Me doing an impression of Gin-san from Gintama #TheGreatestAnimeManindHasEverKnown

Breaking the hiatus for a short note about something that happened to the Greatest Anime Mankind has EVER Known... it ended today. After 4 amazing years Gintama aired its last episode today, as it had caught up with the manga and was about to run out of stories soon. Official word is that it has ended while rumors say the show will be back again after giving some time for the manga to gain a lead. Either way, rumors are rumors and sad to see that my only hope for anime to stop being merely fap material for teens and finally go mainstream, ended today. 

To mark this day, I thought I'd share something that I did for my Japanese loving friends last October(my b'day was due shortly then) - a silly little audio bit talking about odds and ends going on between us back then, but 35 seconds in is what I really want to share - me doing an impression of the most badass hero in the history of human television - Sakata Gintoki a.k.a Gin-san from Gintama. My Japanese is broken at quite a few places(though I'm told I've improved a lot since then) and my impression is nowhere near as cool as the original but I did have fun doing it and I wanted to share this little piece of my silliness to reminisce about the days when an unassuming little show set the anime world on fire, went on for 4 years and 201 absolutely amazing episodes, and in the process raising the bar for entertainment to legendary levels causing Critics and Veterans alike, to silently mouth over and over again... 'This Is The Greatest Anime Mankind Has Ever Known'.

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Posted March 25, 2010
 

Planning a two-month hiatus from sharing stuff here...

...so posting frequency should be drying up soon if things move as I expect it to. Right now I'm thinking of using twitter alone for this period after which I see myself returning to the usual posting frequency here.

Posted February 21, 2010
 

Oil Painting or Real Photograph?

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What do you think – is this an oil painting or a photograph of some girl?

woman painting

Well, the image may look like a painting at first glance but you’ll very surprised to know that its a photograph of a real woman captured with Canon EOS 50D.

University of Hawaii professor Peter Kun Frary was walking past a cosmetic store where saw a model in full body paint posing against a set. That’s where he shot these awesome pictures using his Canon DSLR.

The picture is served to you straight from the digital camera without any kind of manipulation in Photoshop.

Credits: Peter Kun Frary [via Reddit]

Oil Painting or Real Photograph?

Originally published at Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal.

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Posted February 19, 2010
 

1Password Coming to the iPad – and Looking Very Nice

looking good.

via Just Another iPad Blog by patrickj on 2/18/10

1Password on iPad

I hope it comes as no surprise that we’re planning, plotting, and otherwise scheming to bring 1Password to the iPad in a big way.

OK, so maybe I’m not surprised, but I am very happy to see this news.  1Password is one of my essential apps now on both the iPhone and my Mac laptop.  And even though the screenshots shared at the 1Password blog site are only design mockups, I have to say they’re looking pretty sweet. Another great example of how iPad apps are going to shine I think.

Hit the jump for another screenshot and a few more details …

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Posted February 18, 2010
 

Buzz Settings Page Goes Live in Gmail, Allows Total Disabling

via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on 2/18/10

As recently promised, Google has updated Gmail to include a "Buzz" tab, where you can prevent the public from seeing your followers list, remove the Buzz inbox from Gmail, and, as the nuclear option, completely kill your Buzz account

That last link, with the warning sign and red text, completely removes Buzz from your Google Profile, according to its wording. A commenter notes that it might also kill your Google Profile entirely, so be cautious if that's something you want to keep around.

Are you hitting the killswitch on Buzz, merely hiding it from your inbox, or just waiting to see where this social network train ends up taking you? [via PC World]

Posted February 18, 2010