BCIs

Brain-Computer Interfaces, seems like it can be fun stuff.

http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/NECO_a_00089

Criticism

Apparently someone posted in the comments that this one isn't "pay to read" and since I thought it was quite an interesting article I'll post it here.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7326/full/468867a.html

Don't know if I'll get to the point where my credentials will allow me to criticize something on here and have people take notice, though.

Also don't know if I'd ever get around to writing criticism in the first place! :V

リトルエミーと星の手紙

This song... has a strong beat.

Yea. Strong beat. :V

Title: ritoruemi... with stars and paper hands. OBSERVE MY EXCELLENT JAPANESE LEARNING SKILLS.

チャイナ★やっちゃいな

Oh man... this looks so funny, but I don't want to make any judgements because I don't know what exactly the lyrics are saying. For the first time, I want to see exactly what these lyrics in a vocaloid song is actually saying... I think its trying to be pro-china (countering the moe japan slang thing? Her presence is there obviously) but still I find this pretty amusing. :V

ヒステリ

Generally I'm not too much of a fan of rock type but this one doesn't seem to bad. Also #3 on vocaloid charts, so I guess that's why. :V I guess it could be making "History" on VOCALOID Rock music ha ha ha ha ha :| ok that was bad.

But yes History seems to be the title. :V

聖ボーダーニーハイ学園へようこそ☆

Vocaloid galge imitations are always fun to watch.

I would say it would be more fun if they made a game about it but I probably wouldn't be able to play it. D:

THE TITLE IS some amazingly long thing that I probably wouldn't be able to translate but judging from the video itself it probably has to do with kneesocks and school and welcoming. With a star. :V

Deco27's Twitter

So I don't understand like 70% of what my twitter feed says (about 90% is in japanese), but maybe because of some unknown vibes or something, I found this tweet to be sweet and cute. :V

I'm sure people who know Deco27 and understand japanese can figure out why. V:

DECO27

「お父さんがカラオケでおにいの曲歌っとーよ！」と妹からメールが来た。嬉しいな。

テレパシー

This one admittedly I found on the Megpoid GUMI fanpage, although I should have technically seen it earlier. It says it was highest as 12th place, so shame on me, I should have been searching specifically for GUMI songs or looking further into the rankings. :(

Its another happy yet mellow type song, which certainly suits my tastes. I think it should have at least beat out the older songs that have been popular for quite a while now... well that's why they're popular I guess. :/

TITLE TIME! Today we have... terepashi... which means... TELEPATHY OF COURSE

Arsenic

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101202/full/news.2010.645.html

So ironically, I first saw these kinds of news in the japanese artist twitters I follow but since I run those tweets through a translator since I'm too stupid to understand japanese myself I at first thought NASA found life on other planets. Anyway I can see now I'm probably wrong. :V

The interesting thing is why people are so excited about this kind of news when... well I don't think its that exciting considering many kinds of scientific breakthroughs that change the way science is thought and taught happen every day. Frankly although it's nice to speculate a new type of DNA molecule, it doesn't seem all that surprising especially since Arsenic is right below Phosphorus in the first place... The researcher had the theory in her mind for a while now. I wouldn't say this is any more BREAKING NEWS as say the 1023rd chemotherapy treatment we have for cancer #34.

Well according to a japanese tweet I guess its the romanticism of "there is a new form of life" somewhere that appeals to some people. Apparently, to japanese anime artists on pixiv. :V

EDIT: The xkcd response, and I am amused, especially at the caption of the picture. http://www.xkcd.com/829/

ヒーロー

Forget the stupid AVTechno controversy ITS A NEW SUPERCELL SONG

WILL LISTEN TO IT RIGHT NOW, give comments later.

Obviously

The title of the song is

"Halo"

NO I'M JUST KIDDING.

"Helium."

(I think its Hero)

EDIT: Good music is good.

Control

ALSO SCIENCE

http://www.xkcd.com/790/

ok not really. But its funny.

I'm going to edit this and post more funny comics. :V

http://www.xkcd.com/792/
http://www.xkcd.com/793/
http://www.xkcd.com/821/ bottom left

Pollution

SCIENCE

YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/11/scienceshot-pollutant-changes.html?rss=1

Mobile Blogging

Blogging here from my android! This can do almost anything, darn smart phones these days.

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

VOCALOID songs

Lately there have been some pretty decent vocaloid songs, alongside with that Love Synthesizer song. Perhaps its because of this Vocamaster thing that was around recently? Hmm... Nevertheless a lot of these songs aren't too terrible.

"Who is Smiling" - has a good melody.

サイノウサンプラー - A nice, "hoppy" song. Can't quite figure out what the title means right now though... "Sainousenburaaaaaa"...? :V

fake or fate - a song by producer maya. I'm really not a big fan of her (his?) works because I don't think he/she/it can use vocaloid properly. I like the artist that did this video though... I think people are saying things about how the video feels very "eroge-theme"ish.

Toku P producer!!! Sadly, I don't think his latest works are striking a chord with me (and with many people for that matter) these days. Well, its in the top charts so still...

むかしむかしのきょうのぼく - DECO27. Enough said. Oh, I should add, Angry Miku is scary. :(

("Strange Strange myself of right now?" PV seems appropriate for that)

Hidamari Sketch 3rd Season (Unfinished)

NOGIZAKA HARUKA PARODY

IN MY MY HIDAMARI SKETCH

THIS SHOW IS OFFICIALLY COOL

ハッピーシンセサイザ

AND YES GUMI HITS TOP NICO NICO CHARTS AGAIN (alongside Luka)~

As the producer's name suggests, its easy-pop style, with a more or less "calm yet hopping"... well, at least something that would make for good "this is the last episode and we're showing the result of what everyone is doing after the big finale has ended.

...

So the title is "Happy Shoe Size", I think, which means... they're pretty happy about shoe sizes. :V

EDIT: So it turns out the actual name is Happy Synthesizer. But seriously, Happy Shoe Size would have been such a better name :V

Shini-tan Scans

This channel I hang out in is making a scanlation group.

http://shinitan.wordpress.com/

Go visit and support. They have a cute avatar so clearly this is a good reason.

キャットフード

Another "cheeky" song, I would say, from doriko (the same person who did Romeo and Cinderella, which was one of the songs I chose when I started *cough* diverging from GUMI tom Miku). I really like the style to this song, and probably because I'm feeling annoyed over figuring out this homework problem I have I feel the mood of this song sounds strangely appropriate...

Well, okay. I'm just weird.

Title is "Kyato hodo" >>> Cat Hood? I don't know why they need the "ya" in there if that's the actually title though.

Android OS

UPDATED OS!!

FIXED WALLPAPER SETTINGS!!

PRETTY NEW UI!!

A PIXIV APPLICATION COMPATIBLE WITH THE LATER OSES ONLY WHICH IS WHY PREVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T LET ME DOWNLOAD!!


ANDROID BANZAI!!!

Drawing Miku

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=1964641

LOOK IT LOOKS LIKE A GUIDE FOR DUMB PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO CAN'T DRAW

I'M SO EXCITED

IF ONLY I KNEW WHAT THE DETAILS SAID but its ok I should attempt this.

Someday.

:V

Random self note I'm getting sick again, not completely yet but I can feel it coming. AAAH I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK I hope this is all paranoia but usually I'm right. Or is my paranoia causing the sickness? I CAN'T GET SICK I HAVE THINGS TO ATTEND TO OTL