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Current Personal Status

2025-06-15 – 2025-06-30

I had the joy of touring Japan with my daughter for two weeks from mid-June to end of June, revisiting places I lived in Japan as a boy (Karuizawa and Kagoshima), as well as Tokyo and Kyoto. I will have a photos site to share photos from the trip on available shortly.

Some of the highlights:

  • Visiting the old house I lived in in Karuizawa, and generally enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery there.
  • Visiting Kagoshima, eating some amazing food there (they have the best food in Japan, in my opinion), and riding the ferry to Sakurajima, the active volcano that overlooks the city.
  • Enjoying the chaos of Tokyo Asakusa, and visiting the Senso-ji temple, as well as Shibuya and Akihabara.
  • Spending time in some lesser known temples and bamboo groves in Kyoto. Also the city was nice and the food was outstanding.
  • THE FOOD, THE FOOD, THE FOOD!!

Podcasts

Podcast episodes without links are members-only but I think are interesting enough to post in case you want to investigate them.

Our reaction to Christian Horner being sacked by Red BullP1 with Matt and Tommy – Our reaction to Christian Horner being sacked by Red Bull Imagining Apple’s Next Big ThingAppStories+ – Imagining Apple’s Next Big Thing Inside our Summertime Review ToolkitsAppStories+ – Inside our Summertime Review Toolkits Securing Journalism on the ‘Data-Greedy’ InternetHow to Fix the Internet – Securing Journalism on the ‘Data-Greedy’ Internet This Phone’s Got CurvesComfort Zone – This Phone’s Got Curves 1191 ベルドの良いところ楽しいラジオ「ドングリFM」 – 1191 ベルドの良いところ 6/30：Gemini CLIって何者？ManusとClaudeの違い、Midjourney動画対応も⁉ながらAIラジオ – 6/30：Gemini CLIって何者？ManusとClaudeの違い、Midjourney動画対応も⁉ Switch 2 Dock MysteriesNPC: Next Portable Console – Switch 2 Dock Mysteries 96: TIB Peated Vatted Malt No. 2 Blended WhiskyWhisky Whiskey – 96: TIB Peated Vatted Malt No. 2 Blended Whisky How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh KhaliliTech Won’t Save Us – How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh Khalili

Movies

BALLERINA Didn't Like It Ballerina 2025 • Len Wiseman Sometimes you just want to see people get shot and stabbed, and this is a lot of fun for that. John Wick movies always have interesting choreography and fights. Ana de Armas is fine as Eve and the action is all very well done. Decent Liked It Loved It!

TV Shows

Somebody Feed Phil • 2018 • 8 seasons in, this is one of the happiest and insistently must-see shows I know of. Watch it. Pay for the goddamned Netflix account JUST FOR THIS. If you don't, I have to ask - why do you hate yourself? • Loved It! Long Way Home • 2025 • The Long Way series are always very entertaining, and two episodes in, this is no exception. I really love the European focus of this one. Will keep watching. • Loved It!

Food and Drink

  • Fuji Ramen (富士らーめん) in Asakusa, Tokyo – A great ramen shop with a very friendly owner who tries to learn the languages of all his foreign guests. The ramen was delicious.
  • Matcha Cafe in Asakusa, Tokyo – Wow, the matcha shakes and the matcha pudding and the Mozzarella cheese toast!
  • Michiya Tonkatsu (みちや) in Kagoshima – The best tonkatsu – not I think, but I KNOW, I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot of tonkatsu.
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