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    Afternoon Run
    Zoot suit riot. Nothing as frustrating as Bluetooth things that work magic most of the time and require reboots when they don’t. Like iOS 17 and AirPod Pros.

    3.5km

    25.5min

    29.2m climbed

    163.1avg bpm

  • The Week #175

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    • 🚲 For culture day we went to the park by the river. This was the first time we went in the new car with Leo's bicycle in the back. It fits! we brought our popup tent and ate the finest of 7-11's offerings for lunch. While we were eating, there was another kid on a bike in just an tank-top undershirt (and pants, of course) that reminded me of one of the kids that Yumi met when Leo was just born and we lived in Fujisawa.

      And since I'm mentioning this fact, you can probably guess, it was them! They played for about 45 minutes together before they had to go off for lunch. It's such a small world sometimes.
    • ⚽️ Leo had his first real soccer match in Hodogaya. They played 3 games at 10 minutes each...and I don't think Leo's going to be a soccer star. He was out there, but he didn't go after the ball, always staying a bit back. But still, he seemed to enjoy himself and being with the team.

      What was hard was listening to some of the other parents (from the other teams) going into full monster-parent mode yelling at their kids from the sidelines. Not friendly "you got it!", but "what are you doing? move! the game isn't over yet!" in really rough Japanese. They're 5...relax...

      It was my first time visiting the park and driving in the general area. Having a smaller car (with instant torque gives me a lot more confidence driving around unfamiliar streets.
    • πŸ₯΅ It also happened to be really hot. Not something I was expecting to say in November, but here we are. 3 days this week it's been 24 - 25C out...we've had over 141 days this year above 25C and I'm over it. Makes me think a lot about the saying that goes around, this isn't hottest summer on record...it's the coolest summer for the rest of your life.
    • πŸ“˜ I've started a new book - Running is my Therapy (perhaps related to the above πŸ˜‚). I'm not as brave as Colin to talk too deeply about my mental health online, but since I've been a teenager I've had my share of ups and downs. Thankfully something that passes in a couple of weeks at most and doesn't affect my work. My running matches this, too. My starts are when I'm feeling good / getting out of a funk...and stop when I get into one. One thingΒ  I have noticed is that when I run I feel better. So my theory is that if I can just continue the routine a bit longer, the gap between ebbs and flows will also elongate.
    • 🎢 The Beatles released their final single, Now and Then. John Lennon wrote the song and recorded a demo playing on the piano. Paul, Ringo, and George tried to finish the song in the 90's, but John's voice wasn't clear enough to mix. It wasn't until they developed the technology for the Beatles documentary to extract audio tracks that they could isolate his vocals enough for them to mix and finish the song. Really good.
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    Morning Run
    Powered by Wings’ Venus and Mars. Tried to keep my left wing perpendicular, rather then swinging across my body. Half-successful.

    4.3km

    30.1min

    25m climbed

    166.2avg bpm

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    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    All of the Christmas goods are out. Everyone is in a good mood. What more can you ask for?

  • Checkin to δΏεœŸγ‚±θ°·ε…¬εœ’γ‚΅γƒƒγ‚«γƒΌε ΄

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    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Out watching some kids soccer. Go team!
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    Culture Day Run
    Easy run trying to get back into the swing of things. Listening to the Beatles, inspired by their new single.

    4.1km

    30.2min

    32m climbed

    169.6avg bpm

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    in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
    Culture daying at the park. Surprised it’s not packed with how nice the weather is today.

  • The Week #174

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    • 🍻 I went for a couple of beers with some old-coworkers/friends in Shinbashi. I can't remember the last time I went out for a proper brew. The shop we went to had a variety of craft beers. The first one I had looked and tasted like juice...but it was actually 5%. We finished up at 6...
    • πŸš‘ ... and on the way home I got a text message from my wife that Leo fell off the monkey-bars and was bleeding from his nose. The principal drove Leo and my wife to the hospital where they gave him a once over and all was fine. My wife asked me to pick them up...but since I had a couple of beers, I could not legally drive (legal limit is 0%), so the principal also drove them back.
    • 🐍 This next day was PyConAPAC 2023. This year I also attended for work. It was a lot of fun. This year I attended a couple of talks – one on Django and HTMX and another on tagging inbound customer inquiries. I also had the opportunity to talk with a number of attendees about Kraken and what we're doing and (most importantly)... we're hiring!
    • πŸ‰ These past couple of weeks instead of watching the news with my morning coffees, I've been watching rugby. You see, with the the Rugby World Cup in France, the games have been airing at 4am Japan time. This is a bit before I usually wake up, but they show this instead of the morning news.

      I've been low-key getting into it. I think I understand more of the rules of rugby (but not as many as if I read an article on wikipedia or similar). On Sunday I woke up later than usual and managed to catch the last 10 minutes of the final between New Zealand and South Africa and I was on the edge of my seat. Full drama until the very last second. Congratulations, South Africa!
    • πŸ‘˜ Next month we're going to take family photos for Shichi-Go-San. This week we went to the photo studio where we'll rent our kimono and get photos taken to make reservations. Leo had so many choices for his kimono and he picked a cool blue-green color.
    • πŸ“• I finished reading Ultra Processed People. My kindle showed I was 60% of the way through the book, which made me think I had a slog coming up, but turns out I only had about 10 pages. The rest were acknowledgements, notes and such like. I think I would have finished it weeks ago if I had realized I was about 10 pages from being finished.Β  Really good book and it's re-shaping how I think about food.
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    Been thinking about how I might can simplify Tanzawa's admin a bit. Mostly removing features that I never use like location on bookmarks, replies, and maybe articles. I added them because it's technically possible with microformats to annotate these...but realistically, I don't use them and it just complicates the interface and backend.
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    Boyo wanted to stay home and play legos with me, rather than go to school. Not happening today, but I bought a classic set with almost 800 pcs so we can have enough parts. Will arrive tomorrow.
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