Adobe PDFs… just… no… NO! 😫
Daughter’s grade 6 class is working on the topic of “materialism” right now. It is inspired by this photography project from a while ago where families around the world brought all thier belongings outside for a portriat:
https://gigazine.net/news/20110901_families_and_their_possessions/
I’ve heard of “ducks in a row” … but… 📸 🐦
My 14 year old daughter to me: “I’ve never seen a grown man cry… except for when you watch Totoro. Every… single… time…”
Truth! 🥹🥹🥹🌱🌽🐈🚌
Blue skies and primary colours walking around the neighborhood today 📸 #Osaka #Tenma #Ogimachi
Started reading The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi 📚
Only one chapter in and it’s more complex than I thought. Got new perspective on the “triple bind” of metropole (London) enabler (League of Nations) and settlers that don’t answer to the metropole. So much detail in this book.
Been shopping for overear headphones to replace my old Sony’s. Today these landed in my inbox randomly! They look great! Love the idea of repairables that can last forever. They are just missing the holy grail feature for headphones: a MUTE button 🔇
Started listening to the full-cast audio of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett 👼😈 📚
Finished How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra 📚
Enjoyed it a lot. Full of wonder! See my chapter notes here: www.goodreads.com/review/sh…
Osaka Tenmangu. Sugawara-no-Michizane stopped on his way to Dazaifu before being elevated to God of Letters. (Learn more about him and the fight against covid: chadkohalyk.com/2020/09/1…)
More 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjB6…
Nice intro to an incisive book. End of the year is a time for reflection, but it is ALWAYS a good time to re-examine your inner work camp. #burnout
My review from 2017 here: chadkohalyk.com/2017/07/3…
Clock tower at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. I graduated the One Year Program in 2000, and came back to work in the PR office from 2002-5. Now, in 2023 I am here with my 11 year old as she takes the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
Posted my end of month roundup newsletter. This month’s theme is “Continental Edges”
I see the traditional Christmas Kurage have been set out 🎄🎅🏽🪼
Istanbul — Look around, feel history
Monday, November 27, 2023
Istanbul, Constantinople, Nova Roma — the city at the crossroads of the world — is a city of layers. First settled 6000 years ago each new community was built on top of the previous. And being located at such a strategic point as the world’s only trans-continental city, there have been a lot of different people groups and empires with designs on the city. I was in town for just over ten days, mostly for work, but my old pal Chris Gunson flew up from Dubai and we toured around together for a few days.
Today is a working day of planning and reading. The perfect day to walk-to-think, periodically stopping at cafes to read/write. I am wandering through Kyobashi and Shiromi where I get a view of Osaka Castle 🏯🍂 and spot some tourists driving gokarts 🏎️ in costumes 🤷♂️ Stimulating!
Uploaded a bunch of photos/vids from Istanbul. You can check out the collection. I will follow up with a blog post later this week. 📸
Early Sunday morning, everyone in the household asleep 😴 I sit on the balcony in the cool autumn weather 🍂 with a cup of steaming coffee ☕️ bathing in the warm sun 🌅 I hear birds🐦⬛ and kids at practice in the baseball diamond ⚾️ below. Enjoying being reflective. 🥰 Take care ya’ll!
In this in-depth Syllabus interview with Evgeny Morozov, William Davies presents a handy periodization of neoliberalism, including how their thought has changed throughout. +nuance Well worth the read
Takes me back to when I was working in Nagoya port as a bunker agent one season and boarded about 120 ships. Fun to learn how to read infrastructure like this: hakaimagazine.com/videos-vi…