Energy Management vs Time Management: Why Productivity Starts With Rest
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uring the holiday, I wanted to do something different. Instead of only traveling, I thought it would be more meaningful to spend some time with a good book and…
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Why Solo Founders Need a “Devil’s Advocate”: The Biggest Risk of a One-Person Business Isn’t Failure—It’s No One Challenging You
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In the past two years, with the rise of AI, terms like “one person company” and “digital nomad” have become increasingly common. Some countries have even introd…
How to Avoid AI Sycophancy: 6 Practical Ways to Get Honest, Unbiased Answers
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Is AI Just Telling You What You Want to Hear? Lately, I’ve been hearing the same complaint from different people: “It’s so easy to get carried away by how nice…
What Should You Do When Your Investment Drops 10–20%?
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If you’re currently going through a drawdown, this might help. The Nasdaq has been down for a while now. If I rewind to March or April 2025, the market didn’t f…
No need to worry, even for beginners—after SoftBank blocks IPv6, Lucky and Cloudflare Tunnel have you covered.
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Today I suddenly realized that I couldn’t access my home NAS from outside the network, and the notes stored on it wouldn’t sync either. It took me a while to fi…
Do you have to lose port 443 and your address will be with a little digital tail?No! Lucky+CloudFlare makes you clean and fresh!
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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 home. As a family of geeks, most of my use is throu…
Performing Brain Surgery on AI: Can We Use Ollama Modelfile to Fine-Tune a Local Large Model and Teach It the "Shadow Clone" Technique?
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In the era of agent privatization, Ollama serves as an ideal platform for running AI models. Depending on specific requirements, different models can be loaded…
If you’re not a programmer，Where Are the Opportunities for Ordinary People in the Age of Rapid AI Growth? A More Optimistic View
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AI is evolving rapidly—but what does that actually mean for ordinary people? Is it a threat, or an opportunity to improve productivity and participate in the fu…
Living in Tokyo for 210,000 JPY /Month (~$1,317 USD): A "No-Nonsense" Review of My Short-Term Rental
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With the new school and moving season approaching, I’ve received many messages asking for specifics. I dug through my archives and found the footage of the unit…
Solving the Residence Card Address Dilemma: Why Short-Term Rentals are the Perfect Bridge for Moving to Japan？
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When you first land in Japan, what is your 1 priority? It’s registering your address at the local Ward Office (Kuyakusho) to update your Residence Card (Zairyu…
Mastering the "Blueprint" of Japanese Grammar: Why Hitoshi Deguchi is A wise choice for Self-Learners？
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In the long and often grueling journey of learning a foreign language, many learners find themselves in a frustrating "bottleneck": you’ve memorized thousands o…
The Betrayal of the Long Tail: When AI Becomes the Sole Beneficiary of Content Dividends
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Beneath the search bars of Google or Bing, AI generated summaries (AI Overviews/SGE) are aggressively taking over the prime real estate of the first screen. The…
A Survival Guide to Japan’s Free Annual Health Checkups (Tokutei Kenshin)
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Many newcomers ignore this due to language barriers, busy schedules, or general "doctor anxiety." However, these checkups are a cornerstone of Japan’s longevity…
The Sanitized Muse: When AI Ethics Become Art’s New Censorship
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Recently, while working on an AI assisted film project, I hit an invisible wall—not a technical one, but a moralistic one. I was using "Nano Banana" (Gemini's i…
The "New NISA" in Japan: Why You Should Be Cautious Before Diving In
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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. It’s about…
Decoding the "Zenkaku" Trap: Why Your Japanese Forms Keep Getting Rejected ？(Full-width vs. Half-width)
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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 hit an invisible wall: th…
Japan Survival Guide: How to Activate Your JP Post Bank Card & Register Your Personal Seal (Inkan)
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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…
Japan Survival Guide: How to Open Your First Bank Account with JP Post Bank (Yucho App)？
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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 account. Most "mega ba…
Registering a personal account with Azure is essential to resolve issues accessing Outlook email.
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The world renowned tech giant Microsoft has truly taken a firm stance, vigorously promoting modern secure connection methods for data security reasons. Since 20…
Advanced Play with Docker Compose in NAS
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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, which Docker is essentia…
NextCloud-AIO Use and Optimization, Online Collaboration Office All in One Click
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I installed NextCloud AIO some time ago, and some of you said that when you use it outside the network, sometimes Office still gives errors. There are also frie…
Hands-on tutorials, online collaborative Office all in one click, UnRiad+NextCloud-AIO
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Recently, I've been working on a project with a friend, so I'm planning to build a powerful self hosted collaboration platform. We chose NextCloud for two reaso…