Category Archives: anime

Let’s (not?) Get Physical.

Posted on August 5, 2024 by baudattitude

A few years ago – like, maybe 2017, 2018? – I decided that I was done with physical media.  Games, books, movies, music, you name it, it was going to be ephemeral digital downloads from now on.  No more shelves … Continue reading →

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Displaying the Undisplayable

Posted on March 22, 2024 by baudattitude

OK, “undisplayable” may be a little harsh.  But I don’t think it’s an entirely unfounded statement that your average fanboy is going to wind up with a ton of cool THINGS that they want to have on display but that … Continue reading →

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Sugar Overload in a Love Live Cafe

Posted on November 5, 2023 by baudattitude

So, I was in Japan for about two weeks recently.  It was my first time since 2017, and my wife’s first time visiting since 2005.  Needless to say, we had a long list of things we wanted to do and … Continue reading →

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In which, I finally make some use of my “smart” TV.

Posted on September 6, 2022 by baudattitude

So, a couple of nights ago my wife and I sat down and watched “Luck”, which is an Apple TV+ exclusive animated movie that had a funny enough trailer to actually get me to subscribe to Apple TV+. I have … Continue reading →

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This is the sort of thing you humans do for fun?

Posted on August 4, 2022 by baudattitude

So, like many things I wind up doing, it all started when I saw a single picture on Twitter. In this case, it was a manga panel with a bunny-eared girl attributed to a manga named “Mimi Mix!” Anyway, the … Continue reading →

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I watched some shonen battle anime

Posted on July 27, 2022 by baudattitude

I have pretty bad taste in anime. Basically I watch either comfy slice of life shows where nothing really happens but you get a nice fluffy feeling afterwards or trashy harem shows where between three and ten inexplicably hot girls … Continue reading →

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Friendship ended with PROJECT DIVA. Now CHRONO CIRCLE is my best friend.

Posted on July 9, 2022 by baudattitude

So, the worst thing about the whole global pandemic thing – apart from, you know, millions of deaths and a crippling blow dealt to the global economy – is that the entire country went into lockdown literally the same MONTH … Continue reading →

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I have very low standards.

Posted on March 6, 2022 by baudattitude

I’ve been watching Blade Dance of Elementers lately. This is the sort of anime I talk about when I want to show how far I’ve fallen, because it’s YET ANOTHER harem anime set in a fantasy world where Only Girls … Continue reading →

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Twilight? of the Otaku

Posted on December 18, 2021 by baudattitude

I’m not a huge Holiday person, but I had the opportunity yesterday to fly down to San Francisco with my wife and spend the day with my in-laws, who are actually fantastic people and not at all the sorts of … Continue reading →

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Editing Audio and Subtitle Tracks in .mkv Files with ffmpeg

Posted on September 25, 2020 by baudattitude

I have been trying to consolidate a bunch of servers recently, and one of the ones that I am looking to sunset is a box that has been used as a BD ripping and media encoding box.  The reason it … Continue reading →

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