Kyle Barrow
@kylebarrow.com
Kiwi in Tokyo. CTO at X-9. Owner of views.
Can be found in Shibuya and occasionally Marlborough wine country.
Like building things, growing things, photography, sci-fi, and rugby.
Have seen Nirvana play live.
Can be found in Shibuya and occasionally Marlborough wine country.
Like building things, growing things, photography, sci-fi, and rugby.
Have seen Nirvana play live.
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Thetrusize.com, by James Talmage and Damon Maneice, is a website that lets you move a country or state around a Mercator projection map of the world so you can see how big or small a country really is.
[thetruesize.com]
[thetruesize.com]
Compare Countries With This Simple Tool
Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.
thetruesize.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thetrusize.com, by James Talmage and Damon Maneice, is a website that lets you move a country or state around a Mercator projection map of the world so you can see how big or small a country really is.
[thetruesize.com]
[thetruesize.com]
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Safari 26 is here!!! Anchor Positioning, Scroll-driven animations, High Dynamic Range images, the new HTML element, the all-new Digital Credentials API, SVG icon support, WebGPU, WebKit in SwiftUI, every site can be a web app on iOS and iPadOS, and much more.
webkit.org/blog/17333/w...
webkit.org/blog/17333/w...
WebKit Features in Safari 26.0
We’re happy to share with you what’s arriving in Safari 26.0!
webkit.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Safari 26 is here!!! Anchor Positioning, Scroll-driven animations, High Dynamic Range images, the new HTML element, the all-new Digital Credentials API, SVG icon support, WebGPU, WebKit in SwiftUI, every site can be a web app on iOS and iPadOS, and much more.
webkit.org/blog/17333/w...
webkit.org/blog/17333/w...
My previous place in Shibuya faced west, so I often got front-row seats to Tokyo’s spectacular summer sunsets. Now we face east, great views over Tokyo, but sunsets only reach me as reflections in the towers Shibuya has pooped out over the years.
September 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My previous place in Shibuya faced west, so I often got front-row seats to Tokyo’s spectacular summer sunsets. Now we face east, great views over Tokyo, but sunsets only reach me as reflections in the towers Shibuya has pooped out over the years.
Japan Post (along with many other countries) has halted most shipping to the US so it's come to this.
August 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Japan Post (along with many other countries) has halted most shipping to the US so it's come to this.
The nod at the hardware store when you see another whose child painted their toenails
July 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The nod at the hardware store when you see another whose child painted their toenails
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July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Adding a tariff message to our ecommerce site because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
July 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Adding a tariff message to our ecommerce site because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Japanese government's latest Mynaportal app update allows you to add your My Number card to your iPhone's Apple Wallet. Servers were a little busy but it works as advertised.
June 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Japanese government's latest Mynaportal app update allows you to add your My Number card to your iPhone's Apple Wallet. Servers were a little busy but it works as advertised.
Sounds like the premise of a great heist movie.
Germany and Italy are facing calls to move their gold out of New York following President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the US Federal Reserve and increasing geopolitical turbulence. https://on.ft.com/4kV7xgU
June 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sounds like the premise of a great heist movie.
I’m all for people doing cosplay, but it’s weird how US immigration and law enforcement always go with Ghost from Call of Duty. One Piece or Ghibli characters would really liven up the vibe.
June 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’m all for people doing cosplay, but it’s weird how US immigration and law enforcement always go with Ghost from Call of Duty. One Piece or Ghibli characters would really liven up the vibe.
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Guardian photographer David Levene and I travelled to Okinawa a couple of months ago to make this video/text/photography package to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa. A real team effort that would not have been possible without colleagues in Okinawa, London and Sydney.
Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war. 80 years on, are the dead being betrayed?
A quarter of Okinawan civilians died during the US invasion, some after being told to kill themselves. But today the legacy of the war dead is being complicated by the presence of tens of thousands of...
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Guardian photographer David Levene and I travelled to Okinawa a couple of months ago to make this video/text/photography package to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa. A real team effort that would not have been possible without colleagues in Okinawa, London and Sydney.
Science FTW
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that quickly dissolves in seawater
The new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt.
www.japantimes.co.jp
June 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Science FTW
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Reposted by Kyle Barrow
Studio Ghibli has uploaded hundreds of beautiful still images from almost all of their films, including all of the major ones. These individual artworks are free to download “by individual fans to further enjoy Studio Ghibli films”. [kottke.org]
Hundreds of Free Images From Studio Ghibli Films
Well this is just wonderful: Studio Ghibli has uploaded hundreds of high-resolution still images from almost all of their films, including all of the major ones: Princess Mononoke, Sprited Away, M
kottke.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Studio Ghibli has uploaded hundreds of beautiful still images from almost all of their films, including all of the major ones. These individual artworks are free to download “by individual fans to further enjoy Studio Ghibli films”. [kottke.org]
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Timeline cleanse, I could just watch this on repeat
April 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Timeline cleanse, I could just watch this on repeat
I don't think anyone at Apple uses the native macOS VPN client.
April 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I don't think anyone at Apple uses the native macOS VPN client.
Japan should immediately impose export restrictions on Nintendo IP to the US starting with a 50% reduction in powerups for US players.
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Japan should immediately impose export restrictions on Nintendo IP to the US starting with a 50% reduction in powerups for US players.
text-autospace should be of interest to anyone working on Chinese or Japanese sites.
Today brings 84 new features in Safari 18.4!
• Declarative Web Push
• Screen Wake Lock API for Home Screen Web Apps
• Viewport presets in Responsive Design Mode
• Ogg Opus & Vorbis
• Image Capture API
• WebM support in MediaRecorder
• `view-transition-name: match-element`
webkit.org/blog/16574/w...
• Declarative Web Push
• Screen Wake Lock API for Home Screen Web Apps
• Viewport presets in Responsive Design Mode
• Ogg Opus & Vorbis
• Image Capture API
• WebM support in MediaRecorder
• `view-transition-name: match-element`
webkit.org/blog/16574/w...
WebKit Features in Safari 18.4
Safari 18.4 is here!
webkit.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
text-autospace should be of interest to anyone working on Chinese or Japanese sites.
@reckless.bsky.social My feed isn’t full of trucks jumping over things and now I’m wondering what I’ve done wrong in life.
March 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@reckless.bsky.social My feed isn’t full of trucks jumping over things and now I’m wondering what I’ve done wrong in life.
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This is why it's so important that we fight to keep physical media from disappearing
March 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is why it's so important that we fight to keep physical media from disappearing
Reposted by Kyle Barrow
★ It Might Be Time for Me to Collect Some Being Right Points for My 2023 Bluesky Prediction
It Might Be Time for Me to Collect Some Being Right Points for My 2023 Bluesky Prediction
Bluesky is what Twitter of yore aspired to be.
daringfireball.net
March 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
★ It Might Be Time for Me to Collect Some Being Right Points for My 2023 Bluesky Prediction
I like my Powerbeats Pro 2’s, but my youngest was hoping to grab the みかん (mandarine orange) I’d left on the table and was disappointed. This sort of design confusion would never have happened if Jony Ive was still at Apple. He would have made them edible and delicious.
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I like my Powerbeats Pro 2’s, but my youngest was hoping to grab the みかん (mandarine orange) I’d left on the table and was disappointed. This sort of design confusion would never have happened if Jony Ive was still at Apple. He would have made them edible and delicious.
The new Fujifilm GFX100RF isn’t for me so with the X-Pro4 likely still some way off, I’ve ‘upgraded’ to an X-Pro3.
Even though it’s an almost five-year-old body, I managed to get one in near-new condition, which is one of the great things about the used camera market in Japan.
Even though it’s an almost five-year-old body, I managed to get one in near-new condition, which is one of the great things about the used camera market in Japan.
March 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The new Fujifilm GFX100RF isn’t for me so with the X-Pro4 likely still some way off, I’ve ‘upgraded’ to an X-Pro3.
Even though it’s an almost five-year-old body, I managed to get one in near-new condition, which is one of the great things about the used camera market in Japan.
Even though it’s an almost five-year-old body, I managed to get one in near-new condition, which is one of the great things about the used camera market in Japan.
Not sure about the rest of Tokyo, but cherry blossoms have arrived early on our terrace.
March 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not sure about the rest of Tokyo, but cherry blossoms have arrived early on our terrace.