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I've been using Gboard to type on my iPhone for years and years, but I just realized it doesn't do smart punctuation, so I think I'll be transitioning away from it. Does anyone have keyboards they love? Or should I just use the iOS default?

Me thinking about Murakami deciding to write another god forsaken novel:

Yet one more thing I never knew I needed in my life...

Why bother with は or が when you can go straight to ありません！ Seen at a cafe in my neighborhood over the weekend. Too hot for cake, sadly.

Didn't feel a shake here in Osaka on the third floor, but apparently folks on higher floors got quite seasick.

Looks like katteyokatta.com "ain't dere no more," as we like to say in New Orleans. Was an interesting site I checked in on for a few years and never ended up writing about. Sadly it's been defunct for a good while now. web.archive.org/web/20160610...

I overdid it with the Cup Noodles after getting back to Japan in 2022 and basically haven't been able to stomach them for the past year or so, but this new one calls for refrigerated water and is really light and refreshing. There's a kimchi flavor too.

The Zoom app interface is one of the worst ever. Just had to log in to the website in order to edit a meeting. Why even have an app at that point?

We're in 100% cold shower season. All brakes, no gas.

For the July newsletter, I wrote about right sizing your Japanese study goals. It's also important not to overthink them. Yes, assess them periodically, but set a goal quickly and then put your head down and do the work. newsletter.howtojapanese.com/tsuzuku/

続Goal setting is an important part of studying Japanese, but students should balance their time doing it: Make a plan, put it into action immediately, and review it periodically. It can be tempting to ...newsletter.howtojapanese.com

Anyone have hotels they love around Noborito Station or nearby on the Nambu Line/Odakyu Line? I usually stay in Fuchu, and that's still an option, but may want to be closer to Zama on my next visit.

Rakuten mobile is unbelievably cheap. 2,181 yen for unlimited data? Feels almost too good to be true, and I guess it is when I'm sitting on the train at Kyobashi Station and don't have any reception.

It's insane that this war with Iran is continuing completely unchecked by Congress. Any reasonable country would have removed the president by now.

3.5 months into the new cycling laws, and today for the first time I felt like people in my Osaka neighborhood were riding on the street more consistently. Although I don't think their behavior has changed much, to be honest. Still haven't seen any tickets given out, knock on wood.

Oh dang. Just learned that there's a Little House on the Prairie adaptation on Netflix? I really loved those books growing up but realize they are extremely problematic. Anyone watch the show and know if it's worth a watch?

How are folks feeling about game key cards on Switch 2? Worth it at all, even just to have a physical copy of the license you own? Or annoying to have to swap in a card for something that's effectively a digital purchase? I'm torn for Elden Ring.

Every week I debate doing the light strength ice coffee and every week I fail and go with the dark roast.

Another reminder that Rahm should dig a hole and sit in it. Any campaign he runs is nothing more than a vanity project at this point.