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David LaSpina
David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.
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September 22, 2017
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Origami Paper Cranes
My youngest son has really been into origami lately. He made all of these the other day. They are somewhat small, using 7 cm paper (about 3 in). This is the size I usually prefer. Since the paper is smaller
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Discovery-it
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A Random Collection of Miscellany
I had a chat with a photographer friend about jpeg-xl. For those who don't know, this is really a super format that may finally replace jpeg. I know I know, there have been a lot of contenders over the
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Reflections
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The Crisis Clock
How's your day? Good so far. So far? It's 5pm. Are you expecting a problem later? I have two kids. With kids, until they are asleep there is always the possibility of a crisis. Ah, so you have a crisis
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Blockchain Poets
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Sleeplessness and Ineffective Drugs ~ Haiku of Japan
On an autumn night not so long ago, a frustrated author wrote: かいもなき眠り薬や夜半の秋 kai mo naki nemurigusuri ya yowa no aki I take the pills, yet they bring no sleep— autumn midnight —Ryunosuke Akutagawa (trans.
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Sports Talk Social
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Dodgers vs Yankees
Ohtani and the Dodgers are headed to the world series. It will be their 22nd time there and Ohtani's first trip. This is both why he moved to the Dodgers and how they made it so far: he carried the team
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Discovery-it
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Three Tune Tuesday ・ Oh the Harmonics
Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton
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LeoFinance
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My Hive Goals for 21 Oct 2024
The countdown for 2025 continues. We are almost there! The year continues to go at a rapid pace. And by that, I mean hello all! Another week and it’s time again to do another #myhivegoals post, a
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FreeCompliments
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Too Many Tabs!
How many tabs do you keep open on your web browser? If you are like most people, I suspect the answer is a lot. It has become such a problem that there are numerous plugins and extensions that seek to
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Blockchain Poets
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Bad Start to the Season ~ Original Haiku
Autumn is usually lauded for its beauty, but it has its downsides. battling the flu with moans and shivers my son via ChatGPT I've written many posts about the joys of autumn. The colored leaves (yet to
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LeoFinance
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The Power of Coins (vs Digital Payments like Apple Pay)
This is a ¥500 coin, the largest value coin in Japan. Not too long ago it was worth roughly $5, but now with the rapidly declining yen, it is only worth about $3.33. Even if we stick to the yen, inflation
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Reflections
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Automation Failures
When I was at university, I majored in computer science. At the time the focus was on C, but I also learned a fair bit of Java, Assembly, Javascript, and even some Cobol—though the latter was ancient by
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Blockchain Poets
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Little Demons ~ Original Haiku
Looking at the event calendar, I see that a certain day is coming... in this country too the little demons are preparing Created with ChatGPT When I first arrived in Japan some time ago, Halloween was
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Discovery-it
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Three Tune Tuesday・Earworms
Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton
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LeoFinance
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My Hive Goals for 14 October 2024
Hello all! Another week and it’s time again to do another #myhivegoals post, a series idea started by started by @jongolson. This also doubles as my weekly progress report for #saturdaysavers, which
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Blockchain Poets
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The Feel of Autumn ~ Haiku of Japan
What do you feel when you think of Autumn? 秋立といふばかりでも寒かな aki tatsu to iu bakari demo samusa kana autumn’s here— just those words make me cold —Issa (trans. David LaSpina[1]) Namiko Fudo in Autumn There
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THGaming
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Suika Game - The Fruit Game Sweeping the Country
No haiku or hive goals or any of this today. No today we do something completely different. I don't write about games very often, but I want to introduce a new game called the suika game. I don't do many
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LeoFinance
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More HIVE, MOAR!!
Well, I bought more HIVE. I have long made weekly BTC buys. Ever since HIVE fell below 0.2 a few months ago, I've been then sending half one of those BTC buys to trade into HIVE about every week or two.
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Blockchain Poets
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Prediction ~ Original Haiku
What do you hear when you listen to the wind? I listen to the wind and wonder about the future Windy Day, from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai I was laying at night with the balcony door open.
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LeoFinance
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Kiyomori Coin — demon or hero? ~ Samurai Silver
In a previous post I mentioned that I picked up one more coin the other day when I was at the coin shop. Here it is! A 1 Troy oz 0.999 fine silver coin from Fiji with a $1 face value. On the back is the
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Discovery-it
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Blue Skies and other Jazz
Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton
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