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  • Checkin to Tiki Taco

    Tiki Taco 39.468741 -0.375277
    Jan 27, 2024
    by James
    in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
    Taco time
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  • Checkin to Valencia Airport (VLC) (Aeroport de València)

    Valencia Airport (VLC) (Aeroport de València) 39.49139053768079 -0.4736781120300293
    Jan 27, 2024
    by James
    in Manises, Valencian Community, Spain
    Made it. That was a long trip from Tokyo.
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  • Jan 27, 2024
    by James
    in Arnavutköy, Marmara Region, Turkey
    Wish I was hungry…

    Amazing looking croissant with pistachio.
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  • Checkin to Tivat International Airport (TIV) (Међународни аеродром Тиват)

    Tivat International Airport (TIV) (Међународни аеродром Тиват) 42.412042295140424 18.718005205850076
    Jan 27, 2024
    by James
    in Tivat, Tivat, Montenegro
    Arrived in 🇹🇷. Great flight ✈️
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  • Jan 27, 2024
    by James
    ✈️ Nobody in front of me (exit row). Empty seat to my left. Empty seat behind me. I’ve won the lottery.
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  • Jan 26, 2024
    by James
    in Ota, Japan
    Glad I managed to finish this project before this trip. Weeks of entertainment in my palm.
    An iPod Classic playing music in an airport.
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  • Checkin to Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (東京国際空港 (羽田空港))

    Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (東京国際空港 (羽田空港)) 35.54846517643472 139.7802546992898
    Jan 26, 2024
    by James
    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    BRB. Istanbul 🇹🇷 -> Valencia 🇪🇸.
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  • 🔗 Click Around, Find Out

    Jan 24, 2024
    by James
    Click around. Or tap around. Or do whatever you need to do in the browser of your choice. If we want the indie web to flourish, the very first thing people need to get used to is actually browsing the web again.
    We call them web browsers for a reason. You're meant to browse.

    My sense is that the recommendation engines for articles has the same flaw as music recommendation engines that gets people stuck in a loop. i.e. When given the option to pick between "everything" you mostly end up visiting the same 5 sites or listening to the same handful of albums because there's too much choice and we can't decide. They try to get you to explore a bit, the recommendation engines don't carry the authority or weight that a friend or blog you might follow, so you're back to the usual rotation in no time.

    Want to browse more but not sure where to start?  Visit to ooh.directory and start clicking. You're sure to find something of interest.
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    3. internet
    4. indieweb
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  • The Week #186

    Jan 23, 2024
    by James
    • 📱 My new headphone jack / switch arrived for my iPod. It was easy to replace, except had the smallest screws known to man. Once everything was put together it worked! Right and left channels work like a charm! I'm excited to be able to carry all of my music with me.
    • 🎵 I'm not sure how much longer that will be true as I rebuild my music collection. I can see artifacts of the great iTunes Match subscription cancellation of 2012 as I'm finding folders that I knew were full of music, gone. e.g. I know I had all of the Smashing Pumpkins albums.
    • 😫 It was a rough week with Leo. For some reason he's not wanting to go to school any more, so getting out the door is rough. Even going to robot school, something he said he wanted to do, has become a battle. He told the teacher he wants to quit. Thing is, when he's there (at school or robot school) he has a good time according to all. Maybe he knows my business trip is coming up and clinging because of that? If not, I hope this is just a phase and it ends soon.
    • 🏃‍♂️ On the good Leo news front, he we running with me again. He wants to go further and further...but I think we need to work on not stopping for our current runs. At school he wrote a map of where we're going to run and of course it includes a Triforce from Zelda 😆.
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  • Jan 22, 2024
    by James
    Lunch Run
    The only problem to running to Dookie is the temptation* to air drum every 3 minutes. Totally air drummed.

    4.6km

    31.1min

    20.2m climbed

    141.1avg bpm

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