An unusually detailed computer in episode 11 of Nana, an anime which aired in 2006-2007, set me off on a journey to identify the vintage computer in question.
I question New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ describing his city as “the Port-Au-Prince of America” from a political branding perspective.
I question whether Elon Musk can re-brand X into a platform for reading articles when it still carries Twitter’s distinct brand and legacy.
I celebrate White Day with Boku no Shokora, an unofficial English translation of an over-the-top doujin visual novel that comes with an entire “White Day Scenario”
I took a rare (and long walk) to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and checked out the Newtown Creek Nature Walk. I submit for your enjoyment a photograph of a large orange “DONUT FENDER.”
Itsuomi Nagi reveals the reason behind his unusual silver hair color in episode 10 of A Sign of Affection. We learn it is not Itsuomi’s call, but the “experiment” of his hair stylist friend.
An interesting essay on proving one’s humanity on the internet inspires me to take a slightly different look at what it means to create humane writing and media online.
The commencement of crowd-funding for The Minimal Phone, an e-ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard, prompts me to revisit my similar ideal phone concept.
I commemorate the unexpected dominance of my first two articles about hair color in A Sign of Affection in our February article ranking with a history of my anime/manga/game hair color project. Let’s start in 2012…
Microsoft’s impending discontinuation of Publisher made me recall my experiences using it as the student editor of my high school paper in the late 2000s.
A short report on a fallen ONE WAY sign on the Columbia Heights hill from Brooklyn Heights to DUMBO.
Having looked at the changing hair color of the two protagonists of A Sign of Affection, Yuki and Itsuomi, I examine the hair color of Itsuomi’s high school friends, Shin Iryū and Ema Nakasono.