Starlight Breaker

Just did another update, incase anyone noticed (Adam did) the site went down for a few hours whilst I tried to figure out what went wrong. Eventually (after a few hours of Star Trek…) I noticed I had a few failed uploads (in Filezilla). Uploaded them again and Bham!

Wordpress also seems to have chucked in a new security code in the wp-config.php file, but I doubt that was what caused the fail upgrade. Oh well, this is the third upgrade I’ve done, maybe I’ll be a bit more lucky next time…:)

EDIT: I’ve lost my little Icons on my write page, below is a screenshot so that you can see what I mean. Whilst its merely a nuisance I still want it fixed…

Ignore the right side, didn’t realise screenshots would capture my 2nd monitor….

Right, got a response from the company in London. It comes at a fairly pricey £100 for a laptop, but it doesn’t matter what size, so I guess I’ll just have to find the biggest laptop ever!

Just joking.

Anyway, they want it in a AI (adobe illustrator, in case anyone was an idiot like me and searched for an AL file…) which has all been converted into vectors. Apparently a high resolution JPEG will do as well. Basically, once I’ve confirmed the purchase of my Macbook I’ll let you guys know, as well as ask for the canvas size, i.e. the area of the mac that can be safely etched. Then I’ll hold a competition (most likely on AS forums, although I might dig around on some Japanese forums as well)…then if all goes to plan I can get it etched by the end of August and have the coolest laptop around.

EDIT: Done! http://www.starlightbreaker.co.uk/?p=139

Right, heres the deal. I go to university in October, I therefore, going with the crowd, have chosen to get a macbook. A macbook pro to be accurate, 17″.

Anyway, everyone seems to be getting their Macbook’s laser etched with some image, as an anti theft deterrent and, more to the point, to look…cool. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, take a look here.

Anyway, most of the firms are based in the USA, but after much trawling through data I’ve managed to locate a firm in London who might possibly do it. I’ve emailed them asking if they were willing and to quote me a price. I’d expect it to be £75 or something close to that region. So heres the plan, obviously I’m going to etch Nanoha onto my macbook .
However, seeing that I’m shit at drawing, designing, etc etc, I’ve decided if this goes ahead I’m going to host a competition, the winner will get his/her image etched onto my laptop, eternally blah de blah blah. I’m taking advantage of you fanatics
Let you know what’s happening as it progresses, look forward to it, hopefully by mid august I’ll have my laptop etched with the goddess on it.

EDIT: It has been done: http://www.starlightbreaker.co.uk/?p=139

CD arrived 9AM this morning. However, due to me being lazy I didn’t wake up until 1PM. I debated over getting it delivered again on Thursday or picking it up today. I chose today…boy was that a bad decision.

First off I didn’t realise the distance I had to walk (having failed my driving test twice). Having got back home I checked it out on Google Maps – a distance of 4.4 miles. The annoying thing is that Google Maps gives it as 12 minutes by car, where as I spent just under 2 hours.

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First of all let me offer my apologies to anyone who tried to access the site in the last 12 hours. We encountered an error and this time, it was not my fault!
Our MySql database packed in for some reason, but I’ve manage to recover all but the settings. I’ll upload the backed up images tomorrow morning, along with the sites theme. At least this has taught me to back up the website regularly , I’ll be backing up once a month at least now.

EDIT: Most functions restored, looking about to see if I’ve missed anything, feel free to give me a shout if you see something like a picture missing. And I emphasise again – it wasn’t my fault this time!

ZeroCool42’s edit: We had 2 ‘About’ pages… now we only have 1. All Hail me!

Just saw the promo for Clannad ~ After Story, only about 10 seconds long, but…

USHIO IS GOING TO BE IN IT!

Ushio is hands down the cutest character for this month, Tomoya is a bad father…I wish my daughter was cute like Ushio.

Wait.

That makes it sound like I’ve already got a daughter.

I wish that my child (who is going to be my daughter – keep going til I get a girl!) is as cute as Ushio.

…

Now I sound really perverted. Anyway, below is a 2.43MB file of the Promo, from AQS, Sprocket & TWH, who seem to be getting together to sub the series. You could just go to youtube or any other online video site to watch it, but since it’s only 2MB, why don’t you download it and watch it in high quality?

Clannad ~ After Story Promo

As promised I’m going to do a quick run summary with lots of screenshots. This is for two reasons:

1. I’m behind on the series, no doubt there will already be many reviews and I wish to catch up.

2. I’ll spoil less of the storyline if I do this (my ‘proper’ excuse for being lazy)

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On my previous post on Strike Witches I mentioned that it would start to air on the 3rd July 2008. Whilst that information is true, I recently discovered a great piece of news. Not only is Strike Witches to be aired internationally on Youtube and Crunchyroll, but it is also going to be released simultaneously!

More information can be found here on the GDH website http://www.gdh.co.jp/news/20080619.html, including the air dates for all the different TV stations, providing you are in Japan or able to receive its airwaves. Still, for all of us who thought we’d have a delay before being able to see it, this will come as great news!

The first time I saw Strike Witches, the first thing that popped into my head was Sky Girls (スカイガールズ). Now apparently there is a reason for that, so read on to find out.

Strike Witches the Series is being released from the 3rd July 2008 and said to have 13 episodes. The storyline follows an alternate universe much like Earth in the mid twentieth century, where a mysterious enemy has appeared called Neuroi. The enemy fights mainly using propeller aircraft but also spreads corrosive miasma?

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Just went out to buy a birthday present for my mother – didn’t know what to get so perfume always seems like a generic present, well appreciated you know. Anyway, the sales assistant cheated me of £54.99. I say cheated, but really I just went:

ME “I’m looking for something for my mother”.

SA “Around what price range?”

ME “£50 or so?”

SA “I like this one *shows bottle*

ME “I’ll take it”

So really it was me being impatient, though I don’t know what difference it would have made even if I was patient – I mean come on, do I really have a clue when it comes to buying perfume? She gave me those little strips of paper to try, so I just held them to my nose…I have a blocked nose so I just nodded in agreement.

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