Blog Posts
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Direct-to-Garment T-shirt Printing in 2021
Note: Originally written in 2021 on another platform but never published. I’m somewhat of a t-shirt geek so I’ve been curious for some time to see how the direct-to-garment (DTG) printing process had progressed in the last few years. (The last time I seriously looked into digitally printed t-shirts, I had to buy iron-on sheets,…
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Hakoworks (ハコワークス) Coworking Space
I work remotely from home Tuesday through Saturday, 5:00am – 2:00pm Japan Time (to overlap a few hours a day with my coworkers on the West Coast of the US). While I’m grateful for this luxury, I sometimes like to get out of the home to clear my head with a walk/commute, and to encourage…
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No Taurine in Japanese Red Bull
There was a recent headline, “Taurine may extend life and health,” that gave me the excuse I needed to stock up on Sugar Free Red Bull. While at MEGA Don Quijote, I was looking for taurine (タウリン) in the ingredient list on the Japanese version of Red Bull and was puzzled when I couldn’t find…
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Room and Land Sizes in Japan
Today I learned that the character for “jo” is “畳” (also the character for “tatami”) when used to measure room areas that are Japanese-style. For western-style rooms, the “帖” character is used but the pronunciation is the same. One jo is around 1.62m2 – 1.65m2 depending on where in Japan you happen to be, but…
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Honda Freed + Gathers + Apple CarPlay
I recently bought a used 2019 Honda Freed (ホンダ フリード) Hybrid 4WD (GB8). I also have an iPhone. I was initially happy to find that my car’s stereo head unit made by Gathers (ギャザズ), Honda’s own car navigation brand, supports CarPlay. After Googling a bit, though, I discovered that while the head unit does support…