Your embarrassing former self
Last week, my betta fish died. This was a downer not only because Elliot was a cute and reliable pet, but because the way he died—overheating in the Virginia summer—should…
Otaku Links: A big week for anime
Funimation and Crunchyroll have teamed up to bring more subs to Crunchyroll, more dubs and DVD releases to Funimation and generally more anime, the way you want to consume it,…
August 2016 Income Report
Thanks for bearing with me as I feel out how much I want to share with these income reports. This month, I’m going to be vaguer about everything, speaking in…
Otaku Links: Living the otaku dream
Welcome to the last Otaku Links of the summer (or winter, if you’re reading this from Australia)! It’s a mix as always, but it’s heavy on some great stories of Western…
In defense of your online identity
After our Otakon panel, John asked me if he should change his online identity. On most social networks, John goes by @GundamGuy, a name he’s been using since before I…
Otaku Links: Sampuru Size
By the time you read this, I’ll have already gone off the grid! After Otakon, I needed a vacation from my vacation, so I’m heading out to a friend’s lake…
Blogging is a two-way street
Last week, my Twitter account got temporarily disabled in some sort of glitch. It was down for only five hours, but I didn’t know that when I tried to log…
Welcome to the Gunpla DB Beta!
Here it is, the project that has been in the works since January, and which I’ve been cagey about since around Monday. Turns out this is an echo from two…
See you at Otakon 2016!
About a decade ago, Otakon was the first convention I ever attended. On Thursday, I’m going back for what must be the seventh or eighth time. If you’re looking for…
On Saying No
“We may be socialized to be friendly and accommodating, but nobody can do it all, and that’s why we need to protect our time by saying no, even if it’s…