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Ammonite Coffee is a roaster and cafe that sits a short walk away from the University of Tokyo campus in Hongo. Maybe it’s because of the location, but it had probably the most reasonable price I have ever seen in Tokyo for a decent cup...
Why did a recent podcast clip from Naval Ravikant go viral, and why did tech Twitter completely tear it apart? Naval talked about deleting his calendar, ignoring emails, and refusing to attend birthdays or weddings. I explore why this...
This has been one of my biggest annoyances working with Python and pip when dealing with projects where that are not meant to be installed as a package, how do you handle dependencies?Think projects like application backends, python...
“Sure, there were a couple of non-summertime things that slipped in, but looking back, I can honestly say we had the time of our lives.” –Kyon on Endless Eight The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya‘s first season was released to widespread...
With a bit of planning, our trip ran from Friday to the following Thursday. This meant I could enjoy a Wednesday evening visit to Groudle - handy!Pride of the line, Sea Lion was running, and the early trains were well loaded. Of course,...
Hey, I’m over my latest flu thingy! Which led me to think: what’s something I couldn’t do while cooped up inside? Carry things outside. This lead to a bit of a brainwave: everyone’s heard of a daily carry—one can only presume—but is...
By Tom Moertel Posted on July 23, 2026 Tags: code, good code, nature of code, purpose of code, source code, definitions, theory, philosophy Recently, I came across some programming advice that I disagreed with. When I thought about why I...
CORNELL WOOLRICH – Death Is My Dancing Partner. Pyramid G374, paperback original; 1st printing, 1959. Savage Bride / Death is My Dancing Partner / Doom Stone, Centipede Press, hardcover, 2025. Bandleader Maxwell Jones helps a dancer from...
📚 Finished reading: Gone by Jock. The influence of this book was clear and I loved it. Sure I felt the world building could have been a little better, but honestly it didn’t matter. The art alone is worth the price of entry, but if you...
Do you remember your Worst Sleep Ever? Man, I sure do. I tell you, it was back when I was in college and a few friends and I drove a skiddy van across a snowy highway in the middle of a blizzard to crash with my friend Chad. It was a...
I've watched quite a number of crime and suspense films recently, so it seemed like perfect timing to finally catch up with a more recent film from my watch list, BLACK BAG (2025).I'd heard good things about this film about married...
I make fun of the MaLe LoNeLiNeSs EpIdEmIc for the obvious reasons, all of which revolve around it being a self-caused/created problem that's wildly easy to solve unless you are a self-pitying dummy who can't muster up the resolve to...
Just days after the 11th anniversary of New Horizons' 2015 Pluto flyby, mission Principal Investigator Alan Stern was interviewed on NPR's Colin McEnroe show on the subject of "making the case for undoing." Stern is the third of three...
I went in for surgery on May 22, exactly two months ago, so I thought I’d check in and see where I’m at. Also, I like lists! Starting about a week ago, I could sneeze and not feel it in my surgery area. This is a notable improvement. My...