Have you noticed that the very nature of “search” is undergoing an irreversible mutation? Beneath the search bars of Google or Bing, AI-generated summaries (AI Overviews/SGE)...
If you live in Japan on a long-term visa and pay for National Health Insurance (NHI), you will likely receive a large envelope from your local ward...
1. The Day the Algorithm Refused My Lens Recently, while working on an AI-assisted film project, I hit an invisible wall—not a technical one, but a...
I often share my thoughts on financial planning on this blog. To me, investing isn’t just about the numbers in your bank account; it’s a philosophy....
If you are living in Japan and have tried to apply for a bank card, set up utilities, or register for an online service, you’ve likely...
Congratulations! If you’ve received your green JP Post Bank card in the mail, you are almost there. However, the card is not yet “active” for all services, and...
If you have recently moved to Japan or are starting a business here on a long-term visa, your first major hurdle is likely opening a bank...
The world-renowned tech giant Microsoft has truly taken a firm stance, vigorously promoting modern secure connection methods for data security reasons. Since 2022, it has phased...
Those of you who are familiar with me know that I often toss NAS, and I also belong to the NAS deployment of many self-hosted services,...
Those of you who are familiar with me know that I love to toss NAS, and I run a lot of services in my NAS at...
