2025-01-25
The JFK Records Act of 1992 set the release of JFK assassination classified documents for 2036. While I thought I wouldn’t live to see it, Trump apparently signed an executive order to make that release immediately.
Many believe that Dallas-based Lyndon Johnson, billionaire Howard Hughes, the …
2025-01-24
Continuing story of Babel The Second
先日実家の漫画を整理した際に小学生の頃に始めて買った漫画の単行本『バビル2世』も処分してしまったのですが、読み返したくなって電子書籍で再購入しました。
すると、11巻完結だと思っていた『バビル2世』が12巻まであるではないですか！ (以降はネタバレを含みます)
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2025-01-23
Mr. Masahiro Nakai, who was primarily responsible for driving Fuji TV to ruin, announces his retirement from the entertainment industry on his fan site. How carefree of him.
He won’t even hold a public press conference or offer any explanation regarding Fuji TV, which likely supported him …
2025-01-20
By chance, I ended up attending IT-related seminars for several months. Starting with how to open files, several people raised their hands saying they didn’t know how to do it. Seriously? It makes my head spin.
This lecturer has what seems to be a verbal tic—he keeps throwing in ‘desu ne’ (kind of like ‘you know’ or ‘right?') all the time. I counted, and he says it about 18 times a minute on average. With a 5-hour lecture, that adds up to nearly 5,000 ‘desu ne’s in …
2025-01-19
The teaser video for the Nintendo Switch 2 🎮 has been released.
While there’s debate about its hardware specs, Nintendo isn’t a company that competes on hardware. The real focus is on whether a launch title will capture people’s interest. While not been announced yet, I hope it …
2025-01-15
From Power to Prison: The Recurring Fate of South Korean Presidents
It appears that a joint investigation team, including police forces, has begun moving forward with the execution of an arrest warrant for current South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
South Korea has a strong national anti-Japanese consciousness, and although it is a neighboring country, I usually pay no attention to it. However, the fate of not only this incident but also that of successive presidents is so extraordinary that I decided to compile this overview.
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Historical Trend in New Year's Card Volume in Japan
今年年賀状で「年賀状仕舞い」の挨拶を結構いただき気になったので、年賀はがきの発行枚数の推移を調べてみました。
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2025-01-14
I passed the theoretical exam for the Class 2 drone pilot license. Now all that’s left is the practical test.
2025-01-13
年末から予兆はあったけど、やはり宮崎で大きな地震。震度が大きいので心配。
2025-01-12
Sensei, which is a powerful Mac optimization and monitoring tool, has an absolutely stunning interface.
2025-01-11
Scanned PDFs aren’t searchable. Use these Linux/Mac commands for OCR instead of expensive software:
brew install ocrmypdf brew install tesseract-lang # OCR with image optimization ocrmypdf -l jpn --optimize 3 input.pdf output.pdf
I’m at a Vietnamese restaurant with Vietnamese coffee in front of me, but when on earth will I actually be able to drink this?!
柏に久しぶりに来た。客のサポートで時々来てた20年前より更にガラの悪い荒んだ印象。
Scanned PDFs often lack a table of contents. Instead of buying expensive PDF software, use these Linux/Mac commands:
# Install pdftk (on Mac) brew install pdftk-java # Extract metadata pdftk input.pdf dump_data_utf8 > metadata.txt Open metadata.txt in your editor and add bookmark locations in …
2025-01-10
How to Merge and Optimize Your PDF Files
I recently purchased a DJI Neo drone, and in Japan, it’s mandatory to register your drone with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). During registration, you need to submit a user manual that includes both handling instructions and specifications. However, the DJI Neo manual only contains references to specifications on DJI’s website. Therefore, for the registration, I needed to merge the user manual with the specifications from the website.
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2025-01-09
I purchased a Geteron Switch Puller. While I questioned my sanity spending nearly $30 on such a thing, after using it, it definitely makes switch replacement several times more efficient without damaging the switches.
2025-01-07
年末閉館すると言われていたDIC川村記念美術館ですが、親会社のクリスマス明けの発表で閉館は3月末に延期になったようです。4月以降に美術品の4分の3程度を売却して都内に移転するとか。
佐倉市郊外の広大な敷地で美術品だけでなく庭園もゆったり楽しめるよい美術館でしたが、やはり立地的にそれほど集客できていたわけではないと思います。親会社の株保有をしている香港の投資ファンドあたりに指摘されれば閉館・売却は仕方ないでしょう。
佐倉市長や千葉県知事、市民から移転を惜しむ声も出ており、運営に問題が出るほど来客数が増えているようです。これまで定常時は来館などしていなかったでしょうから、浅ましいものです。
2025-01-06
名刺管理を使うこともなくなったので、Eightのアカウントを削除。
A Failed Experiment: Using OpenCV to Read Printed Dates from Scanned Photos
I recently purchased a scanner and was challenged to see if I could capture the shooting date from the images when digitizing old photos that have dates printed on them.
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「年賀状仕舞い」を送ったため、ありがたいことに何人かの方から「引き続き別の手段 で繋がっていましょう」とのメッセージをいただきました。その中に少なからずLINE へのお誘いがありました。
LINEを使うリスクについては以前技術上の観点から記事にまとめました。
技術的な観点以外でも、LINEは韓国・NAVER Cloudが委託していた企業の従業員が所有するパソコンがマルウェアに感染し LINEに関わる利用者情報などが流出する事案を起こしています。NAVERとのネット ワーク分離ができておらず常にリスクがある状態です。
総務省は2回1に渡りLINEヤフー対し行政指導を行っており、資本関係にまで踏み …
I just realized that Google silently discontinued Android File Transfer, their official MTP connection tool for Android and Mac, last year (typical of Google’s lack of continuity).
I guess I’ll have to use third-party Macdroid instead.
2025-01-05
Oh no, this is bad.
I’m using the Strymon Iridium but something about it feels too digital, and I’m drawn to the Simplifier MkII. I know, I know - the Iridium has an analog preamp and it’s properly ‘amp-like.’ But I’m just weak when it comes to anything labeled …
When I tried to add Kindle books that weren’t found in Micro.blog’s Bookshelves, I couldn’t add them because ISBN was required.
It’s a bit of a problem since books published only on Kindle have only ASIN numbers
Finished reading: MIFES Revolution 1985 📚
MIFES革命1985: エディタはワープロを超えた・文章とソースを書いた20世紀の個人史 by 川俣 晶 📚
This book appears to be a memoir about text editors on PCs in Japan, focusing on the MS-DOS era from the late 1980s to 1990s.
Back then in Japan, PC editor users were divided into two camps - MIFES users and Vz users - and I was a Vz user. Vz …