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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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