• Checkin to 泉区役所

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    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Waiting to get my MyNumber card. Applied using my phone a few weeks ago, super smooth.

  • Keeping Hydrated 💧

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    I mostly drink two things: black coffee and water. Unless I actively think about it, I usually don't drink enough water in a given day. While I enjoy the taste of water, I have a habit of just sipping my coffee and getting a refill from the maker when it runs out.

    This isn't a good habit. Sometimes when I go to sleep at night, about an hour after I fall asleep, I'll wake up with my feet feeling sore. Problems if your feet at night cause me alarm. Usually as feet problems can be signs of diabetes.But it can also be cause by having tired feet because you were on them all day and they're tired. Or, as I discovered, dehydration.

    Drinking nothing but black coffee, which dehydrates despite being a liquid, is a good way to end up really dehydrated. In an effort to drink more water I've been taking my old Laken water bottle with my coffee upstairs with me when I start work. Doing so has kept me drinking more water and I can't remember the last time I my feet were sore at night.

    I love my little Laken. It's forest green. I've had it for probably a decade at this point. It has a dent at the top that gives it some character. The cap has a great clip that I can use to attach it to my bag so it doesn't fall out.

    But it's a bit small, only about 500ml. I often find myself needing to buy a bottle of water to refill it, which defeats the purpose. And that clip I love? It's kind of a pain to unhook when I'm walking around town and want a quick drink. The mouth is also a bit small, about the size of a regular plastic bottle, so I always spill a bit when filling it up. And it's not insulated, so it sweats as much as I do during summer.

    So I upgraded today to a 946ml (32oz) Hydro Flask. It's the opposite of my first bottle. It's big. It's got double-wall insulation, so it won't sweat and drinks keep cold/hot. I can put hot liquids in it. The mouth is huge. The lid doesn't have a hook, but it does have a loop that I can use to strap it to my bag. It's  freakin' purple (technically "eggplant").  It's a tank. 

    My old water bottle lasted me a decade still has plenty of life left in it. I hope this one keeps me hydrated for many years to come.

  • Checkin to Tully's Coffee

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    in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
    Another day. Another Tully’s. w. Taco Rice.
    Taco Rice
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    Yes! Checkins now display inline on micro.blog. The secret was physically removing the title tag, not just setting it empty (which was a slight pain with Django).

  • Checkin to 鉄板焼さぶろく

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    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  • Checkin to TGオクトパスエナジー株式会社

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    in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
    At the office.
    Fancy Enteance

  • Checkin to Tully's Coffee

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    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Enjoy a coffee before heading in the office.

  • Response to Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline

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    Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that her agency will formally begin the process of identifying federal waters to lease to wind developers by 2025.

    “We are working to facilitate a pipeline of projects that will establish confidence for the offshore wind industry,” said Amanda Lefton, director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. “At the same time, we want to reduce potential conflicts as much as we can while meeting the administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.”
    That's a whole lot of electricity. I really hope the leases starting in 2025 doesn't make the entire exercise a moot point should the executive change hands after the next election.
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    Made my first commits to Tanzawa in what feels like forever. Fixed a microformat issue with checkins (Thanks Jan!) and removed titles from notes/checkin feed items. The second change is more of an experiment to see if micro.blog will start showing my checkins inline.

  • The Week #66

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    • This week was my first week at Octopus (well technically, Kraken Technologies). I think it went well. Co-workers are nice, too. I added a small new feature that got merged and released into production. As I've started wrapping my head around the code base, I've also been able to do code reviews and leave helpful feedback. 

      The only issue that I have is that since it's all new and I'm jazzed about problem we're trying to solve is it's hard for me to "turn off" after work sometimes. I'm sure that'll solve itself after I get used to it all.

      One thing that's impressed me is the extent to which the conventions are documented/ referred to/enforced. Without having them written down (in this case in a series of markdown documents in a git repo) and enforced via linting, it would be much harder to build a code base at such a pace (~50 deploys a day) in a consistent and maintainable manner.

      It's only been a week, but I know I made the right decision to join Octopus.
    • As I mentioned last week, Leo started back at school. With my current scheduling wanting a few hours of overlap with the UK, I switched from pickup duties to drop-off duties a few days a week. The first two times Leo had a meltdown and cried and was clingy. The last time (on Friday), I think Leo was just tired and mostly went off to school without a big scene.
    • There was a large earthquake Thursday night. It was was a 6.1. It shook our house pretty well. Nothing fell over...except some of Leo's legos. We (Yumi) did finally get some things to secure the fridge to the wall.
    • We made two trips to the beach. Saturday's visit was completely unplanned. While doing our monthly "loop" around Yokohama/Fujisawa on the Subway / JR / Shonan Monorail / Enoden / Odakyu line, we arrived at Enoshima before anything opened. When I started walking to Enoshima island itself. Midway down I look over and saw a guy walking (I can only assume) his pet monkey! Was about the size of Leo. As we got closer to the water Leo asked if I bought his blue water shoes (I didn't). He promised not to cry when his feet get dirty so we went and played just the two of us for 45 minutes. He did great.

      The next day after being really good while we listened a solar panel sales pitch, he asked politely, like he knew it was a big ask, if all 3 of us could go to the beach. So we went to a different beach (on the other side of Enoshima)! Taking the car to the beach makes it easier to carry everything, but it's not much, if any faster than the trains. I think this is the first time we've all gone to the beach and all gotten in the water to some degree.

      I finally broke down and bought a 3-person tent so we can have some good shade for the next time.
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