Jim on Japan
@jimt.onjapan.net
Ito, Shizuoka, JAPAN
US JP SG NZ
Heath H8/H89, Atari 1600, ST, TT design teams
Machine-vision urinalysis. CD-ROM drive design.
A @TLUG.jp founder. OERu early adopter.
A Time Person of the Year (2006)
Python Mojo Go Forth Lua Microcontrollers
US JP SG NZ
Heath H8/H89, Atari 1600, ST, TT design teams
Machine-vision urinalysis. CD-ROM drive design.
A @TLUG.jp founder. OERu early adopter.
A Time Person of the Year (2006)
Python Mojo Go Forth Lua Microcontrollers
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We do an evening around #LoRa devices and #Meshtastic on Friday.
- What are Lora, how does Lora relate to WiFi
- What's Meshtastic, will bring in some devices
- I'll explain this BBS use case idea, how it works
Location: Nov 21st, 7pm, Meeting room 202 at Jiyugaoka juku Center, Tokyo
- What are Lora, how does Lora relate to WiFi
- What's Meshtastic, will bring in some devices
- I'll explain this BBS use case idea, how it works
Location: Nov 21st, 7pm, Meeting room 202 at Jiyugaoka juku Center, Tokyo
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We do an evening around #LoRa devices and #Meshtastic on Friday.
- What are Lora, how does Lora relate to WiFi
- What's Meshtastic, will bring in some devices
- I'll explain this BBS use case idea, how it works
Location: Nov 21st, 7pm, Meeting room 202 at Jiyugaoka juku Center, Tokyo
- What are Lora, how does Lora relate to WiFi
- What's Meshtastic, will bring in some devices
- I'll explain this BBS use case idea, how it works
Location: Nov 21st, 7pm, Meeting room 202 at Jiyugaoka juku Center, Tokyo
It is November, and that means "Butt Sumo" (尻つみ祭り) time again at the local shrine here in Ito, #Japan. Contestants stand back-to-back on a raised dais and, at the signal, attempt to bump their opponent off. The winners are sometimes surprising.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It is November, and that means "Butt Sumo" (尻つみ祭り) time again at the local shrine here in Ito, #Japan. Contestants stand back-to-back on a raised dais and, at the signal, attempt to bump their opponent off. The winners are sometimes surprising.
Halloween 🎃 is appearing more and more in Japan.
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Halloween 🎃 is appearing more and more in Japan.
Yesterday's silliness involved replacing the garish LENOVO BIOS logo on my old ThinkPad with the Tokyo Linux User Group emblem.
October 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Yesterday's silliness involved replacing the garish LENOVO BIOS logo on my old ThinkPad with the Tokyo Linux User Group emblem.
School kids have been practicing their drumming for the past two weeks for their ride in the float. Our community's dashi was hit by an elderly driver while making the rounds on Saturday, putting one neighbor in the hospital with broken ribs. We sat out most of Sunday's festivities.
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School kids have been practicing their drumming for the past two weeks for their ride in the float. Our community's dashi was hit by an elderly driver while making the rounds on Saturday, putting one neighbor in the hospital with broken ribs. We sat out most of Sunday's festivities.
It was festival weekend in Ito. More than a dozen illuminated floats with musicians are pulled and pushed around the neighborhood.
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It was festival weekend in Ito. More than a dozen illuminated floats with musicians are pulled and pushed around the neighborhood.
For the past 3 years, I've been using the Open Source SilverBullet PKMS to organize my notes in Markdown files. Its major feature is how programmable it is (first in JavaScript, now in Lua). SilverBullet's author is publishing a series of tutorials on YouTube.
Welcome to SilverBullet part 1: Basic Markdown and Outlines
YouTube video by Zef Hemel
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For the past 3 years, I've been using the Open Source SilverBullet PKMS to organize my notes in Markdown files. Its major feature is how programmable it is (first in JavaScript, now in Lua). SilverBullet's author is publishing a series of tutorials on YouTube.
The Tokyo Maker Faire 2025 is being held this weekend (04~05 October) at Tokyo Big Sight.
Join Maker Faire Tokyo | Maker Faire Tokyo 2025 | Make: Japan
Maker Faire Tokyo 2025
makezine.jp
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Tokyo Maker Faire 2025 is being held this weekend (04~05 October) at Tokyo Big Sight.
Wow, it's been years since I encountered a "you can only use this site with MSIE" alert... except now it is Safari or Chrome.
September 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wow, it's been years since I encountered a "you can only use this site with MSIE" alert... except now it is Safari or Chrome.
Congratulations to the San Jose Giants for sweeping the playoffs and taking home the California League championship!
Now a two-month gap until the ABL season kicks off.
Now a two-month gap until the ABL season kicks off.
San Jose Giants
The official website of the San Jose Giants with the most up-to-date information on scores, schedule, stats, tickets, and team news.
sjgiants.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Congratulations to the San Jose Giants for sweeping the playoffs and taking home the California League championship!
Now a two-month gap until the ABL season kicks off.
Now a two-month gap until the ABL season kicks off.
JG1GPY showed off a clever, compact multi-band antenna at the SOTA JP booth at the Japan Ham Fair this weekend. A switch allows selection of direct feed (for 1/4 wave on 40m, with trailing counterpoise) or through a 49:1 transformer for end-fed on higher bands.
August 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
JG1GPY showed off a clever, compact multi-band antenna at the SOTA JP booth at the Japan Ham Fair this weekend. A switch allows selection of direct feed (for 1/4 wave on 40m, with trailing counterpoise) or through a 49:1 transformer for end-fed on higher bands.
This weekend is the Japan Ham Fair 2025 at Ariake GYM-EX (the 2020 Olympics Gymnastics venue). A chance for the big commercial vendors to show off previews of their new equipment and a flea market to allow users to recycle older gear.
onjapan.net/2025/hamfair/
onjapan.net/2025/hamfair/
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This weekend is the Japan Ham Fair 2025 at Ariake GYM-EX (the 2020 Olympics Gymnastics venue). A chance for the big commercial vendors to show off previews of their new equipment and a flea market to allow users to recycle older gear.
onjapan.net/2025/hamfair/
onjapan.net/2025/hamfair/
My SatNOGS station disappeared a few days ago. I get the RPi down from the pole, plug it in to the LAN and it is fine. It turned out the 2.4GHz radio had stopped on the crucial access point. (Everything else was on 5GHz, so I never noticed.)
SatNOGS
Open Source global network of satellite ground-stations
satnogs.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
My SatNOGS station disappeared a few days ago. I get the RPi down from the pole, plug it in to the LAN and it is fine. It turned out the 2.4GHz radio had stopped on the crucial access point. (Everything else was on 5GHz, so I never noticed.)
I'm pleased that someone at Helsinki Airport was willing to have fun with their airport code.
July 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I'm pleased that someone at Helsinki Airport was willing to have fun with their airport code.
PyCon JP is in Hiroshima, September 26 & 27 (Friday & Saturday): "Pieces of Python, Coming Together." The CfP is open for proposals in Japanese and English. pyconjp.blogspot.com/2025/05/pyco...
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
PyCon JP is in Hiroshima, September 26 & 27 (Friday & Saturday): "Pieces of Python, Coming Together." The CfP is open for proposals in Japanese and English. pyconjp.blogspot.com/2025/05/pyco...
Tokyo Python is being reborn with a night of lightning talks on May 22nd in Roppongi.
www.meetup.com/tokyopython/...
www.meetup.com/tokyopython/...
May 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Tokyo Python is being reborn with a night of lightning talks on May 22nd in Roppongi.
www.meetup.com/tokyopython/...
www.meetup.com/tokyopython/...
The Oregon State Open Source Lab (OSL) is desperately seeking funding. They provide hosting for many projects and build infrastructure for multiple architectures. Please consider donating: osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
May 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The Oregon State Open Source Lab (OSL) is desperately seeking funding. They provide hosting for many projects and build infrastructure for multiple architectures. Please consider donating: osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
Continuing my series of unusual post boxes, this penguin awaits your letters between the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium and the Antarctic Museum/Research Ship Fuji.
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Continuing my series of unusual post boxes, this penguin awaits your letters between the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium and the Antarctic Museum/Research Ship Fuji.
NZART (The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters) is the only amateur radio organization I am a member of that still insists on publishing its magazine on paper. The March issue has just arrived. It still punches above its weight for a small organization, but I wish it were digital.
April 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
NZART (The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters) is the only amateur radio organization I am a member of that still insists on publishing its magazine on paper. The March issue has just arrived. It still punches above its weight for a small organization, but I wish it were digital.
Ito is hosting a ramen festival for the next four weekends. Within a five-minute walk, I can try 28 different kinds of ramen from around Japan.
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Ito is hosting a ramen festival for the next four weekends. Within a five-minute walk, I can try 28 different kinds of ramen from around Japan.
I managed to get my @washingtonpost.com Keyword score back under 7. (It is harder to work on the average time statistic, since this is a "second screen" game.)
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I managed to get my @washingtonpost.com Keyword score back under 7. (It is harder to work on the average time statistic, since this is a "second screen" game.)
A group of New Zealand ham radio operators has a VoIP interface to some of their digital voice reflectors. I have built a webapp that shows real-time Asterisk extension status using Go and SSE. github.com/DigitalVoice...
April 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A group of New Zealand ham radio operators has a VoIP interface to some of their digital voice reflectors. I have built a webapp that shows real-time Asterisk extension status using Go and SSE. github.com/DigitalVoice...
I updated my old ex-lease Lenovo X1 Thinkpad to Fedora Silverblue 42 without issue. Thanks to everyone that is making this so seamless.
April 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I updated my old ex-lease Lenovo X1 Thinkpad to Fedora Silverblue 42 without issue. Thanks to everyone that is making this so seamless.
The REAL baseball season starts tomorrow (technically, Friday night in the US). I am looking forward to another San Jose Giants winning season. www.milb.com/san-jose
April 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The REAL baseball season starts tomorrow (technically, Friday night in the US). I am looking forward to another San Jose Giants winning season. www.milb.com/san-jose
A (modern) programmer may own the parking lot around the corner since it is 0-indexed.
March 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A (modern) programmer may own the parking lot around the corner since it is 0-indexed.