Winter is Coming
Sadly the too-warm days of mid-November seem to be giving way to the seasonally-appropriate colder days of late November. It was nice while it lasted.
I’ve been enjoying Twitter snark about government policies here. The suggestion of ‘Go To ドクター’ was a good one, as was the Rising Wasabi’s ‘Go Back’ campaign. Let’s hope we’re able to keep a lid on infections this time too.
Forum is still doing well:
This week’s links
- Old but good from Philip Brasor: ownership and costs relating to manshons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/…/how…/home-may-castle-not/
- More valuable than gold: https://www.raptitude.com/…/three-recession-proof…/
- A guide to using Twitter effectively: https://marketingexamples.com/handbook/twitter-inspiration
- I think I’d miss urban life too much, although moving to a rural area near a city sounds good
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/…/rural-japan-homes…/ - How did they come up with this list???https://japantoday.com/…/the-five-least-stressful-jobs…?
- I read this, idly wondered just how screwed I would be if Google locked my accounts, then immediately started the backup process. Worth considering: https://seths.blog/2020/11/google-is-not-your-friend/
- This is possibly the best thing I have seen this year (not just this but the videos of them going back and worth). Wonderful.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O0ZF84JZUs
- Interesting that they are still doing this
https://www.gq.com/story/the-great-cannonball-boom - Financial stability (I call it resilience) is underrated: https://tynan.com/stabilityutility
- Covid in Vietnam: a series of blog posts: https://www.vietnamcoracle.com/pandemic-season-in…/…
- Hope this is more than lip service: Japan should have gone all in on green energy after 3-11, but better late than never I guess…https://japantoday.com/…/LDP-calls-for-major-green…?
Anything good in there? By far my favourite this week was Dave Grohl being wonderful.
This week’s books
- Ready Player Two, by Ernest Cline was finally released this week. I loved the first book and enjoyed the film, but halfway through the second I am not feeling it as much. Hopefully the ending will rescue it.
- Post Corona, by Scott Galloway. Really enjoy his email newsletters, so grabbing his new book felt like a bit of a no-brainer.
In regards to number 6, reminds me about an case a number of years back when I was trying to help a friend of a friend who did not speak english recover his yahoo mail account which was blocked. I made a number of calls to the US and all they would tell me was that their “terms and conditions* were violated and so the account was not re-coverable…. When I pressed them on the reason they gave the same response…. I since make sure to back up my own yahoo mail…