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    Falling down the e-ink digital paper rabbit hole. They all look amazing.

  • The Week #261

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    • 🦃 I strolled a in a long park area in downtown Yokohama and to my surprise there was this guy walking chickens and a turkey. What's more is that after their walk along the river, he corralled them into a doggie-stroller, with the turkey perched on the handle. And he spoke to them like they were dogs and they listened. The entire time I thought where on earth do these birds live, there's nothing but high rises around here. I could have asked, but instead decided to enjoy the mystery.
    • 🫐 I watched the BlackBerry movie and really enjoyed it. It made me (again) a bit nostalgic for a time when life wasn't ruled by a rectangular glass handheld. And I'm not the only one. Gen-Z is also wants a BlackBerry.
    • 🏫 We went to see where one of the international schools we are considering is located. Not that a map isn't sufficient, but is a commute to it realistic. In this case, I think it is (primarily as it's on the way to my office). It might mean me commuting into the office everyday, which would be an adjustment, but as there's good reason, not unwelcome. I reckon it would also require a more structured morning routine on my part, but again, sometimes a forcing function is good.

  • The Week #260

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    • 🎮 We went to a trial lesson? demo? of an "eSports" after-school program that's based around Minecraft. Basically for an hour each week kids gather and (along with the teacher) plan what they're going to build, present it, build it and so on. There's also opportunity for group work where they have a vision of what to build and figure out how to divide the work and build. I can see it teaching a lot of useful skills. We're not going to join, but the idea itself was pretty neat.
    • ☀️ It's allegedly the middle of the rainy season in Kanto. And yet, last week it was bright blue skies and 35 degrees out. Each year I remember how miserable summer is because you can't go out and do anything. I need to find more hobbies around the house that aren't sitting in front of a screen....
    • ⛰️ I started on a new branch on Tanzawa over the weekend. For what? Comments. I'd like to have experiment with having comments directly on my blog, rather than relying on replies from social media or webmentions. No idea when it will be ready, but hopefully not too long as I'm using a django package that does commenting. Watch this space.

  • Checkin to 南蛮屋 湘南台店

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    in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
    Ice coffee tasting while picking up some beans. Balmy 31 out.

  • Checkin to Blue Bottle Coffee

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    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Taking a much needed day off. Iced latte and a lemonade.
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