Finally finished processing and uploading my Taiwan photos to Flickr. I ended up picking 307 out of 1800 and organizing them into a number of albums. Link below, but I will to write a trip report soon with context.
2024
Fun NBN interview with Richard Jaffe about his book Seeking Sakyamuni, a book I adore. ๐๐
Interview: newbooksnetwork.com/seeking-s… My chapter notes: www.goodreads.com/review/sh…
Also good to hear @ssiddiqui83’s voice again!
#Buddhism #Japan #history #books #podcast
Started the second volume of The First Law series Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie ๐
When I arrived at Osaka Castle Park Station I was wondering why there were so many people walking around? ๐ค Was it a concert at Osaka Dome? ๐ฉโ๐ค NOPE! It was the 2024 Craft Gyoza Fest! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ #Osaka #Japan #้คๅญ
Perfect blue sky at Osaka Castle ๐ธ๐ฏ
Listened to the latest ep of CBC Spark on the negative impacts of a culture of productivity, which is a good ep and all, but ends with the shocking announcement that CBC is cancelling Spark after 17 years! ๐ฑ
Old school beats from Meth ๐ and look at who tops the list as enemies of music being defeated in this new Droog claymation video: The Algorithm โ๏ธ ๐ถ
Stopped at School Bus before the kids get home for a little writing on the patio in the sun โ๏ธ
Under the tracks ๐ธ
#Osaka #Japan #streetPhotography
If you are in Kansai come out to OWDDM on May 18 when we will be introducing Erin Meyer’s excellent book The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. This in an interactive session.
๐คฆโโ๏ธ OMG why do I do this to myself… it was just a week #travel #photography
Finished The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie ๐
4.5 rounded up. Some plotholes and cliches but excellent narrator sells it. Before even finishing I got the rest of the series. Been a while since I read a rollicking fantasy like this. Definitely reminiscent of Locke Lamora.
Wall art in the alley behind Kyobashi Shotengai #Osaka #StreetArt
Metagov has a $200k grant program for improving interoperability amongst decision making tools. Applications open until May 31st.
Learn more: metagov.github.io/interop/
Email interop@metagov.org with your questions
#governance #interop #grants #research
ISOC has a new hefty research program covering:
- Greening the Internet
- The Internet Economy
- A Trustworthy Internet
- Decolonizing the Internet
Landed at Kansai International Airport. A guy in the lobby asks me for directions. I help him out. He identifies himself as Canadian ๐จ๐ฆ โHey! Iโm Canadian!โ ๐ Canadians helping Canadians, all over the world ๐ค
Currently at the airport getting ready to leave Taiwan for Japan. It has been a great trip. I have learned a bunch, and had my curiosity piqued even more. If anyone has any recent book recommendations on Taiwanese identity formation in the past decade, please let me know!
Taipei Zoo!
The Grand Hotel Taipei, much bigger than the one in Kaohsiung at 16 floors and 500 rooms. We saw the Centennial Dragon ๐ which came from when this spot was a jinja โฉ๏ธ during Japanese colonial times. We also went down the secret escape tunnel for visiting heads of state, equipped with a slide! ๐
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#ๅฐๆนพใ#ไนไปฝใ#ใณใณใใใ#็ตถๆฏ
Today was the National Palace Museum in Taipei which is FULL of treasures dating back to the 16th C BCEโผ๏ธ We saw many jade pieces, the pork-meat jasper, and this ball made from a single piece of ivory, has 21 independently moving spheres in it, and took 3 generations to carveโผ๏ธ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ #Taiwan #art
View! Wish I coulda seen this in clear weather
Bit of a different newsletter this month since Iโve been on the road. It picks up from my last one talking about โmakingโ and building skills. Hereโs a missive from an old gold-mining town in northern Taiwan: buttondown.email/chadkoh/a…
Pano of Jiufen for you
Day 30: ๐ท hometown (@mattypenny) #mbApr
I am literally 9,788 kilometers from my hometown, but this community clinging to the side of the mountain at the northern tip of Taiwan is home to many, and a sight to behold! ๐
Absolutely poured on us after our arrival to the old gold mining village of Jiufen. We walked the covered old street, had tea, watch clouds go UP over the mountain ridge. Then for a few glorious moments took in the view before being soaked and running home. See the Spirited Away tea house? #Taiwan
Lovely day in Taipei at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial and amazing Lungshan Temple. It was a hot one! We ate bao at this great soy milk place for breakfast, got to see the changing of the guard at the memorial, and later got a family foot massage. Informative and relaxing day. #Taiwan
Day 29: ๐ท drift (@SimonWoods) #mbApr
After days of rain and cloud on this #Taiwan trip, we got a perfectly clear 34ยบC day with just this little wisp of cloud drifting above the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
Scrambled onto a packed high-speed train ๐ from Tainan to Taipei. Had to stand the whole 1.5hr journey, but we made it ๐ฎโ๐จ Immediately went for fish tacos ๐ฎ and tea ๐ต (a very Taiwan combination) ๐
They served craft beer, cocktails, and tea out of a long bank of draft taps!
Day 28: ๐ท community (@stupendousman) #mbApr
Depiction of community festival at the Taiwan National History Museum. #Taiwan
