In my last post on Deluge I commented that one of the things the BitTorrent client was lacking was a web interface. That situation has been rectified by a recent plugin that provides WebUI capabilities. After taking a look at what is offered I can say that it looks very promising but isn’t quite at a stage where you’d want to use it for anything but the most basic administration of your torrents.
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A new piece of software has come to my attention today, a Mozilla project called WebRunner that aims to provide an easy way to create site-specific browsers (SSBs). The project is basically an extension on the XULRunner software, which itself is standalone version of the XUL engine that underpins the big Mozilla projects (Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Seamonkey).
If you’ve never heard of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya then what you firstly need to know is that it’s one of the most popular anime/novel series to hit the scene in a good while, to the extent of sparking a level pseudo-religious zeal, dubbed Haruhism, that comes as a sort of homage to one of the central premises of the show: that the eponymous heroine is, for all intents and purposes, God. The show itself is a superb blend of action, comedy and drama which includes plenty of deliberate fan service and a cast of strange characters, all seen from the point of view of the most incredibly normal and average person in world. Fans of anime in general will probably find something to like here.
Stardust is a new movie based on the Neil Gaiman story of the same name. The plot is a typical fantasy/adventure romp and the movie successfully pulls off an enjoyable story that should be suitable for the whole family.
Well, here it is, the final part of my report on Manifest 2007. As you might be able to tell this is for the third and final day of the event.
My second day at Manifest started out far more smoothly since I already had a pass and didn’t need to queue up to get one. Surprisingly, there was still a huge queue to pick up passes! With a day full of events there was plenty to do and I feel that Saturday is the real start of the festival.