The next season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has had some details posted, including a hint as to which plots will be covered from the light novels. In typical “hardcore fan” style there are a few hoops to jump through to get to the information (which adds to the fun) but if you don’t understand Japanese it’s slightly difficult. Thankfully the ANN post reveals the details for us English-speaking fans. I’m now officially excited about the next season!
Archive for December, 2007
This is kind of cool. It seems a company in America has come up with a way to transfer power of fibre optic cables. So, the converse of Broadband over Power. If you can’t be bothered reading the article, the method used involves pretty much what you would expect - using high-powered lasers to transfer photonic energy which is then converted back to electricity by photovoltaic cells.
Another Linux distribution looks to be hitting the net in the next few days, dubbed PyroLinux. The site looks impressive but I’m seriously underwhelmed by what I’m reading about the OS itself. For starters, it’s based on Ubuntu and seems to have just added some packages in by default, including non-free drivers and codecs (a la Mint) and some “fancy” apps like Avant Window Navigator dock.
Whilst I’m all for diversity in Linux distros I would prefer if people actually had something to show, or at least had a semi-original idea, before submitting their distro on Digg and trying to build hype. I mean, really, why on Earth would anyone want to use PyroLinux? To save themselves the 5 minutes it would take to install AWN?
Seems like Auran is in a bit of trouble. The developer of the new MMO Fury, as well as classic RTS Dark Reign, is in a bit of financial difficulty and look to be pinning their hopes on changes to Fury (new content and payment model) to get them out of it. Hopefully they do recover - the Australian games industry just keeps running into obstacles and a prominent developer shutting down cannot be a good thing.
A sneak peek at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from the American release of Order of the Pheonix on DVD, which oddly got released a month after the UK and Australian versions.
Definitely one of my favourite series to be released in recent years, Code Geass is an action-packed, dramatic original anime series that seems to have caught on quickly with anime fans. It reminds me strongly of Death Note in some ways but isn’t quite as disturbing, nor quite as much of a tense thriller. Even if you’re not usually a fan of anime series this might be one to check out.