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I live in Taiwan with my wife and cats. I'm a geek who enjoys ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธโœˆ๏ธ โ˜•๏ธ ๐Ÿฐโ›ต๏ธ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿ“ท ๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Blue sea, blue sky; horizon through the middle. Two boys on an SUP board; one stood up and paddling, one sat down and fishing

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@rickcogley Nice, another fan of Altra running shoes here. ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ

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๐Ÿช (Photo courtesy of mum)

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@manton Not jealous at all. That looks wonderful.

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@JoshNicholas I can't help with German, but in Esperanto โ€“ which is also known for its ability to create new words โ€“ you could have sidiฤtujelฤตetฤ‰iopantalonoj. From sidiฤi (to sit down), tuj (immediately), elฤตeti (to eject), ฤ‰io (everything), pantalonoj (pants). ๐Ÿ‘–

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@amerpie Love it, well said.

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@Mikehendley Such detail, amazing ๐Ÿธ

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@adders ๐Ÿซฃ

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@rickcogley In fact they even seem to have stores in Taiwan. But I'll still wait for Kyoto, as it's soon enough anyway, and they'll likely have a bigger range and better prices.

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@rickcogley That's good to hear, thanks for the info. I'll try to get to a store in Kyoto next month to check them out.

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@prealpinux I've managed to get two people from WhatsApp over to Signal so far. I guess they look and work reasonably similarly, which helps. I also have WhatsApp only on a different phone, which I check only once every day or two (or three). Good luck. ๐Ÿ’ช

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@adders Ha, me too. I've organised my expat voting rights again โ€“ there was previously a 15-year limit, at which point I lost them. But they removed that limit I think earlier this year.

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@aeryn Haha this was me yesterday too, as it's also the default on all of my devices.

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@rickcogley I like the sound of them. Are the shoes made in Japan?

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@chadkoh ๐ŸŽ‚

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@rickcogley The times I've used it, I go to meet the driver and give them a tip in cash, as I also don't know. ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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@chadkoh Took me a minute to twig why there seemed to be a filter paper in your shot... and then I saw the cookie. ๐Ÿช

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@chadkoh BTW I love that Pixelmator is thriving, and even put out a Mac version last year. Still uses Photos for the back-end, but I think iCloud Photos is likely still your best solution in the end. I share your dislike of Adobe malware.

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@chadkoh That trip was my "excuse" to upgrade to the iPhone 15 Pro Max last year, for the 120mm lens. I have to have GPS-tagging on my photos, as I use the location for searching, and there (still) aren't many cameras with built-in GPS. Considering an OM TG-7 for my pocket.

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@jean Congratulations on making the change, and good luck for your move. Thank you for all you've done for us and micro.blog. I look forward to hearing more about your books. ๐Ÿ“š

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@martinfeld You guys snuck that out under the radar; I don't remember you mentioning a new show on HV. Added.

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@chadkoh Aperture was great. Yeah, that's why I sprung for a 2TB drive on my MBA, as my iCloud photo library is currently checks and does a double-take 669gb in size ๐Ÿ™ˆ and I like to keep it local for Backblaze and CCC backups.

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@chadkoh I feel you. I still have thousands of photos from my last big trip to go through. Do you have a preferred device and process you use to go through them? I use a basic iPad with BT keyboard (for cursor keys and shortcuts) and the Photos app, as I find it the fastest distraction-free way.

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@eumrz Love it ๐Ÿ˜ป especially the world map ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ

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ๅ†—่ซ‡ใ˜ใ‚ƒใชใ„

A metallic silver shop sign for a restaurant called ๅ†—่ซ‡ (

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Por tiuj, kiuj uzas iOS, elลuteblas nova esperanta klavaro nomata Poeto. Mi ege ลatas ฤin.

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@chadkoh I just got back from England. Are you still in Taipei? If you're free we could โ˜•๏ธ.

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@amerpie BBEdit is definitely up there; although a relative newbie compared to you, it'll be 20 years for me next year.

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@eumrz Wow ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒˆ

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๐ŸŒ™

The slight "smiling" moon during the daytime, in a deep blue sky over brick townhouses

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Shift Happens. โŒจ๏ธ

The contents of the "Shift Happens" boxset of two hardback books, one paperback book, and a booklet, laid out side by side.

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A white flag with a huge red circle in the middle, in which is a painting representative of Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", but with the wave shaped like Godzilla. Labelled with the name "Godzilla" in Japanese.

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๐Ÿ‘–๐Ÿšช๐Ÿ‘—

The front door of an old and tired single-storey abode with washing hanging out front on both sides, flip-flops on the doorstep. A scene perhaps hard to age

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ๆ„›ๅฆป

A small road junction, with several motorcycles coming towards the camera, and a blue sign hanging in the distance reading ๆ„›ๅฆปๆด—่กฃๅบ—

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๐Ÿฎ

Mural of a street scene, with hues of gold, and several yellow and red lanterns overhead appearing as though lit.

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At the start of his journey, the traveller is truly, albeit temporarily and perhaps contentiously, an adventurer, observer, farseer, nomad, ronin, and a traitor of the system, all at the same time.

โ€“ Eddy Izuwan Musa / Tristan Yap, The Cycle Empire

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A sign: Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven :)

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๐Ÿคฟ

Looking up towards the central ceiling dome in a shopping mall, with a large screen in front. On the screen a man is shown snorkelling towards us through blue water

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๐Ÿšฌ

A huge pile of cigarette butts on a disposal stand, in front of the side of a food truck, in red with white writing

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๐ŸฆŒ

A stone tablet, with a brown surface and a hole cut in its centre, stood at an oblique angle facing away from the camera, with a white reindeer statue in the distance, appearing through the hole.

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Happiness begins here

A sign in Traditional Chinese characters: ๅนธ็ฆๅพž้€™้–‹ๅง‹

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Hand-drawn sign with an illustration of a cup of black coffee on a saucer, with the words "Drink Marvellously", and the name of the coffee shop, Yoshino Coffee.

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An old photo of Bitan for Leap Day. Thanks to ่€ๆถ‚, who made it using a Holga on Fomapan film, back in 2011. ๐Ÿ“ท๐ŸŽž๏ธ

Black and white misty photo taken from a bridge, of a river, bounded by mountains on the right side.

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Dune: Part Two was epic, I loved it. Hans Zimmerโ€™s score was incredible. Saw it nearly back-to-back (16 hours) with re-watching Dune, both on IMAX. It follows the book well, but of course they left out a few things, and made it more socially acceptable. ๐Ÿฟ

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Looking across a white bridge, the lower part made up of blue arches, with embossed dolphins and the yin and yang symbol

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๐Ÿชง ๆ‰€ไธ่ฒ ่ฒฌ

A green fishing boat up on the dry dock being repaired/painted, beside a white sign relinquishing responsibility for paint that gets splashed on any cars parked nearby.

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โŽ๐Ÿ…พ๏ธ

Two jars of Marmite; one normal with a yellow lid, and the XO (extra old/mature) beside it

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๐Ÿˆ

White and ginger cat with its eyes closed, crouched on a motorcycle seat