The existence of DashCon reminds me that, no matter how the internet ages, a part of it never really grows up. The unending cycle of idea -> poorly executed disaster -> complete internet overreaction -> attempting to bring everything back under control has happened now so many times that the various causes people will attempt to ride the blowback ( Read more... )

The leak in the bottom of the LiveJournal ship appears to have been plugged, and although the ship is listing badly to starboard, has its rigging fowled, and appears to have lost its ballast, it may survive long enough to be towed back to a safe harbor while the natives go back to attempting to bash each other's heads in. Considering the sheer ( Read more... )

This is old news, but I still find it amusing. My father pointed out to me that in the September 2nd edition, The Economist printed an article about how manga and anime has been picking up more and more marketing aimed at the female gender. Although I think that the article in question is not very good (and written by someone outside the relevant ( Read more... )