15th Year Since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
15 years ago on March 11, 2011 at 2:46PM JST, a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in...
Artisan Spotlight: Choclatbob
For the longest time, I had a difficult time deciding how to approach this particular writeup (initially, it...
LUNA SEA’s Drummer Shinya (真矢) Passes Away [UPDATE]
The band announced on their website that Shinya (real name Yamada Shinya) had passed away several days ago...
LUNATIC FEST 2025 (日本、最後の瞬間まで) JP
この目まぐるしい旅から(この投稿公開から)3週間も経ったとは信じがたい。アメリカでは感謝祭だが、私はとっくに祝うのをやめている(特に食事の部分に関して)。代わりに、私はこれをより広い視点で捉えている。つまり、この短い旅を含め、またそれについて書けること(2年前、主にゲーム視点で書いたはるかに長い「感謝祭」の投稿がある)を含め、毎日生きていることに感謝しているのだ。
LUNATIC FEST 2025 (Japan at the Last Possible Moment)
The Journey to Get There; Ichi-go Ichi-e Moments/Thanksgiving Edition Hard to believe 3 weeks (since the publishing of...
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Media Embed Test (de-Google/de-Platforming)
Testing the viability of using MEGA for hosting videos to replace YouTube (as part of my de-Googling) as...
That Japan Megaquake/tsunami Prophecy
Ryo Tatsuki is a well known Japanese manga artist whose most known/famous work is “The Future I Saw”...
The Positive Side of the YouTube Algorithm – Ai「Story (2025 Ver.)」
The algorithm on YouTube often times has this way of throwing something into recommendations that comes at the...
BYU PhD Student Visa Revoked
A PhD student with just year left for completing his doctorate degree at BYU (in the state of...
台風10号 Typhoon 10 (Shanshan) Makes Landfall in Kagoshima
Local media finally confirmed actual landfall this morning at Satsumasendai City in Kagoshima. There was video and radar that...
Japan Megaquake Advisory for the Nankai Trough (ended on August 15th JST)
The first ever megaquake advisory for the Nankai Trough was issued not long after the M7.1 earthquake that...
Content Creator Highlight #1: Sensei Martian
There are a couple of smaller content creators that I feel is now the right time to highlight...