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  • Checkin to Gate 7 (ๆญไน—ๅฃ7)

    Gate 7 (ๆญไน—ๅฃ7) 33.59892194414672 130.44693538732355
    Jan 17, 2026
    by James
    in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
    Awaiting a ride home.
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 3 interactions
  • Checkin to Cinnabon Seattle's Best Coffee

    Cinnabon Seattle's Best Coffee 33.5896814939475 130.41902225017762
    Jan 17, 2026
    by James
    in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
    Seattleโ€™s best brings back some fond memories. Surprised theyโ€™re still around.
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 4 interactions
  • Jan 17, 2026
    by James
    Morning Run in FUK
    Lovely wide sidewalks. Too many traffic lights.

    5.5km

    46.2min

    11.9m climbed

    avg bpm

    ๐Ÿ”—permalink
  • Checkin to Hakata Ikkousha (ๅšๅคšไธ€ๅนธ่ˆŽ)

    Hakata Ikkousha (ๅšๅคšไธ€ๅนธ่ˆŽ) 33.58828 130.41708
    Jan 16, 2026
    by James
    in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
    When in Hakata
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 6 interactions
  • Checkin to ใฒใ‚ใพใ‚Šใ“

    ใฒใ‚ใพใ‚Šใ“ 33.587547 130.41634
    Jan 16, 2026
    by James
    in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
    Breakfast at a small Japanese cafe. Cat napping next to me table.
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 4 interactions
  • Checkin to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) (็ฆๅฒก็ฉบๆธฏ)

    Fukuoka Airport (FUK) (็ฆๅฒก็ฉบๆธฏ) 33.587632093254626 130.44854879379272
    Jan 15, 2026
    by James
    in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
    First time in Fukuoka in probably 13 years.
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 6 interactions
  • Checkin to Gate 62 (ๆญไน—ๅฃ62)

    Gate 62 (ๆญไน—ๅฃ62) 35.55094782413829 139.7891610644972
    Jan 15, 2026
    by James
    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    First domestic flight in Japan. Going to FUK.
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 2 interactions
  • Checkin to Saza Coffee (ใ‚ตใ‚ถใ‚ณใƒผใƒ’ใƒผ)

    Saza Coffee (ใ‚ตใ‚ถใ‚ณใƒผใƒ’ใƒผ) 35.666321 139.758553
    Jan 14, 2026
    by James
    in Minato, Tokyo, Japan
    Waiting for the trains to clear up a bit ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 5 interactions
  • The Week #289

    Jan 13, 2026
    by James
    • ๐Ÿพ We celebrated 15 years of being married. My how does time fly and wow is life very different than it was when we got married. Physically we're just down the road from the 1K I was renting. To celebrate I made some carbonara and we split a sparkling cider from our champaign glasses. Boyo also took park in the festivities, drinking ginger ale from a fancy glass.
    • ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Speaking of, Leo used all of his new year's cash and bought Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2. We already have Galaxy 1 via the bundle cartridge that has 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy. However, they don't sell a cartridge with just Galaxy 2 on it. In the former bundle, there is a single game in the Switch menu then you select which game you'd like to play from in the game. For Galaxy 1 + 2 it actually shows up as 2 different games in the Switch menu. So far it looks like it is a real improvement on the original.ย 
    • ๐Ÿ“• While researching how to maybe use a Kindle to help reluctant readers, I discovered the Assistive Reader functionality. With this your kindle reads the book to you while underlining where it is in the line. Although I was researching it for Leo, I've found myself using it a lot this week. It is enabling me to read while I cook or similar. The only downside is it only seems to work with books purchased from Amazon, not side-loaded epubs.
    • ๐ŸŽฅ I subscribed to a new YouTube channel (thanks to a post from Probably Riding) called Bikes, Books, & Buildings. Instead of riding around Seoul he's riding around Oslo.ย  I'm really enjoying the different views.
    ๐Ÿ”—permalink
  • Jan 11, 2026
    by James
    Morning Run
    Oddly warm run to running commentary.

    4.5km

    30.5min

    24.2m climbed

    157avg bpm

    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 2 interactions
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