The Eastern Edge

"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that ..." - George CarlinThat pretty much sums things up for me lately. I'm… more »

If you've been here in the last little while, you may have noticed a few things have been removed. It seems that I failed to realize that digital breadcrumbs, however small, don't always lead back to the source and can sometimes go down paths you neve… more »

I was going to use "kamahameha!" to announce the release next week of the Dragon Ball: The Complete Illustrations book I'm looking forward to. However, not only would that be typical geekiness, I was worried I'd get bombarded with hits from people in… more »

Well, my blog problem has been fixed... sort of.Although problems appear to be fixed on this blog, I did another little test with a new install, with a new database, in a new directory. It came out a mess with the same errors this blog had but worse… more »

I fixed one glitch only to have new ones I have no control over crop up. Other than this site dropping off-line and coming back up again (if you're reading this I assume it's up), this blog's database seems to have lost its mind. Posts can only be viewe… more »

Further to "Out damn glitch," the damn glitch is out and I'm getting notifications and email through this blog again.Sorry about the ones that got lost and the comments I missed.Other than that:Not much on the manga front, the games I've worked… more »

My approach to blogging is a Zen-like "Eat when hungry, sleep when tired," which is a new-age way of say "I blog when I feel like (alternately; "when I get around to") blogging.Aside from that, I've been writing about how my Japanese column has chang… more »

I haven’t got a heck of a lot done on the website, although I am working on stuff.But I have done a lot of writing and editing content for the Gottsupedia - editing stuff from wiki, writing original content and so on. Most of the stuff is on Japanese… more »

Fast tracked by the demise of my short-lived bujutsu translation blog, the remnants of which, are here (for now, anyway. Damn you, Wordpress, damn you to hell!);The Gottsupedia officially went on-line today.What started as snarky blog posts has… more »

I found an interesting post in a blog about translation called Sensei' Ramblings on a site called Translation Dojo. It's about what a manga rewriter/adaptor does (or doesn't, as the case may be.) It also points out the difference between the translat… more »