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Monthly Archives: June 2005
Buy my stuff!
Since I’m moving to Japan, I have some stuff to get rid of… to sell, even. Let me know if you want it (contact details on the about page). Purchasing will be easiest if you live in Melbourne and know … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged 1gb Sd, 64k Colour, Accurate Sound Reproduction, Apartment Dwellers, Best Headphones, Dj Headphones, Ear Pads, Flight Of Stairs, Free Fridge, Intel Xscale, Joan Baez, Lg Gr, Merill Bainbridge, Moving To Japan, Palm Tungsten, Palm Tungsten T3, Professional Need, Sony Mdr V700, Tungsten T3, Xscale Processor
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My grounds for supporting VSU
Today, the last in a series of emails I exchanged with Michelle Smith, Publications Officer of the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association, about the relationship between identity politics and VSU (Voluntary Student Unionism). In today’s installment, I explain that one … Continue reading
Posted in General, News
Tagged Academia, Advocacy, Charity, Circumstances, Disagreements, Email Communications, Freedom Of Choice, Generosity, Last Word, Mass Emailing, Melbourne Postgraduate Association, Michelle Smith, Opinion, Pleasure, Politics, Postgraduates, Relationship, Reply, Smith Publications, Thoughtful Responses, University Of Melbourne, Voluntary Student Unionism
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Do rônin dream of electric girls?
CLAMP and Madhouse Production, Chobits, animated series (2002), 26 episodes, subtitled by a4e. 7/10
What if there were cute girl robots who could fall in love?
Such is the question that, no doubt, thousands of male rônin students living in Tôkyô guest houses have asked themselves. Motosuwa Hideki, the protagonist of Chobits, is one such man.
The answer to the question, if you’re unfamiliar with anime, may strike you as surprisingly sensitive. In the near-future that Chobits is set in, there are sexy girl robots, one of whom can fall in love, and it’s bad news for human women and the usual mix of heartache and joy for all concerned. Continue reading
Posted in General, Movies and TV
Tagged Chii, Classmate, Cute Girl, Doubt Thousands, Guest Houses, Heartache, Human Masters, Human Women, Humanoid Androids, Incapacity, Madhouse Production, No Doubt, Persocom, Personal Assistants, Protagonist, Reviews, Rubbish Collection, Sexy Girl, Shinbo, Spending Time, University Entrance Exam
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Apple on x86: a gamer’s perspective
In today’s WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs officially announced that Apple is beginning to switch its CPU-based products from the PowerPC architecture to x86. Online responses have been varied, commenting on what effect the move will have on Apple’s sales, Linux, … Continue reading