Nice review of a beautiful looking book: The Uyghurs: Kashgar before the Catastrophe
Photos are from 1998. Compare with the NYT photo essay from 2019 I linked in a post with some of my photos from 2004. What a place. π
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.
Fun NBN interview with Richard Jaffe about his book Seeking Sakyamuni, a book I adore. ππ
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 π
When I arrived at Osaka Castle Park Station I was wondering why there were so many people walking around? π€ Was it a concert at Osaka Dome? π©βπ€ NOPE! It was the 2024 Craft Gyoza Fest! π₯π₯π₯ #Osaka #Japan #ι€ε
Perfect blue sky at Osaka Castle πΈπ―
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! π±
Old school beats from Meth π and look at who tops the list as enemies of music being defeated in this new Droog claymation video: The Algorithm βοΈ πΆ
Stopped at School Bus before the kids get home for a little writing on the patio in the sun βοΈ
Under the tracks πΈ
#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.
π€¦ββοΈ 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 π
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 π¨π¦ βHey! Iβm Canadian!β π Canadians helping Canadians, all over the world π€
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 π which came from when this spot was a jinja β©οΈ during Japanese colonial times. We also went down the secret escape tunnel for visiting heads of state, equipped with a slide! π
