Monthly Archives: February 2003

Uni Bandwidth r0x0rz!

Now up-to-date on “Hikaru no Go”, thanks to an excellently fast FTP-server… ^_^

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Wavelet Fixes

*Small bug fixed (decidedly non-power-of-2 images sometimes had important wavelet-coefficients zeroed out). Thanks, Christian Lange!* Wavelet code updated to version 2.5.2 (including source). Improved the quantiser-selection for bit-limits (i.e. file-size) a LOT (was a bit stupid before – I only … Continue reading

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Nvidia pays Strippers

Had a great time at Nvidia’s Dawn to Dusk conference (I really hope they don’t get around to putting up some of the more embarassing photographs…). Although some of the talks were slightly modified versions of presentations given earlier, most … Continue reading

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Shivers of Joy

My copy of Yoko Kanno’s “Ghost in the Shell – Stand Alone Complex O.S.T.” arrived, and it is too good to be true… It contains whole range of styles, one track in particular owes a lot to Björk’s “Hyperballad”, but … Continue reading

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They let me in?

Looks like I’ve gotten a place at NVidia’s European Developer Conference Dawn to Dusk… Lucky! ^_^

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Not that great

As you can see, I spent my weekend trying to get through at least the set of first episodes of new anime lying around on my HDD (thanks to chris!). Because of the 48h Firemen’s strike, the CTM project deadline … Continue reading

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Is Go a Sport?

Also watched some more sports-anime (?), so I can now attest that “Hikaru no Go” is good. An anime about Go (the board game). How exciting is that? Not as exciting as “Hajime no Ippo” IMO (having seen up to … Continue reading

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Cute and Serious

Something for the magical girl crowd (but more slice-of-life IMO) is “Figure 17 – Tsubasa & Hikaru”. It is very, very nice (in the original sense of the word) and has all the usual prequisites (at least one parent dead, … Continue reading

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Pretty alone does not win the Race

Another more interesting (and mature) new series is “Wolf’s Rain” by BONES. Post-something (most likely apocalyptic), very well animated and intriguing, it seems to be about a group of wolves who are disguising as / hiding among humans (as they’re … Continue reading

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Puts a Smile on my Face

I’ve found “Yokohama Shopping Log” (+ new OAV) and quite like it, but you (most likely) won’t because it’s soooooo slow and nothing happens, but I definitely do!

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Magical male nipples

“Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto” seems one of the more interesting new anime out in 2003. 16-year old magic apprentice from country-side starts training in Tokyo (which is exactly as it is today if you ignore the common-place magic). … Continue reading

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