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by JamesThis weekend, I attended the State of the Browser conference in London, an event run by the London Web Standards community. I stayed in the city for a few days to attend the event. One of the highlights of my trip, aside from the delightful and engaging
London sunrises are something else. I enjoyed them running in London a while back. Especially near Big Ben. -
by JamesMorning Run
20 degrees out. Now thatโs what Iโm talking about. Went for a run rather than fix a bug in Tanzawa.5.0km
35.4min
40.4m climbed
165.8avg bpm
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The Week #169
by James- ๐ Autumn suddenly arrived this week. One day the low was 25 and the high was 33. The next day the low was 19 and the high was 27. This summer was very long and we didn't have but one typhoon to bring some relief from the heat. Very very glad it's over.
- ๐โโ๏ธ We visited the Enoshima area for the first time since...March. Leo and I splashed a bit in the still warm water. Afterwards we all went to the aquarium to check out the sharks. Despite us visiting on a regular basis over the years, I don't think we've ever looked slowly at the entire aquarium...it's always a bit of a rush.
- ๐ As we walked to ride the monorail home we saw a homeless person. Leo didn't see him. But as we got close, he said "kusai" (stinking/smelly) aloud. After we crossed the street, Leo got small talking to about learning to think things without saying them and that not everyone has a home to go home to each night and not everyone can take a bath every day. He seemed like he understood.
- ๐ฎ Our local shrine took out the mikoshi for the first time in since 2019. The last time they did it was actually the day we moved in to our house. Along the road leading to the shrine is a small festival with games and food.
Vendors selling food on the road leading to the shrine
We bought some yaki-soba (stir fried noodles), tako-yaki (octopus balls), and some cotton candy. Leo's wanted to try cotton candy for a while so he was very excited to try it. A surprise to no one, he's a fan.Father and son making tako-yaki - ๐ถ I made a great batch of Mexican style pinto beans and found a new favorite YouTuber, ArnieTex. His channel focuses a lot on cooking the food I used to eat in Texas. Why the music note emoji, you ask? Iย taught Leo a song that every kid should know about beans*. You know the one, it goes something like:
Beans, beans the magical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
That's why we eat beans at every meal.
And I'm quite happy / proud to say that he's memorized it and sings it too me a couple of times a day. His small grammatical mistakes are also cute. I kinda like his version "The more you toot, the better the feel".
* I also learned there's a version where first two lines are "Beans, beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you fart" from a co-worker. They'd never heard the magical fruit version and I'd never heard the heart version.
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Checkin to Katase Higashihama Beach (็็ฌๆฑๆตๆตทๆฐดๆตดๅ ด)
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Checkin to Starbucks
First (and probably last) PSL of the season.
