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2023-12
I managed to pick up this Japan Data Viz book at a bookshop by ã«ããããã° Nyankosoba (Twitter profile only) https://x.com/shinagawaj… 2023-12-27
I love minimal Japan. 2023-12-24
Good tip!! 2023-12-15
ð³ I did not know that! 2023-12-15
TIL Lo-fi Girl is not a single youtube live stream but a whole channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lofigirl 2023-12-14
Google got rid of the "are you here?" thing this year. ð I don't know if any way to replicate the swarm like thing, or even import histo… 2023-12-09
Someone asked me to write a one-pager on the future of Google Maps Lists.* Oh boy, how small a font do you think I get away with? * I don'… 2023-12-05
My first digital photo - circa 1998. Taken on a PDR-M1 2023-12-05
2023-11
You're a brave man, sir, brave. 2023-11-29
It looks beautiful, congrats! 2023-11-29
Look at this thing of beauty. Im a fan of Craig's adventures and creations. If you haven't already, you should get your hands on his new boo… 2023-11-23
Sometimes software just wears and tears. 2023-11-17
I love the idea of a house pigeon, it's like the rat in ratatouille... right? 2023-11-17
Shakey shakey in Tokyo 2023-11-10
Only worry if you think that I don't agree with your complaints. ð 2023-11-07
Don't worry, the next one they put there will definitely be useful. Fifth time lucky! 2023-11-07
2023-10
Hello Kitty Mermaid Taiyaki. Never stop, Japan. #kichijoji 2023-10-25
Unless it's an ortholinear projection ... then it can. But it's art, so if you want them to look parallel, no one can stop you. 2023-10-25
I'm going through blog posts I wrote 20 years ago and found that my Flickr photo URLs are still working. That's pretty incredible. https://… 2023-10-21
Wow! Who is this handsome young lad? 2023-10-20
I regularly do exports of my data where I have content, like Google Maps, Twitter and Foursquare (yes, still checking in). I wondered if y… 2023-10-16
Gm Tokyo 2023-10-14
Shout the price 2023-10-08
Interesting coffee beans processed with koji (used for fermenting miso, soy sauce, sake, etc). Smells like miso. From @haiz_coffee_roastery … 2023-10-05
/imagine Low poly mouse 2023-10-02
You can't stop doomscrolling on the map. The earth is round. 2023-10-02
You know it needs a rewrite when... 2023-10-02
2023-09
I'm still paralysed by the choice of which text-based social network to post my throw away hot takes. 2023-09-27
Inokashira Koen 2023-09-26
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Omg 2023-09-09
It's quite entertaining to see them also think their desserts are sometimes disgusting, and how blunt their feedback is. Which leads to a lo… 2023-09-01
There's a TV show on Saturdays called Job Tune where they basically ask top chefs in Tokyo to try combini and supermarket food and rate them… 2023-09-01
2023-08
Is there something called a sunset-otaku? 2023-08-27
ð didn't know you also had one. Is yours also a one head but bigger? This one looks pretty sweet 2023-08-27
Omu-rice size guide: 2023-08-25
You got an espresso machine?? 2023-08-25
2023-07
I'm team parasol 2023-07-26
Love the little map, feels like a game 2023-07-21
ð³ haha oops I didn't realize that had a double meaning when I wrote hit. Haha it is about å¼è¶ä¼ç¤¾. 2023-07-19
I don't think I'm experienced at the art of negotiation, all I can do is name the price I'm willing to pay. That's it. 2023-07-19
Moving companies stress me out. It's been the most scammy industry I've had to deal with in the 6 years I've been in Japan. Nothing is pri… 2023-07-19
Fascinating, I wonder if you could model social dynamics as an elevation map. And also map feelings to terrain. 2023-07-19
What's on your mind about elevation? 2023-07-19
Here's the moment I became an adult and decided to not live in tab-squalor, hoarding tabs like they're gold coins for my mcscrooge like vaul… 2023-07-18
Hi there. It's the weirdo who takes a picture of every station I go to in Tokyo. #roppongi 2023-07-18
Brrrrrrr ew 2023-07-16
I was at the bank today wielding my hanko. I really wanted to use this thing that looked like a hanko scanner!? Let's go digital japan! ð 2023-07-14
Holy moly, it's real! 2023-07-14
I thought it would be cool to have a katakana name on a katana. Wait, I have an idea.... ð¡ 2023-07-14
Testing whether I can repost myself. 2023-07-14
I feel we are diametrically opposites in ã¨ããã¤ preferences. But maybe I need to open my mind to the pork-based possibilities. 2023-07-13
Are you a ãã¬ o rãã¼ã¹ã? 2023-07-13
My name in katakana? It's my boring full name but in a different script. Only needed this because this other process I am in, they cannot in… 2023-07-13
Back to our regular noren-programming: Nihonbashi 2023-07-13
Took me four visits to the ward office and making a new inkan (personal seal) in order to get my katakana name on a piece of official paper. 2023-07-13
Third try applying for a SIM card from ahamo. Lesson is, please do input validation at the edge and stop limiting length of name fields to u… 2023-07-12
Ohh I remember that mall there. There are a lot of cool looking norens in Kyoto though. 2023-07-11
Actually don't know where that is... 2023-07-10
From Kyoto 2023-07-08
Noren are the curtains that they have outside Japanese shops. Sometimes they have very striking designs ð I'm slightly obsessed with taki… 2023-07-06
Maybe this will be the social network for my Noren photos 2023-07-06
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I don't have anything interesting to say. 2023-07-06
Another week, another text-based social network. ð 2023-07-06