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OpenID Summit Tokyo 2026 "Special Edition" Closing Keynote

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OpenID Summit Tokyo 2026 “Special Edition” Closing Keynote

The tickets apparently sold out instantly, so I had not introduced this event here; however, tomorrow, August 26, I will appear at the OpenID Summit T…

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XRI 2 IRI Conversion

Gabe Wachob has written a Python tool for converting XRIs to IRIs/URIs and has posted it on his website: http://www.wachob.com/xriescape/ Reading the source may be easier to unders…

A Woman’s Heart and Spring Skies

Just when I thought the first spring wind had blown yesterday, it is snowing tonight in western Tokyo. Not a woman’s heart and an autumn sky, but a woman’s heart and a…

Reverse-Playback Videos on D no Arashi

There is a program segment I have been watching recently that cracks me up. It is Nippon Television’s Baka Curiosity Reverse-Playback Video on D no Arashi. The performers act…

“Bio” Wine

I drank Domaine Prieuré Roch’s Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru. It is what is commonly called a “bio” wine. More precisely, it seems to be described as biodynamic or vin natu…

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Farewell, Blue Train

Another thing we must say “farewell” to today The original Blue Train—farewell amid lively crowds After reading Floating Island’s “Farewell, Blue Train”.

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