Author Archives: baudattitude

Three Years Blog

Posted on March 3, 2010 by baudattitude

Today is Baud Attitude’s third birthday.  I would put an image of a cake here, but that would be silly. Looking back at the second anniversary post, I’ve racked up 55000 more hits, which is pretty good.  Granted, 24000 of … Continue reading →

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Good Intentions

Posted on March 2, 2010 by baudattitude

I realized recently that an awful lot of posts of late had been about, well, fan-service-heavy anime and games, and I wanted to try to offset that in some manner, to point out that I wasn’t a complete perv and … Continue reading →

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Random Bits & Pieces

Posted on March 2, 2010 by baudattitude

Some things here that didn’t deserve a full post. Watched “Tokyo!” last night, which is a collection of three short films set in, well, Tokyo. The first of the three, titled “Interior Design”, was pretty good, though I thought it … Continue reading →

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This SEEMS educational…

Posted on March 1, 2010 by baudattitude

I’ve been taking a Japanese literature series at school this year, and I’m in my second term.  The last first term covered everything from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki to Muromachi period writings, so this term started with the Edo … Continue reading →

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Ad networks gone beautifully wrong

Posted on February 24, 2010 by baudattitude

Yes, this is a screenshot from marvel.com. Yes, that’s an ad for the DC Comics Crisis on Two Earths movie. (Oh, and yes, the iPhone can’t do Flash, but ignore that.)

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Speaking of Mahjong

Posted on February 23, 2010 by baudattitude

A friend of mine recently sent me a link to a flash implementation of four-player mahjong.  It doesn’t have moe characters, or any characters at all for that matter, and it’s decidedly bereft of flashy visuals, catchy tunes, and, well, … Continue reading →

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Moeru Mahjong Moe-Jong: A Quick Note on Save Problems

Posted on February 23, 2010 by baudattitude

Back in December, Hudson released a game called “Moeru Mahjong Moe-Jong” on the Japanese PSN, for the princely sum of Y1200.  That represents a savings of 75% from its retail price, which is pretty odd for the PSN, so maybe … Continue reading →

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Actually, chocolate sounds pretty good.

Posted on February 20, 2010 by baudattitude

I’ve been quite enjoying reading the posts at Ogiue Maniax for a few weeks now; it has just the right balance of silly and serious to keep my attention and it makes me feel a little more in-touch. A couple … Continue reading →

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Man Vs Mkv: The Story So Far

Posted on February 19, 2010 by baudattitude

A couple of weeks ago, I decided that I was going to figure out, once and for all, how best to take MKV formatted fansubs files with soft subtitles and convert them into files with burned-in subtitles so I could … Continue reading →

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It warms my heart.

Posted on February 16, 2010 by baudattitude

Let’s see, where to begin… Let’s start in December of 2006.  I drove up to Seattle to take my very first crack at the JLPT, and while I was there I met up with a friend and went to the … Continue reading →

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