Chris Pearce

Did I mention my father-in-law was evacuated from Bolivia after about 20 years by his sister and is now sitting in my living room watching NHK 💀
He'll be in Mari's room (my office) downstairs.
Mari's moved to my room and she'll get to sleep on my bed until a new desk is delivered and I can work in my room.
I'll be sleeping on the floor in my current office (Mari's room before encephalitis).
The goal is to get him to some place and get him on welfare because he has nothing.

2026-04-28 02:19:59 UTC

Your daily reminder that everything is fine and there's no reason to panic.
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC246Q40U6A420C2000000/

2026-04-02 06:35:29 UTC

It's hilarious that the Water World thing is still at USJ. There's got to be generations of kids who do not give a single fuck.
"Water what?"
"Kevin who?"

2026-04-01 03:38:22 UTC

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Just checked the news. War still full on.

2026-03-26 02:52:04 UTC

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On the border of Kato-shi and Ono-shi.
https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#11/34.886/135.023/&elem=int&contents=earthquake_map

2026-03-25 11:34:26 UTC

This mfer
Screenshot (Mar 25, 2026 20:34:12)
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/289/598/994/991/849/original/1fe86f1b68190b34.png

2026-03-25 11:31:36 UTC

FUCKING KANSAI QUAKE BITCHES

2026-03-23 11:26:18 UTC

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Better check the Polymarket.

2026-03-22 12:26:44 UTC

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This is all very confusing.
https://dassai-blue.com/pages/dassaiblue

2026-03-21 04:04:47 UTC

💀 * ∞
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/youre-likely-already-infected-with-a-brain-eating-virus-youve-never-heard-of/

2026-03-18 04:02:35 UTC

Oh wow. Rakuten has a brand new animated Rakuten AI button now. So fun.
You can block it with uBlock Origin with this filter:
www.rakuten.co.jp##.button--vEe1I

2026-03-16 07:14:56 UTC

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It's an ancient Japanese custom.

2026-03-16 06:49:29 UTC

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Wake up sheeple! They don't want you to know that when the oil runs out, the only thing that will make cars go is toilet paper!!

2026-03-14 06:23:19 UTC

Unusual for me these days, I'm posting a blog post that is beautiful and hopeful.
"This computer is for the kid who doesn’t have a margin to optimize. Who can’t wait for the right tool to materialize. Who is going to take what’s available and push it until it breaks and learn something permanent from the breaking."
https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/

2026-03-14 04:44:06 UTC

Every time I look at the news, the South Korean semiconductor industry is fucked in a new way.
"South Korea is among the most exposed countries, which, according to the Korea International Trade Association, imported 64.7% of its helium from Qatar in 2025. The country relies heavily on helium imports to cool silicon wafers during fabrication and is understood to have no viable substitute."
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/qatar-helium-shutdown-puts-chip-supply-chain-on-a-two-week-clock

2026-03-14 03:28:00 UTC

💀 * ∞
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/fake-ram-bundled-with-real-ram-to-create-a-performance-illusion-for-amd-users-1-1-value-pack-offers-desperate-psychological-relief-as-the-memory-shortage-worsens

2026-03-14 03:19:07 UTC

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We're going to find out 😎

2026-03-14 02:26:50 UTC

Bit of light reading with breakfast.
"In other words, the Iran conflict has revealed yet another strategic chokepoint: The world’s most important memory‑chip producers depend on energy supplies that move through some of the most geopolitically volatile waterways on Earth."
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/iran-korea-semiconductor-chips-energy-oil-hormuz

2026-03-13 01:54:57 UTC

Been eating a lot of creamy wheat with strawberries these days.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/219/372/880/383/765/original/b0d675919f722c1b.jpg

2026-03-11 09:23:04 UTC

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Mad lads!

2026-03-10 12:26:12 UTC

On the other hand, fuck off forever Tarintino.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/10/quentin-tarantino-responds-rosanna-arquette-pulp-fiction-n-word-criticism

2026-03-07 11:15:32 UTC

Big boi 🍓
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/187/602/128/164/979/original/fbb5b9bbaa4a01b7.jpg
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/187/603/320/380/111/original/26734d196186afd3.jpg

2026-03-07 06:03:27 UTC

Leveled up with melted shredded cheese. I was going to use bacon too, but the boy ate it a few days ago 😭
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/186/376/095/847/714/original/d30b3c0f8ce3b9a8.jpg

2026-03-04 04:17:58 UTC

Sounds like absolute shit.
"Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS"
"Visually, we may also see a major leap, as a new visual layout is expected to include transparent glass elements and a floating taskbar."
https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/

2026-03-03 13:43:48 UTC

Wife came downstairs after talking to relatives in Bolivia and immediately popped a Xanax 😬

2026-03-02 13:26:43 UTC

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Ground is for cowards! Welcome to Japan.

2026-03-02 08:31:40 UTC

Carb on carb action. This is the Japanese way.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/158/646/373/005/927/original/4d426dae83c6bb26.jpg

2026-03-02 08:22:47 UTC

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They ripped you off!

2026-02-28 10:31:36 UTC

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I've been there! They've got quite the tapeworm.

2026-02-25 01:05:41 UTC

Quite the rain event here with over 50 mm in the past 24 hours.

2026-02-24 12:28:05 UTC

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Totally fake those fonts 🤣

2026-02-24 10:46:20 UTC

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It was good! The potatoes were interesting. They kind of melted in your mouth.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/125/201/190/793/735/original/536620a0d3ca49d4.jpg

2026-02-24 08:56:52 UTC

I haven't made The Japanese Curry in a long time, so I'm making it. Splurged on good pork belly and using a new to me potato.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/124/771/854/273/306/original/e2024d3722804878.jpg
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/124/772/296/731/038/original/bde4cab59820a0dd.jpg
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/124/772/644/242/595/original/9506cf2b2043cda8.jpg

2026-02-23 10:30:49 UTC

I thought Mari was doing better but she's kind of crashed this late afternoon and evening. 😑
I guess she should have stayed home and rested but she went out for a little while to hang out with her friends.
I only overheard a little bit but it sounds like she is super frustrated that she can't really do anything of a physical nature (to be expected when one has barely done physical activity for over a year but... kids).

2026-02-23 08:12:24 UTC

This is just the coolest programming shit.
“During testing, the team repeatedly found the rover’s position was off by 1 millimeter,” the post explains. “They discovered damage to about 25 bits – a minuscule fraction of the processor’s 1 gigabyte of memory – and developed a solution to isolate those bits while the algorithm runs.”
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/perseverance_rover_soc_navigation_upgrade/

2026-02-20 04:09:14 UTC

That's one hour of waiting for the prescription next to the hospital's verboten piano. Want to play this piano? That's a big NO.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/100/992/344/591/136/original/9d6d853763df3095.jpg

2026-02-19 01:28:17 UTC

Potato
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/094/695/870/016/427/original/9c3ef290750431a0.jpg

2026-02-17 02:04:15 UTC

jfc open a reddit post and there are people using chatgpt to check their taxes wtfffffff

2026-02-15 13:54:52 UTC

Pug calazone
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/074/983/520/547/361/original/bdc8b11ebc7b8e22.jpg

2026-02-10 09:47:37 UTC

"ChatGPT, fry me some chicken." But it could not, because it fails at the most human of endeavors: frying chicken.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/045/699/353/207/880/original/bebc50f5e90dffaa.jpg

2026-02-08 04:20:04 UTC

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The process looks like this. Open the store app. Scan the QR code at the entrance or attached to the special carts with phone holders. Scan each item you buy. When you're done, scan a few barcodes in the app and pay.
I did accidentally not pay for a small item once because the app gave me an error dialog and I dismissed the dialog without reading it. When I realized what I'd done, I went back to the store, explained what happened, and paid the 200 yen.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/033/083/355/753/628/original/ad0b801af65c4b99.png

2026-02-08 03:38:27 UTC

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I can understand their dilemma too. "Should we get involved?" I'm a huge dude in sunglasses wearing a mask. And I have a big nose. I am the living-caricature of a foreign criminal.

2026-02-08 03:34:25 UTC

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I had already scanned a big tray of chicken thighs and was trying to get it in my bag, but there was stuff in the way, so I pulled that stuff out and was putting the chicken in the bag when they walked up from behind me on the left side. They both made faces of the kind you can imagine you'd make if you're witnessing a crime in progress but you don't know what to do. And that was that. I put my stuff in my bag and went to the vegetable section.

2026-02-07 07:36:25 UTC

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They are lucky I didn't start dropping f-bombs, which I consider to be a universal language.

2026-02-07 06:40:55 UTC

https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/116/027/973/475/324/204/original/155523f2c8fda219.jpg

2026-02-07 04:21:35 UTC

やべぇぇぇ 💀
https://old.reddit.com/r/japannews/comments/1qy0aax/takaichi_announces_plan_to_invest_67t_yen_in_the/

2026-01-30 11:08:37 UTC

Missed the 28th but Mari's been out of the hospital for over 3 months. This is the longest period of time since all this started in September 2024.
She's going to go to school Monday. First time since May or June 2025. Just a day or two a week for a short time to start.

2026-01-26 04:55:36 UTC

😍
https://mashable.com/article/fat-bear-week-katmai-huge-2024

2026-01-26 01:43:26 UTC

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He got the flu two weeks ago so he's just going to lounge around and watch youtube/play games and god help me I don't want to feed him lunch this is too cruel
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/958/861/116/536/736/original/0bed01895a8da679.jpg

2026-01-26 01:41:01 UTC

They sent the boy home and shut down his class because of flu 😭

2026-01-25 07:00:44 UTC

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And we finally found out how our mutual friend died. She had breast cancer. But she kept it secret for a long time, even from her husband, and kept working. And then by the time she wanted to get serious about treatment, it was too late.
I'm sure she had her reasons, but it's just so sad.

2026-01-25 06:59:09 UTC

Met the ladies I used to work with for lunch today. Freaked them out by telling them Mari's encephalitis was caused by the vaccine (two of the ladies have daughters). I tried to reassure them how rare this was. Of all the encephalitis girls we've met, this has happened only to Mari. And HPV is being eliminated in those populations that take the vaccine!
Found out one friend, a prefectural worker, had to suit up and take part in the bird flu chicken cull in Himeji.

2026-01-24 11:41:33 UTC

I'm looking to assemble a team for one last score while the gold's in transit. It's the only chance we'll ever have.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/24/repatriate-the-gold-german-economists-advise-withdrawal-from-us-vaults

2026-01-17 12:00:35 UTC

This type of eggplant is believed to be the original form that gave the plant its common English name, for obvious reasons.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/910/326/887/313/890/original/e987b49faff7b232.jpg

2026-01-15 12:09:04 UTC

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Seriously thinking about just making a mushroom gravy and pouring it over a chicken thigh.

2026-01-15 10:22:47 UTC

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Not the beef though. That's super mid. The mushroom gravy.

2026-01-15 10:09:25 UTC

Tonight's beef stroganoff is レベルアップ!
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/898/565/386/780/672/original/4cd8bceb1a266643.jpg

2026-01-14 12:07:27 UTC

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The boy was nearly 11 kg at 11 months. He now taller than the average Japanese man at 13 years.

2026-01-05 03:42:51 UTC

Decided to switch to crazy pill suppositories so I can get that slow release throughout the news day.

2026-01-03 12:43:05 UTC

This year is still better than 2024 with the plane crash and earthquake.

2026-01-03 07:18:12 UTC

I told my wife that the US was bombing Venezuela and she just laughed in a way that only a South American can laugh about US aggression.

2026-01-03 06:37:20 UTC

Reading from other sites that the US has possibly started attacking Caracas, Venezuela.

2026-01-02 07:39:10 UTC

Mother fuckers putting GIANT CORN in a nut mix!

2026-01-01 07:46:33 UTC

I love how the simplest foods are so hard to get right. Our first tortilla experiments were a bust.

2026-01-01 07:44:45 UTC

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They shit-canned domu chicken at some point so they can go straight to hell.

2026-01-01 03:27:17 UTC

Hahahaha Happy New Year 💀
'According to Korean publication, Newsis, both AMD and NVIDIA are planning to gradually and permanently increase GPU prices "over the next several months."'
'If the publication's insider sources are correct, the NVIDIA RTX 5090, which launched at $1,999, will reach as high as $5,000 before the end of the year.'
https://www.techpowerup.com/344578/leaks-predict-usd-5000-rtx-5090-gpus-in-2026-thanks-to-ai-industry-demand

2026-01-01 01:56:02 UTC

How the New Year is going: "Wake up. The girls want breakfast." And then cook for an hour.

2025-12-31 07:20:20 UTC

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I love the food examples. A bunch of Indian food and then "Welsh griddle cakes" 🤣

2025-12-31 07:00:07 UTC

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I ordered one of these and I'll just be thankful someone is importing quality South American products.
https://victoriacookware.com/product/victoria-cast-iron-comal-griddle-and-crepe-pan-10-5/

2025-12-31 06:59:08 UTC

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Recommended by IRON CHEFS!

2025-12-31 06:56:47 UTC

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My wife wants to make tortillas and I've been looking for an excuse to buy an approx. 26-cm pan.

2025-12-31 06:50:46 UTC

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Cast iron ftw! Not seeing any steel pans from reputable companies.

2025-12-31 06:40:03 UTC

Thinking about buying a comal pan. I should probably buy a comal pan. I don't have a comal pan! I NEED A COMAL PAN.

2025-12-28 04:12:37 UTC

😬
A few years ago I translated some manual for an escalator and I'd guess that roughly 75% was detailing all the awful ways the damn things can hurt and kill you.
I hope this little guy is okay.
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20251228-GYT1T00080/

2025-12-28 02:28:29 UTC

Gringos can't wear masks because of freedom and that's why my mom and stepdad have the flu.

2025-12-26 02:37:52 UTC

Checkup is over. Doctor is happy to see how well Mari is doing. Meds have been reduced. This is the first time the prescription is only two pages.

2025-12-25 02:08:45 UTC

Since my wife went to bed at 9:30 last night, I watched "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In" as a Christmas Eve treat. Pretty good action movie set in Kowloon Walled City.
Chan Lok-kwan really learned the meaning of Christmas while making friends along the way.
Nostalgia for old Hong Kong is real because the city became so boring after the handover to China.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20316748/

2025-12-24 03:13:59 UTC

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I WILL FIGHT A ROO ON BOXING DAY

2025-12-17 11:44:43 UTC

Maybe niche news, but Buck Rogers died. RIP 🙏
Wilma is still alive though and probably still a fox 💦
https://deadline.com/2025/12/gil-gerard-dead-buck-rodgers-actor-1236650916/

2025-12-16 10:16:56 UTC

Got some egg pasta so I could make some real beef stroganoff, but I doubled the amount of pasta, oops, so there's no more gravy just pasta with beef strips and a light mushroom sauce.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/728/725/389/331/958/original/dfa17db2569d2262.jpg

2025-12-13 04:27:19 UTC

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Can't wait until the baby covers it in stupid stickers 🥹
Like this
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/710/367/689/561/001/original/468e91b5e827b915.jpg

2025-12-12 04:22:59 UTC

These Stranger Things boxer briefs are hilarious.
https://www.family.co.jp/goods/cw/7452901.html
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/704/684/253/469/135/original/e14434397d02807a.png

2025-12-12 04:10:45 UTC

I don't know if anyone has actually looked at Liam Neeson's filmography, but the dude will literally do anything for money.

2025-12-11 02:20:01 UTC

Good god. A Chrome tab running Amazon Music uses 216 MB of RAM, and foobar2000 playing the same song uses 32 MB of RAM.
And just for shits and giggles I checked the Amazon Music Windows app: 500 MB 💀

2025-12-11 02:01:46 UTC

'Activating FixBot’s voice mode, I found it kind of nice to just talk to my phone, getting reassuring voice prompts like, “You’re halfway there—you’ve got three more screws to remove from the bottom before the top cover can come off. Keep it up!”'
So much stupid here, but having the app treat you like a moron who needs encouragement to unscrew screws is just the worst.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/841252/ifixit-fixbot-hands-on-ai-chatbot

2025-12-10 01:34:39 UTC

"We’re writing to let you know that starting February 9, 2026, Gmail emoji reactions will be enabled by default for all existing and new customers."
Hahahaha the stupidest shit. Mandatory thumbs up emoji for all boss emails.

2025-12-05 11:55:43 UTC

Holy shit this "Vietnamese supermarket" up near my kid's dentist has a VIBE. (Give it a few years and this is what the White House will look like.)
Might need to try their noodles.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AsskmGji3KYgNgSq8
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/666/821/213/793/919/original/3553f8919c598b96.png

2025-12-01 03:11:02 UTC

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I'm still terrified about things getting bad again because it can happen so fast.

2025-12-01 02:59:13 UTC

I'm upgrading Mari's condition from so so to okay.
She's stopped using the wheelchair inside and seems to be walking okay. Personality is generally good, but I can't get a real read on that or her memory because she doesn't want to talk to me much. You could say she's acting more like a teenager than before.
The only concerning thing has been involuntary movements last week when her teacher was here. I guess she felt nervous and her leg did something. But it did not escalate.

2025-11-30 03:38:23 UTC

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Found it on the Singapore site. This should more or less be yours, you can use it for operation, but the menu items will be different.
https://zojirushi.sg/user-manual/NL-GAQ10-18.pdf

2025-11-30 03:34:14 UTC

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It's a little bizarre that Zojirushi doesn't have English rice cooker instruction manuals on their global site. I know they've been translated.

2025-11-29 03:51:30 UTC

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All done! We've come to call this "Kagoshima breakfast" because this was what I could make with the little kitchenette at the hotel in Kagoshima when I took Mari down there for treatment.
Of course it's a lot more fun to make with my little square pan* than the nasty old non-stick they had.
*Tamagoyaki pan, but I haven't made tamagoyaki even once.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/630/950/835/395/051/original/e6b26103db4c8eac.jpg

2025-11-29 03:43:13 UTC

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https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/630/918/179/856/083/original/ad380d134a31cbcc.jpg

2025-11-29 03:36:36 UTC

Making Mari breakfast for lunch.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/630/892/098/164/295/original/6a48cabd913156ed.jpg

2025-11-26 01:58:17 UTC

Hello coffee booze cake, my dearest friend.
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/115/613/518/732/396/934/original/2c30ec20e1fa62ce.jpg

2025-11-24 03:38:23 UTC

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Here's one of the tours: https://kpt.jp/toppage/plan-03/25S018

2025-11-24 03:33:04 UTC

Niche content but a direct flight from Kobe to Mongolia for a package tour. Something I'd seriously consider if I didn't have other responsibilities.
https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/economy/202511/0019739943.shtml

2025-11-23 08:59:58 UTC

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If you have a TV it's fucked.