con-hon and stuff

Yesterday I participated for the first time in a little (we were about 40-50 people) local Anime Convention. We met at the main station and after everyone had arrived went to a comic store which provided us with free coffee and space. The afternoon was filled with writing and drawin in each-other's con-hon, talking about Anime and/or Visual Kei stuff and playing games. The organisers arranged a little Twister tournament where the first three won gift certificates. The pictures I took are available here.

connected

Since last thursday I finally have my own private DSL line in my flat. Oh, perhaps I should have mentioned my new Nerdcave earlier, after all I am living here since Easter Monday. :)

dudeleedoo

A bit late perhaps, but i thought it is still worth mentioning. On monday Unifilm had a special offer to watch The Big Lebowski for free, if you show up in a bathrobe. Of course I could not resist. :)

nerdy love

Here's something for the ladies. glee* Magazine has an article on how to become/behave more nerdier and score a nerdy date/relationship. The author does a good job at pointing out all the positive qualities of us nerds.

april fools day

Here's a little list of the bogus news I encauntered so far.
The guys at thinkgeek came up with a whopping number of 7(!) products

• iZilla combines everything a mediajunkie could ask for
• Something for the pale nerds who would like to get some color
• A gamer's dream comes true. The real 1up mushroom provides nearly instant extra lives
• Afraid of corporations spying on you? Now you don't have to be anymore. Protect yourself with an RFID-blocking shirt.
• Clearly the easiest way to stay awake, the Buzzaire.
• Finally Tesla's vision becomes reality. Wireless power transmission.
• The Screened Sphorb doesn't make any sense to me. It would help if the 360° view worked with Opera on Linux.

The nerdiest site on the net opted for a complete redesign to reach the female audience.

• How /b/-memes should appeal to females, I can't understand, but cute animals clearly do.
• Here's one for the RPG-fans. Scientiests claim to be close to creating real dragons and stuff
• Finally George L. made up his mind and decided to allow adult Star Wars stories.
• More Big Brother/1984 in Britain.
• Bill G. personally bought OOo
• Monkeys playing tricks on researchers
• Apparently Linux likes the new Slashdot design
• Unicorn shirts for the ladies

Fun stuff from cold Finland

• The Opera guys created a model agency.

This one could be true, but releasing new stuff on April 1st is very suspicious. ;)

• Ebay wants to create a real online shop with express buying and a shopping cart

Even Linux gamers make hoax announcements.

• linux-gamers.net claim they have heard Sauerbraten shall be ported to the 360.
• NVIDIA supplying directx libraries to wine

Even Google has something special to show today

• Something for the lonely nerds seeking a significant other

*Update*: Just wanted to add that arstechnica has a fine Duke Nukem Forever Review.

*Update2*: added more "news"

*Update3*: Wikipedia has a more complete list.