Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I’ll never reach it. So what’s the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.
— Eduardo Galeano
#quotes
My lovely wife 💞 flew to Kelowna today for a Kelowna Japanese Language Society event. She sent some pics of the Rockies mountains 🏔️ and Okanagan Lake 🛶 for you all
Okay. Back home. Tucked in. It’s 2:30am. Time to go to sleep finally. 💤
After a weekend of hacking on LoFi software where we talked about EMRs and hospital applications, I now find myself in the ER with a sick child, experiencing our existing system. Everything’s under control, so I sit here and observe.
Welp, it’s been 5 days nursing a feverish teenager. Now it is time to go to the clinic and find out what is actually wrong.
After waiting around all day (9am to 5pm) we now know. Pneumonia.
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The People vs Anglocentrism: What’s it like to be a non-English speaker in an online world dominated by US tech bros? 🌍
h/t to Dame.Outlaw
Reminds me of 2018 with Cambodian keyboard problems.
Look what arrived! You can download a copy here.
A lotta friends in this mag 🥰 Looking forward to reading.
#opensource #governance
Oh this would have been a very fun thing to attend! I recorded a number of Mongol spots when I lived on Iki.
15yo: What’s the difference between waffles and pancakes? 🥞 🧇
12yo: Waffles are just pancakes with abs. 🥁
Started reading: Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 📚
Already 15% in 🚀
I can’t stop watching her covers! 🎵🔥
Ominous 😳
Osechi day 2 🍶🍱🎍🐍
Over the past couple of months I have had some conversations with a few people about what conferences are worth going to in 2025. I started putting together a list hackmd.io/@chadkoh/…
Good morning! It’s drinking time 🍶
明けましておめでとう🎍 Happy New Year!
Just got back from 初詣 We rang the bell and got おみくじ。2025 is the year of action 🐍 and doing good for everyone. Let’s do it together! 💪
On this New Year’s Eve we are watching the 紅白 highlights on YouTube and making snide comments, as is the ancient Japanese tradition 🙃 アケオメ everyone!! 🎊
Favourite photo of the year: The Nintendo World train in Osaka through cherry blossoms. Taken during April’s Micro.Blog photo challenge What a year. 😫 Closed down a company. Pulled all roots out of Japan and moved to a new city in Canada. Began settling down. Kids in a new school. Started a consultancy. Engaged with local community. Reconnected with old friends and family. Deepened my intellectual development. Found new paths to explore.
Pre-ordered a number of books for next year, so my reading is pretty much decided for the first few months. I use Bookshop.org and Libro.fm and have both set to attribute sales to Mosaic Books, my old independent bookstore in Kelowna. Don’t live there anymore but still give what support I can 📚❤️
Last meditation 🧘 of the year. I missed 3 days this year, but got a good long streak in the end.