Rio Akasaka
@rio.akasaka.org
Product manager on Google Maps driving + walking, and that little bit at the end that says you've arrived. I dream of a beautiful place in the mountains to call home. 日本語でもたまには書きます
📍Tokyo by way of Boulder and Zurich
📍Tokyo by way of Boulder and Zurich
This is a fascinating map
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is a fascinating map
Just because you can does not mean you should
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just because you can does not mean you should
I wonder how many transactions are lost with this one -- the default Enter keypress on my Visa OTP input form... opens a dialog to cancel the entire transaction 🤦
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I wonder how many transactions are lost with this one -- the default Enter keypress on my Visa OTP input form... opens a dialog to cancel the entire transaction 🤦
It's a bold strategy, Cotton.
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It's a bold strategy, Cotton.
Always reminded never to be totally surprised at how good the Pixel captures imagery, even tricky things like fireworks
September 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Always reminded never to be totally surprised at how good the Pixel captures imagery, even tricky things like fireworks
I can't think of anything quite more American than thinking of new places to put cup holders
September 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I can't think of anything quite more American than thinking of new places to put cup holders
I have a hilarious situation with USPS where the package originates from Indiana headed to Maine but they seem to keep trying to deliver it back to some place in Indiana (maybe the origin?), which I suspect is due to how the address was written on the back? Anyhow, two weeks and counting...
September 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I have a hilarious situation with USPS where the package originates from Indiana headed to Maine but they seem to keep trying to deliver it back to some place in Indiana (maybe the origin?), which I suspect is due to how the address was written on the back? Anyhow, two weeks and counting...
Since when are unskippable YouTube ads 1 minute long
September 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Since when are unskippable YouTube ads 1 minute long
What a payday for Oracle folks but these are just projections no?
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
What a payday for Oracle folks but these are just projections no?
I might eat my words, but $KLAR at $40 seems a bit overpriced www.rioleo.org/klarna.html
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I might eat my words, but $KLAR at $40 seems a bit overpriced www.rioleo.org/klarna.html
Holy crap this email looks like phishing / spam if there ever was one
September 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Holy crap this email looks like phishing / spam if there ever was one
I was reminded randomly of one of my first forays of the internet, which was at the easyInternetCafe in Times Square (this must have been circa 2001). I would meet up with a friend and we'd spend a bit of time on Neopets...
August 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I was reminded randomly of one of my first forays of the internet, which was at the easyInternetCafe in Times Square (this must have been circa 2001). I would meet up with a friend and we'd spend a bit of time on Neopets...
Farewell my dear Natsuge. Thank you for the awesome memories.
July 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Farewell my dear Natsuge. Thank you for the awesome memories.
I've never felt more like a robot not in control of my own destiny than at Shinagawa station at 8:38 in the morning
July 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've never felt more like a robot not in control of my own destiny than at Shinagawa station at 8:38 in the morning
There's a restaurant in Shibuya staffed entirely by robots and I never knew I could simultaneously be smitten and horrified
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There's a restaurant in Shibuya staffed entirely by robots and I never knew I could simultaneously be smitten and horrified
I'm not ashamed to admit that for the longest time I thought humidity was a function of how much it had rained recently and boy was I wrong
July 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm not ashamed to admit that for the longest time I thought humidity was a function of how much it had rained recently and boy was I wrong
Flea market haul. Let's hope this thing works. I don't expect it to be too hard to fix though.
July 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Flea market haul. Let's hope this thing works. I don't expect it to be too hard to fix though.
Using Gemini Deep Research as a financial planner by uploading all of my transaction history is a bit... amazing.
July 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Using Gemini Deep Research as a financial planner by uploading all of my transaction history is a bit... amazing.
Which product manager thought this would be a smart thing to do in WhatsApp
July 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Which product manager thought this would be a smart thing to do in WhatsApp
The best part of becoming a parent is being able to relive your childhood toys under the guise of giving it to your children
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The best part of becoming a parent is being able to relive your childhood toys under the guise of giving it to your children
I bet someone in the design department is staring at this and probably a bit unhappy...
June 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I bet someone in the design department is staring at this and probably a bit unhappy...
Well this is a welcome surprise
June 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Well this is a welcome surprise
Feels monumental to see a Waymo car here in Tokyo
May 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Feels monumental to see a Waymo car here in Tokyo
@kalshiofficial.bsky.social déjà vu is the same thing as all over again; good on you to get the accents tho
April 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@kalshiofficial.bsky.social déjà vu is the same thing as all over again; good on you to get the accents tho