

WHERE ARE MY ANTHROPOMORPHIZATIONS, PLEASE? :V

Doorknobs

http://kotaku.com/5838276/the-art-of-girls-licking-doorknobs/gallery/1


THIS IS JAPAN

Art

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1326233/5M-In-Torrented-Files-Presented-As-Art

What? Really??


...well, the glowing blue light is pretty...

Radar Graph

It took me like an hour to figure out what these things were called, and even when I figured it out I couldn't find an (easy) Radar Graph plotter online.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT YOURSELF RIGHT? :V

http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~ehu/radar/RadarData.html

Vocaloid

Can't think up a witty title right now.



Luka song. Has a pretty nice beat, can possibly get catchy after listening it to a couple times.



Basically, "Electric Love" GUMI version, renamed to "Electronic Star". I don't know why they bother having a different title with different lyrics... :V well it reached the top charts so why not!



This song sounded pretty good until it got to the chorus, imo. :V Yay for Miku Append!



This is sung by HEY WAIT A MINUTE THIS ISN'T A VOCALOID... sure does sound like one though. Still pretty good, I especially like the revised part at the end where they add in another singer.

Dancing

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/announcing-the-2011-dance-your-p.html

Before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to do this.