Happy New Year!

It is the last day of the year and I am tired. It is almost midnight and I am watching New Year’s Eve Japanese TV and eating snacks. At 6am this morning we landed in Japan after spending two weeks in Malaysia.

My kids have a long winter holiday this year. Rather than just having them sit around the house consuming YouTube for hours on end while I am at work, we decided to fly early to Kuala Lumpur. For the first week I worked remotely while my wife and girls relaxed at the pool, checked out the neighbourhood, and ate awesome Malaysian food. At night we would go out together. The second week I was on my holiday so we switched into full tourist mode. By then we were used to the temperature and daily life, and had a good headstart on our winter holiday. What a great benefit to working remotely!

Now that we are back, I have to go through the 1036 photos and do a trip report. I will post that in the new year. In the meantime here are a few random things I would like to share as we close out 2022.

I hope you had a good one, and the next one is even better. See you in 2023!

Chad

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🖋 From the Blog

Saturday morning walks in Kyoto
Taking strolls and taking pictures with my wife.

Best of 2022
Looking back at the best texts and moving images I consumed this year.

🧭 Elsewhere

Robin Sloan describes well the tech moment I feel like we are in Link →

You know “mā má mǎ mà” but this is a whole other level! Link →

I think that is about it. I have had so much fun using Mastodon this month! Too many good ones to share.

📖 What I’m Reading

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (59% Complete)

So, Marco Polo and Kublai Khan are having a discussion about post modern urban life and the challenges of using language to communicate between humans. Sure? I loved If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler and admire Calvino’s ambitious writing so I picked this up on a coworker’s recommendation.

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