“Well, as often as minor updates of python broke my scripts, I stopped migrating to newer versions and instead rewrite them in perl. Much less (maintenance) effort in the long run.”
— Nishanth Menon on Python 3 as a moving targetPic dump
Time to clean out the downloads folder. I’ve lost track of where I found most of these, but any collection of photos that includes Miwako Kakei in a teddy can’t be all bad…
This 7-11 only offers so much convenience:
Wait, what?
Okay, it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest to see former Morning Musume member Asami Konno leading a parade of Pikachus, wearing a sash celebrating the success of the new Pokemon movie. Even if she weren’t an announcer for TV Tokyo, it’s the sort of thing you expect to find former idol singers at.
But what are she and her partner Moeko doing with their hands?
It’s not a one-time thing, either; there are half a dozen shots where they’re doing Babymetal’s signature fox-head gesture with one or both hands. I can only assume that Pikachu fans use it too. Which helps to explain this.
But nothing can explain this.
Then again, “kon-kon” is the sound a fox makes, although this Konkon usually makes more of a “boin” sound…
You say tomato...
Voice actress and singer Haruka Tomatsu is at her best when she’s being adorkable. Most of her photoshoots recognize this and stick with showing off a pretty girl and a smile, not trying too hard to sex her up.
Sometimes, though, they insisted on trying for steam, and the best of the bunch end up as “hot shot of someone who looks nothing like her”. The rest include some of the most awkward cheesecake I’ve ever seen. She really looks like she wants to be somewhere else, and the outfits do not flatter her gangly frame.
This one is nice, but she’s almost unrecognizable.
RIP Gene Wilder
Another strike against 2016. Dammit.
Spoiler: Sean Murray is Atlas
Also, epic troll:
Angelic Layer on Bluray
In December. Possibly the finest example of an anime adaptation that’s not only better than the source material, but much better.
This is their new feature?
Pokemon Go released an update. The big feature is that your team lead can advise you on the quality of your stable. Which turns out to be a set of canned phrases that are completely meaningless:
This is looking more and more like a squandered opportunity, turning the biggest mobile-game launch ever into “remember that game we played for a few weeks?”.
(the joke here is that コイキング aka Magikarp is the most useless Pokemon of all, which is one of the very few poke-facts I know, along with what the dirty old man actually said when he saw Misty in a bikini)
[Update: this feature collided badly/hilariously with The Bloggess’ naming scheme.]
