I saw Transformers earlier tonight and I must say that I was highly impressed with the movie. I’m sure you’ve heard the hype surrounding it and I’m happy to report that it’s almost entirely true. Whilst it does run a little long it’s almost unnoticeable as the film seems to run from one action sequence to the next, pausing for breath every now and then. If you’re a fan of Transformers, an action movie buff or just looking for some escapism then I recommend you go see this!
Archive for June, 2007
If you’re looking for something to fill the time until Manifest in September then you might want to check out Doujicon on July 28th at Monash University’s Caulfield campus. The convention has a special focus on local dōjinshi but also includes screenings, panels, classes and all the usual otaku convention stuff. Best of all, it’s really cheap at $5 entry fee!
Continuing on, sort of, from my previous post about semantics, I have come to a topic I deal with a lot. Semantic HTML. This is not a new idea by any means but it is something that many, many people seem not to care about at all. Even people claiming to care about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), something to which semantic code makes a rather large improvement, often end up making very non-semantic pages.
I have just finished updating the site to Wordpress version 2.2.1. The upgrade was pretty quick and painless, mostly due to me using version control for all the site files, and I haven’t noticed anything broken yet. If you do find something that doesn’t work, please let me know!
Recently at my university, the fourth year students had the excellent idea of having a trivia night to help study for their upcoming Software Project Management exam. From the sounds of it the night went fairly well - I think anything that making studying even marginally fun is to be applauded. The questions were taken from the subject text book and one seems to have generated some controversy. The question was what is the difference between incremental and iterative lifecycles?
Madman has semi-officially announced the impending release of the Australian release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. For those who don’t know, Melancholy has a number of things that are different from your typical anime. Two of these were the rather strange introduction to the series (an amateur video made by the show’s characters) and the fact that the series was broadcast “out of order”, which meant that just trying to keep up with the show was a mind trip in itself. I actually really liked this aspect of the show but, unfortunately, it seems most people do not agree with me. All DVD releases (Japan and USA) have re-ordered the series to be in chronological order, rather than the wacky broadcast order.