Manga Publisher Wants to Sue Huge Piracy Network, Needs Google’s Help
Nov01

Manga Publisher Wants to Sue Huge Piracy Network, Needs Google’s Help

With a fanatical audience that now reaches beyond Japan and around the globe, demand for manga and anime content is soaring. Publishers would prefer fans to go legit but in common with any premium content, there are those who prefer not to pay. This has led to companies such as Shueisha, Kadowaka, Kodansha, and Shogakukan taking legal action to shut down or disrupt piracy platforms, hoping to send a deterrent message to site operators...

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Dune Piracy Spiked After HBO Release, Due to Quality or PR?
Nov01

Dune Piracy Spiked After HBO Release, Due to Quality or PR?

After a long wait, the 2021 installment of the sci-fi classic Dune finally premiered in the United States last week. The film had already come out in other parts of the world a month earlier, which caused quite a bit of frustration among eager fans. Their patience was further tested when a relatively high-quality copy of the film leaked on pirate sites days before the premiere on HBO Max and in theaters. Perhaps unsurprisingly,...

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Use the Linux cowsay command for a colorful holiday greeting
Nov01

Use the Linux cowsay command for a colorful holiday greeting

You may have heard of a small program that takes input, such as a message that you type, and outputs a picture of a cow quoting your message. It is called cowsay. It has been written about before here on Opensource.com. So, to have a little fun with it, I thought I’d use it to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). read more Powered by...

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How I dynamically generate Jekyll config files
Nov01

How I dynamically generate Jekyll config files

Jekyll, the static site generator, uses the _config.yml for configuration. The configurations are all Jekyll-specific. But you can also define variables with our own content in these files and use them throughout your website. In this article, I’ll highlight some advantages of dynamically creating Jekyll config files. read more Powered by...

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