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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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My Three Most Memorable Dishes

1.Speaking of Vancouver, salmon comes to mind. These days it has started to appear even in supermarkets, but the taste is completely different. Sushi in Vancouver was cheaper and m…

Joining Windows Media Files (WMV)

By chance, I had to join 2 WMV files and had a difficult time. Ordinary video-editing software re-encodes them, which takes an enormous amount of time. In the end, I used a command…

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Postal Privatization: Buy FedEx!

At this point, why not just buy FedEx! Well, it is an outrageous idea:hammer:. However, when Deutsche Post bought DHL, DHL’s air-shipping scale was larger than FedEx + UPS. D…

While Recovering from Illness

Monday was tough while recovering from illness. There was a budget meeting from the morning. I slipped out for a lecture in Tameike-Sannō, then rushed back to the budget meeting wh…

Kite Making

Once again today, I am not feeling well. I have had a persistent low-grade fever. I spent almost the whole day sleeping, but in the little time I was awake, my daughter and I drew…

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Unmanned Station (Reply Tanka)

The railway vanishes toward the horizon; the train stands at the station; wind-blown snowflakes dance. Among station poems, there is one by my father, Isao Akimura: At a station wh…

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