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Clannad Music

Saturday, July 10th, 2010 at 3:19 am

Just thought I’d post these…if for no one’s benefit but my own. I’ve started Clannad After Story (Season 2). Hopefully finish by Monday. That’ll be 52 episodes and an anime movie in 6 days…would have been able to watch more if not for stupid work :@ FYI the series is romantic comedy. It’s target audience is probably girls but nevertheless, I appreciate it’s awesomeness. It’s really hilarious and entertaining, and terribly sad sometimes. Let’s hope it lives up to “Best Rated on Anime News Network”. My standards are pretty high just from seeing that, I hope this second season doesn’t disappoint.

Clannad

Clannad After Story (Season 2)

I’m not sure if it’s just because this intro is new but I love it! It also takes aspects and scenes from season 1 (above) and tweaks it. I really like the first 18 seconds and after 1:10. So basically the main part I like the least >_<. I think I like the beginning for the piano. I <3 piano. Clannad Ending

KAWAII DANGO! There’s a pink one that reminds me of kirby everytime i see it :D

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Damn you FireFox 4.0 Beta 1!

Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at 11:14 pm

None of my addons/extensions work !
FireFTP, FireBug, Web Developer…none of them work on my FireFox! Those 3 things are ESSENTIAL to me updating my website…FireFTP is the only FTP program I have….FireBug is great for web debugging!

I’m trying to load an old FireFox (3.6.6) w/o uninstalling this one but I didn’t have any luck. Actually, to be honest, I didn’t google or try at all.
I just went to
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
instead of
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 1
and assumed that loading the firefox.exe in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox would work. No such luck. Pretty fail troubleshoot if I do say so myself.

I guess it’s okay that I don’t work on my site for a bit…I’ll just keep watching Clannad. I watched 3 episodes @ work today while working :D I don’t think I fooled anyone when I’d minimize quickly but w/e.

BTW FireFox 4.0 Beta 1’s fine, I don’t have any strong dislike against it…originally the layout and stuff reminded me of Chrome…until I made it look like FF3.6.6. Basically, there was no point in upgrading -_-;

/this post was so pointless, i apologize to those that read it. also, i’ve been drinking…i have a headache :/

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Damn you Clannad!

Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at 12:28 am

On a sudden impulse, I decided to watch a new anime. My friends were talking about Clannad in an email thread and I thought I’d look it up (Clannad on Anime News Network)

It didn’t seem too special, almost generic…but it’s well rated. The sequel, Clannad After Story though is rated really high. Higher than Death Note, higher than FMA: Brotherhood, higher than Cowboy Bebop.

I’m “slowly” going through season 1. I watched 8 episodes yesterday and I’ve watched 6 today (and it’s only 12:30!)…

So far, it’s good. Episodes 3-9 has a crazy sad story arc…it was the saddest thing I’ve seen in such a long time…I had tears. It was unexpected (since I had no idea what the anime would be like). Anyways, looking forward to watching the series (52 episodes ish?) by…Monday next week. Then I can continue my .NET….and work on my website. I can’t do both at the same time (damn subtitles!). I can’t stop watching Clannad tho…despite being a very regular high school setting, there are a lot of cliffhangers.

/back to Clannad, episode 14…

Edit: Finishing what I think is the second story arc, I’ve determined that the purpose of this anime is to make you cry you eyes out. To provide episode after episode of touching drama that cumulates to a tear jerking episode before beginning the next story. Well Clannad, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Actually, this second story arc wasn’t as sad for me but everyone will be affected differently…

/back to Clannad, episode 15

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Motivation

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 2:01 am

Because I like lists:

A list of what motivates me the most to what motivates me the least to what unmotivates me. This ranges anywhere from web development to web design to gaming to technology knowledge to cooking to…well, anything.

Anger/Revenge – I didn’t really see this coming but I’m pretty sure now that I’m powered by the Dark side. I’m definitely at my best when I’m angry and my blood is boiling. I’m determined, dedicated, focused. No amount of (the following list) compares. I thrive on negativity.

Unhappiness – Again, fueled by negativity. I’m motivated when I’m unhappy. I seek to improve myself so that I can become happy again…

Skilled Competition – Similar people with similar interests…who are near equal skill. They motivate me to be better. I’ve always been above average…people with skill, people that threaten me…make me want to be better.

Ego – I’m proud of the work I do. Similar to the above, I’ve always been above average. I wouldn’t settle for anything less for myself.

Responsibility – I’m more responsible than I am irresponsible. I’m reliable, dependable…and even if I don’t want to do something or it’d be easier not to, if I have a responsibility to do it, I’ll get it done as opposed to just let it fail.

Self Improvement – Wanting to improve myself just to be better…usually it doesn’t last too long. I try something out for a bit…and then lose my focus and move on to something else.

Really skilled competition – Similar people with similar interests…who dwarf me with their awesomeness. I don’t think that being hard working can always surpass natural talent (sorry Rock Lee!) Also, I’m not THAT hard working. They win, I give up :S

Unskilled Competition – Similar people with similar interests…who suck. They make me realize that I’m better than them and I’ll always be better than them. It makes me cocky, arrogant, lazy. I’m not motivated to improve.

I wrote this on a whim…it’s not really thought out or organized well…there are probably a lot of factors that I missed. Ah well, I’m tired. I wanted to study .NET tonight, wanted to convert some videos for my iphone/psp….didn’t have time for any of that. Boourns. 14 hour day @ work….and walking home in 33 C humid weather = u_u – ZzzzzZzz*snort*zzZz

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My TV & Future Shop’s Product Service Plan

Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at 5:18 pm

My 40″ Samsung TV (LN40A550) of 2.25 years started having some power issues recently. It wouldn’t turn on using either the remote or power button…but would sometimes randomly turn on without pressing anything. Freaky.

When I purchased my TV from Future Shop, I also purchased 4 years of Product Service Plan for 329.99. The PSP…sort of extends the manufacturer’s warranty and other stuff.

I called Future Shop Thursday night at 1:30AM to discuss my issue. They told me someone would contact me in 2 days. The next morning, less than 12 hours after my call was placed, I got a call back to set up a time for a technician to come and see the TV. We set up a meeting for Sunday at noon. Today (Sunday), at around noon, the technician came by. He opened the TV up, switched out some faulty/blown capacitors, TV worked and he left. My internet research tells me Samsung uses some cheap capacitors, they last a little longer than usual warranties. Sneaky!

Anyways, regarding the PSP (Product Service Plan), I thought it was a good idea at the time, only to learn that it’s pretty much a scam…well, usually nothing will go wrong with your TV. It’s TV insurance that doesn’t usually get used. In this case tho….it certainly did come in handy. Well…paying about 83$/year for TV insurance isn’t great…but if I didn’t have that, I don’t know what I would have done. Taken the TV to get it repaired by…? Considering the hassle and cost of repairing it yourself, safely transporting a 40″ around….compared to sitting at home and waiting for this dude to come and fix it…well, it’s not bad. I still have 1.75 years of warranty left. I hope that nothing breaks after that 1.75 years…

I learned a lot when I purchased that TV. The $80 HDMI cable which I got at a discounted $34…is still overpaying because that cable is actually pretty cheap.

All in all…I wanted to post about this because people usually only post about these things when they’re angry or extremely happy. So when you try to find information, it’s either the guy that got scammed…well, the other guy that got scammed. People are rarely “extremely happy” with service from a big company. Well…everything went pretty smoothly on my end. I can’t fault Future Shop for Samsung’s product. Was the PSP worth it? Probably not…but would I have paid it knowing my TV was going to have issues in 2.25 years? Probably…I certainly stressed less knowing my TV was still covered.

/content with Future Shop’s Product Service Plan…happy my TV is fixed :D

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