A catalog of rants, stories, pictures and, well, anything and everything! And Sometimes Japan! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-22415311-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @the-rant)http://the-rant.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/030ff04d496b524cc56ae0ad16e41e4e/tumblr_monx95c0vs1qd6q29o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://videogamenostalgia.com/post/53392785175" target="_blank">videogamenostalgia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Microsoft Removes Used Game, Internet Policies From Xbox One</strong></p> <p>Microsoft announced today that many of the policies that drew up outrage among the gaming community would be removed from the Xbox One.</p> <p>Among the removed features include: restrictions on used games, required internet connectivity, and region-locking.</p> <p>The Xbox One will still require an internet connection on its initial set-up, but allegedly will act similarly to the Xbox 360 for its other functions. This means that after installation, disc-based games will need to have the disc in the system to play, and you will be able to bring your disc over to a friend’s house to play games.</p> <p>Ironically enough, Don Mattrick made the announcement today; the same Microsoft executive who said before E3 that users who wanted an offline experience could stick to the Xbox 360.</p> <p>Is this enough to win back the audience that has been alienated during the past few weeks, or has the damage already been done?</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/microsoft-to-pull-complete-reversal-on-xbox-one-dr/1100-4673/" target="_blank">Source</a>]</p> </blockquote> <p>Took too long. Too little, too late, as they say.</p> <p>Not that matters to me in the long run, as I am not a fan of Xbox games, nor systems. (Nor Microsoft….)</p>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53394046118http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53394046118Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:19:49 -0500<p>Reference aside;</p> <p>It&#8217;s quite satisfying to test out of a module or chapter&#8230;..</p> <p><span>It feels like approved cheating. Does that make sense? Not really.</span></p> <p>Anyway, that puts me ahead a little bit. I can freely take a break, then I&#8217;ll tackle the next one. I&#8217;d love to slack off but, better to get ahead even further.</p>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53382763173http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53382763173Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:04 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/89803916782a01ef17687738cdbd03cf/tumblr_momzicgRjE1qfqm2lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahjapanandkorea.tumblr.com/post/53378149720/residents-of-akihabara-7-by-torne-wheres-my-lens" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">fuckyeahjapanandkorea</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_torne/9059049210/" title="Residents of Akihabara 7" target="_blank">Residents of Akihabara 7</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_torne/" target="_blank">torne (where’s my lens cap?)</a> </p></blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53379374826http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53379374826Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:53:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f08d1c95e21c8c8edc50995cc8e6b2e6/tumblr_monkjeAPDa1ri6x74o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thekimonogallery.tumblr.com/post/53373304262/back-alley-of-shinjuku-tokyo-japan" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">thekimonogallery</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>Back alley of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan</span></p></blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376661135http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376661135Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:15:25 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4415236b18309f10566eb7a4994a01d3/tumblr_mfezaaO9yA1rqx0neo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376655543http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376655543Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:15:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/41ff4dd588de8eacb2ac557266b3896e/tumblr_mo7smgNJNw1s2va65o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376643783http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376643783Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:15:09 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/86779519f5bc46e0b09bb42cf0d18c0b/tumblr_mnzd47rZpw1qk0oi6o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e12d2b57162a76f4c34b2dcc87f6551/tumblr_mnzd47rZpw1qk0oi6o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376620296http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53376620296Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:14:49 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9dc6622035632d98ff5ec4507238b03b/tumblr_moa2pgfbiL1qikqcbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rendermebreathless.tumblr.com/post/53156509240" target="_blank">rendermebreathless</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryosuke0610/5548688065/" title="*" target="_blank">*</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryosuke0610/" target="_blank">FUJIPOPO</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53351202462http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53351202462Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:55:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/129dc9520f990a6a8cd970da3849a9be/tumblr_momuks0CbF1qaiz7oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://japanlove.tumblr.com/post/53347875400/fuji-at-night-by-starfires-on-flickr" target="_blank">japanlove</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pefectfutures/3284359084/" title="Fuji at Night" target="_blank">Fuji at Night</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pefectfutures/" target="_blank">Starfires</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53351061080http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53351061080Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99cc6f6c6966881464d847da6c420e49/tumblr_mol3giOBUI1qesp91o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://yokosojapan.tumblr.com/post/53345781187/by-soreikea" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">yokosojapan</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>三つ巴 (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/soreikea/8447192230/" target="_blank">soreikea</a>)</p></blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53351048246http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53351048246Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:29 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbi2e5QYIy1qz7jybo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbi2e5QYIy1qz7jybo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>This is sort of how I feel about small talk lol….</p>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53342927650http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53342927650Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:48:02 -0500<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_53342904749" src="http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53342904749/audio_player_iframe/the-rant/tumblr_momlz56qnd1qaiz7o?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fthe-rant%2F53342904749%2Ftumblr_momlz56qnd1qaiz7o" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://japanlove.tumblr.com/post/53340569487/living-dolls-one-ok-rock" target="_blank">japanlove</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Living Dolls</em> | <strong>ONE OK ROCK</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>One of my favorite OOR songs. (Though to be fair, I have a lot of favorites lol)</p>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53342904749http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53342904749Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:47:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ce915e81d2869b807e71e597d309be2/tumblr_mol9diGbNL1raw451o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mystic-revelations.tumblr.com/post/53272959184/i-wish-id-see-your-face-below-by-kylie-shaffer" target="_blank">mystic-revelations</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I wish I’d see your face below</p> <p>By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyliealexis/" id="yui_3_7_3_3_1371558502352_2020" target="_blank">Kylie Shaffer</a></p> </blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53339072666http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53339072666Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:31:52 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/adaee07ffb118a6adfe84136888acb19/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c6a2f47b73beade550a9e490b37096a2/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ef693b57b3353d81dbe2bb5347e6767/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c12a13f48edddc0d5c8375eec7fc4ea/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/255a6a38898f46851746f97c3f78028f/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/145fd034e4fc85cda48bb38945af152e/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0947dc1861910e41ad9df9b0327a2eaf/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/70cc3dc3b055e69b6d3bd356ff5babc7/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c3ed95cd5f2fa85ac0f1d35a3602f5ba/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75c702cd19a3894fd0f669c8c8879902/tumblr_mmx97c6YjH1rbsp5ao10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://simplyessentials.tumblr.com/post/50625608438/450-square-feet-wow-specht-harpman" target="_blank">simplyessentials</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>450 square feet, WOW! - specht harpman</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes please</p>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328383116http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328383116Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:16 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e4a92d344602f3c858bbcf704437b57a/tumblr_moiv4afKfk1r6w3qso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blue-voids.tumblr.com/post/53175367381/work-from-japanese-edo-period-1603-and-1868" target="_blank">blue-voids</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Work from Japanese Edo period (<span>1603 and 1868)</span></p> </blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328166347http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328166347Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:15 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/03175722cd2e3254bf55f813d02a7919/tumblr_mo8waiJ6bb1qidk1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328150312http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328150312Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c94f41b6557eca4b2a125e083a27c610/tumblr_molwo5aOam1qlq9poo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12bc76c6ca493a9e030b4c81d158e9fb/tumblr_molwo5aOam1qlq9poo5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3498e71e7962730406f25c02e28bf9b/tumblr_molwo5aOam1qlq9poo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/98cd8e2693bab84b67f01f1011239f8f/tumblr_molwo5aOam1qlq9poo7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32bf063956a487ac2b4b8987bcd7ba1c/tumblr_molwo5aOam1qlq9poo6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2afa34bcebeb8cab3ad85abd497e9299/tumblr_molwo5aOam1qlq9poo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Paintings by</strong> <a href="http://www.jzbukvic.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Joseph Zbukvic</strong></a></p> </blockquote>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328147472http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328147472Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/288befcf8c4d3693553da65a037e39e8/tumblr_moie6pDg431qkjf1go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328139552http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328139552Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:52 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36718fe138b43e5852cc7a943f42899b/tumblr_mnpfo5y4Ic1rrzvn7o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328123935http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328123935Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:39 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f6133468049c557953a957b4e7bb9a7/tumblr_mo35dyjGnj1rmkhuuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328023521http://the-rant.tumblr.com/post/53328023521Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:16 -0500