Greetings from the uncanny valley.

August 31, 2007 – 8:37 am

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Fireproof

August 31, 2007 – 8:37 am

I see this seal in rooms.

Update: Itojun, who worked on the Worldcon, says it’s a certificate for fire resistant materials in the room.

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Ruby and Cafe Scifi+tique

August 31, 2007 – 3:00 am

You wouldn’t be surprised to meet Ruby enthusiasts at a Japanese science fiction convention.

Shimura’s got embedded Ruby running in Illustrator. Press a button, and that evals to ‘7′.
The back story: Shimura’s part of Cafe Scifi+tique, a performance event put together by Japanese science fiction fans to invert and parody the creepy ‘maid cafe’ scene.
Cyn and [...]

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Nausica’s Glider

August 30, 2007 – 4:22 pm

Some people write fan fiction. Others do fan engineering.

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A Pun and Some Japanese Fanish History

August 30, 2007 – 6:27 am

Dai means big, as in the Daibutsu. Con is short for “convention,” as in science fiction conventions.
That’s why the gentleman in the photo has a giant radish on the back of his tunic.
In 1983, at Daicon 4, a group of animators premiered a fan video. The over the top sequence introduced several visual tropes identified [...]

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@boom?

August 29, 2007 – 1:11 am

Fuji TV and Adobe are doing something in conjunction with the Nippon 2007 WorldCon. I don’t know the details, but their site launches on Thursday the 30th (Japan Time.)

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Off to Japan

August 26, 2007 – 8:47 am

Cynthia and I are off to Japan for the Worldcon.

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