Dream: Invasion of alien computers... [09 Nov 2009|05:01pm] ibneko ...I had a really, really odd, but vivid dream of alien technology invading the world. They were composed of small flying cubes, no more than a foot in any direction, with some sort of bigass mothership backing them up with large (unspecified) force. But most importantly, they were armed with some sort of weapon that they could use to broadcast and wipe all of our hard drives. No, not just wipe - rewrite, so when our computers turned back on, they would boot up with the alien's OS, which would then report in about their owners. And the aliens would come and exterminate us. A few survivors of the alien invasion managed to escape into the mountains or something, living off the land and avoiding technology and fire. Our history was lost, wiped by the alien's weapon technology. A lot of our technology was lost, as everything that could or would run was running the alien OS. But I woke up just as my dad happily told me to retrieve one of my wiped external hard drives, so we could bring it to some guy somewhere in a mountain (a hermit?). It was unknown whether this guy could help, or my dad had somehow turned to the dark side, and I was being turned over to the aliens... This left much of my morning in a daze, contemplating one thing: We need a permanent storage medium that can't get wiped out or destroyed. For some reason, my initial thought turned to storing the bits and bytes in carbon, with data encoded at the (sub?)atomic level... post comment

A mixed bag [09 Nov 2009|05:51pm] bleach_icons [nendo_chan] [ mood | blah ] [ music | Kuuso Rumba, by Ootsuki to Zetsubou Shoujotachi ] Tiny post this time, but with some extra goodies! Rukia x 4 Renji x 1 NelIchi x 1 Tesla x 2 Misc. Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (mostly Itoshiki) x 9 Previews:           Bonus treats include headers starring IchiRuki, UlquiHime, and my favourite rarepair, SzayIshi~  Also included is a Byakuya FO banner! (Wandering around looks just like the rumba.) post comment

[08 Nov 2009|08:22pm] bleach_icons [duskcolor] 17 381 icons @ idkreeg! post comment

Oh discover.... [08 Nov 2009|06:22pm] ibneko Discover sent me 5 copies of the same pamphlet telling me how to activate my discover gift card. Thanks. Couldn't you send 5 copies of the gift card instead? :) I really appreciate the $5 gift, but.. like... I didn't need 5 copies of the "how to use" when I only get one gift card. :) post comment

Can hurt you in 100 different ways. [08 Nov 2009|07:43pm] omicron34 [ mood | creative ] After watching Man Staring at Goats last night, I was intrigued by the little predator tool which George Clooney demonstrated on Ewan McGregor with such comedic intensity; yet it’s biodegradable and somewhat funny looking. Little that anyone would know that it can cause so much human pain and discomfort *although the secret is out now…it’s not that innocent looking anymore. I like multi-purpose tools….they’re fascinating and they’re useful; impresses lady by gouging out guy friend’s eyeball with a predator tool. Surprisingly I found the tool online, and it’s so…interesting. With that many useful function, you probably can start doing combo hits with it…..strike the individual in the head, follow by cutting them in the face, and than go for the nasal bridge.. you can even attach cute Japanese charms on the bottom of it to further camouflage it’s dangerousness. This is something you can smuggle into a club with and the bouncers would have no clue at all. Additional training videos. There is that version..and than there is this hardy human bash rock ATAX survival knife. This tool can: hack, slash, cut, pummel, compass, slingshot, range finder, skinner, sexy table top piece. post comment

ICONS;; [08 Nov 2009|11:35pm] bleach_icons [shisayu] 10 ■ Naruto 29 ■ Higurashi no naku koro ni 24 ■ Tales of Symphonia 13 ■ Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the new world 22 ■ Final Fantasy 7 08 ■ Nabari no Ou 24 ■ Bleach PREVIEW;; Here @ psychocon post comment

[07 Nov 2009|08:09pm] bleach_icons [winterfeelings] [74] Bleach Includes: Ichigo, Soi Fon, Ulquiorra, Harribel, Hitsugaya, Starrk, Ukitake, Shunsui, Kenpachi, Byakuya, Urahara, Shinji, Aizen Teaser: More here @ icesculptures X-Posted post comment

Wrap me with love. [07 Nov 2009|11:59am] omicron34 [ mood | content ] After a great crusade of searching for the best burrito restaurant in Toronto with Ada, a quick and pre-emptive mission was decided to try making home made burrito. First timer’s outcome was interesting. We made a semi descent interior burrito slurry mixture of guacamole, rice, and salsa; a tad too much raw garlic resulting in questionable human decimating burps the following morning. The slight downfall would have to be the steak chunks and flatbread goodness. Steak chunks were poorly marinated, 7 hours short of the recommended time and it tasted…sour…too much lime juice and beer :P Something which can be improved on. The tortilla flat bread turned out to be the greatest challenge. Seems like we’re still in the amateur level since our soft bread turned into a hard taco shell instead: except for Ada’s. So far the internet research may have yielded two possible reasons: - cooked on way too high of a temperature. - Dough was too thick? Resulting poor cooking consistency. http://www.norecipes.com/2009/07/23/how-to-make-tortillas/ post comment

[07 Nov 2009|01:52am] bleach_icons [master_pogi] Arcana Heart: 8 Bleach: 36 Macross Frontier: 16 No More Heroes: 39 Sengoku Basara: 24 Saya no Uta: 24 Umineko no Naku Koro Ni: 44 Yugioh: 14 Total: 205 here @ denganamangana post comment

Multifandom Icon Post [07 Nov 2009|12:16am] bleach_icons [misumisu84] ♥: 11 Bleach icons, mostly Renji and Gin/Kira. Also, six layout headers, 1 Orihime, 5 Gin/Kira. Also, various others. HERE AT WRIGGLYANGST! Crossposted everywhere, sorry for those who have seen this multiple times. post comment

15 icons + 1 wallpaper [06 Nov 2009|06:41pm] bleach_icons [sashima3]                        Preview:        ( More under this fake cut ) post comment

Gin icon batch! [06 Nov 2009|02:22pm] bleach_icons [visible_craze] Teasers: [01-07] Ichimaru Gin more here @ visible_craze post comment

Believe [05 Nov 2009|04:08pm] bleach_icons [norther_n_cross] 5 Bleach Icons + 1 Manga Coloring ( Chapter 381 ) Here ~ norther_n_cross post comment

[04 Nov 2009|12:14am] bleach_icons [khyata] - 24 icons total. - All Bleach: Manga x 15 // Animated Fade to Black icons x 9. Samples: The rest can be found here @ Boviciderus. post comment

Going to Boston, brb [03 Nov 2009|10:01pm] naturelf [ music | Mike Doughty, "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" ] Last November, I went to Wales for a conference; this November, I'm off to a conference in Boston. Without the stress of international travel (a transatlantic flight + the train from London to Cardiff, yikes) or the jetlag, I'm looking forward to sneaking a few hours tomorrow and Thursday for hiding in a posh-ish hotel room and working on schoolwork. Yes, looking forward to meeting up with friends in the area, looking forward to the conference (there's a paper on nerdcore rap that I hope I can attend, and a whole panel on women and the development of American museums), but also looking forward to a few quiet hours of no distractions. Luckily, my paper is in the first set of panels (last time it was the final paper of the conference), so I'll be able to relax for the rest of it. Relax and maybe order ridiculously expensive room service. Relax, maybe order ridiculously expensive room service, and get some interrupted time to work. Bliss. This is how you make an academic happy. In other news, Claude Levi-Strauss is dead. He was 100, and since I spent all of last week writing the paper that was such a big part of Hellweek (making Hellweek particularly hellish), and trying to make sense of Levi-Strauss's structural approach to mythology was a big part of why the paper was such a pain to write.... my reaction is inappropriate. Though, it's odd to think that when I finished the paper on Friday he was still alive and when I handed in a paper copy this week he was dead. If I had a better grasp of his theories, I could make an appropriate joke. Alas, I cannot. In other-other news, my mass-emailing of profs in grad programs I'm interested in has been yielding generally positive replies. They obviously can't judge me from the four sentences of inquiry, but there have been a few replies that have encouraged me to apply to the program. This is also how you make a (young, cautiously hopeful) academic happy. 5 comments|post comment

13 Bleach Icons [03 Nov 2009|07:26pm] bleach_icons [coldstofcalndrs] Bleach: 13 D.Gray-Man: 24 ((+1 D.Gray-Man Chapter 00//Zone)) Katekyo Hitman Reborn!: 14 Witch Hunter: 06((Mostly Halloween, some Tasha, will be much more in the future)) Stock: 10 Misc.: 10 ((Kuroshitsuji, Deadman Wonderland, Air Gear, Eureka 7 i think =S)) HERE @ juiceboxanizer post comment

269 icons [03 Nov 2009|06:04pm] bleach_icons [mag_mus] 107 Bleach 38 Kimi ni Todoke 59 Soul Eater 27 Kannagi 6 Sumomomo momomo 24 Naruto Shipudden (spoilers!) Here @ mag_icons post comment

103 icons [03 Nov 2009|08:47pm] bleach_icons [savantnicholas] 26 x Axis Powers Hetalia 03 x Bleach 30 x Code Geass 18 x Gundam SeeD 02 x Harry Potter 12 x Kuroshitsuji 01 x Naruto 08 x Vocaloid 03 x Misc. Teasers:      (follow me) post comment

[03 Nov 2009|12:28am] bleach_icons [j_a_9] BLEACH [5] Unohana FRUITS BASKET [1] Akito [4] Kyou [5] Momiji [3] Yuki KINGDOM HEARTS [3] Ariel [3] Chip + Dale [1] Figaro + goldfish [2] Kairi [1] Moogle [2] Pluto [2] Tinkerbell [2] Other Here @ 13ofnothing post comment

Bleach Icons [02 Nov 2009|11:18pm] bleach_icons [wintaerland] Ishida Ryuuken [7] Urahara Kisuke [26] Ise Nanao [16] Preview: 1 2 3 More [here] post comment

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