Hello! from Rick Cogley https://cogley.jp/ en Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:55:45 +0900 https://cogley.jp/2024/02/29/the-other-day.html Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:55:45 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/02/29/the-other-day.html <p>The other day in Otemachi of all places, I saw a group of 3 or 4 teen boys carving up a parking garage entrance on skateboards. It was jarring to see that in that area. ๐Ÿ›น</p> https://cogley.jp/2024/01/26/with-the-release.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 05:43:53 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/01/26/with-the-release.html <p>With the release of Apple iOS 17.3 comes &ldquo;<a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-stolen-device-protection-iph17105538b/ios">stolen device protection</a>&rdquo; (็›—้›ฃใƒ‡ใƒใ‚คใ‚นใฎไฟ่ญท), in Settings, Face/TouchID &amp; Passcode. Tap &ldquo;Turn on Protection&rdquo; to require biometrics with no passcode fallback, if your iPhone is outside familiar locations. Slick! ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ˆ</p> https://cogley.jp/2024/01/23/kindergarten-teachers-and.html Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:23:30 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/01/23/kindergarten-teachers-and.html <p>Kindergarten teachers and their charges at a street crossing. Must be stressful! ๐Ÿ“ท๐ŸŽŒ</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2024/22d2eefa-c65a-4902-a6fc-e3bd5d6404f6.jpeg" alt="Kindergarten teachers surrounding their students at a traffic stop light in Yokohama Japan. The children are wearing various colored hats indicating their class. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2024/01/19/fido-security-keys.html Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:11:24 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/01/19/fido-security-keys.html <p>FIDO2 security keys for M365 MFA have been working at my firm eSolia for over a year. Enabling an Entra conditional access policy to require &ldquo;phishing resistant MFA&rdquo; for admins (aka FIDO2 keys!), caused an endless loop of pain.</p> https://cogley.jp/2024/01/06/jan-or-is.html Sat, 06 Jan 2024 06:48:05 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/01/06/jan-or-is.html <p>Jan 5 or 6 is ๅฐๅฏ’ (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaohan">shokan</a> โ€œa little coldโ€) which marks when the sun is at 285 degrees. Now is a good time to start bundling up. โ„๏ธ</p> https://cogley.jp/2024/01/02/if-youre-living.html Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:25:00 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/01/02/if-youre-living.html <p>If youโ€™re living in or visiting Japan, here are <a href="https://esolia.com/japan-disaster">some useful resources</a> we compiled regarding disaster readiness. Stay safe and help those around you if you can. ๐ŸŽŒ๐Ÿš’</p> https://cogley.jp/2024/01/01/happy-new-year.html Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:48:27 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2024/01/01/happy-new-year.html <p>Happy New Year greetings to one and all, but our thoughts are with those impacted by the large &amp; terrifying Ishikawa quake.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2024/a5fa49dc-058b-476f-81b0-05e24f8e3462.jpeg" alt="Osechi food on New Years in Japan"></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2024/32a7f54a-d804-4c1c-a310-34ee0d94920f.jpeg" alt="Ozoni soup, crab and osechi at Japan new years. "></p> <p>๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/27/kiji-pheasants-have.html Wed, 27 Dec 2023 04:00:00 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/27/kiji-pheasants-have.html <p>โ€œKijiโ€ pheasants have a grating call that I always said sounds like a rusty gate, but I found a more apt comparison: the scraping sound of sliding plastic hangers along a pole. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/26/its-not-a.html Tue, 26 Dec 2023 04:50:37 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/26/its-not-a.html <p>Itโ€™s not a thing where Iโ€™m from, but Boxing Day each Dec 26, has an <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day">interesting origin</a> of being a day for the more fortunate to give to the less so. Thereโ€™s also Cricket and big sales. ๐ŸŽโ›ช๏ธ</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/25/merry-christmas-from.html Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:37:31 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/25/merry-christmas-from.html <p>Merry Christmas from Maru the Shiba and his humans. ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ“ท</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/00272165-7f94-4f84-80d5-f554e1abaf17.jpeg" alt="A Shiba dog in a Christmas Tree outfit. "></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/892f1f6d-078c-4436-bba6-5f93fc3a4d2e.jpeg" alt="Noel Log Cake, a chocolate cake with a little chocolate axe. "></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/b488f91d-b650-450c-b4a8-97c542218c1a.jpeg" alt="Pie with tomato and sausage, and roast chicken. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/24/nyt-connections-is.html Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:33:28 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/24/nyt-connections-is.html <p>NYT Connections is a cool game where you pick groups of four words with some connection from easy to hard.</p> <p>Puzzle #196<br> ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ<br> ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ<br> ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ<br> ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/23/on-in-japan.html Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:16:29 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/23/on-in-japan.html <p>On 12/23 in 1982 Japan NTT designated this day โ€œ<a href="https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/ptd/contents/mag_card.html">telephone card day</a>โ€. My first real job was at a design co that licensed idol and actor photos, selling โ€œterecaโ€ printed with them and some English text, to dept stores. ๐ŸŽŒโ˜Ž๏ธ</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/22/per-geda-h.html Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:22:34 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/22/per-geda-h.html <p>Per <a href="http://www.ge-da.org/">GEDA</a>, 12/22 1997 (H9) marks when <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_drug">generic medicines</a> were first allowed by MHLW, giving Japan consumers access to cheaper alternatives. Med patents expire in ~20 yrs, after which generics can be made. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ’Š</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/21/today-dec-is.html Thu, 21 Dec 2023 04:10:53 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/21/today-dec-is.html <p>Today 21 Dec is the anniversary of the first โ€œ<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword">word-cross</a>โ€ puzzle, published in the New York World in 1913 (T2) by its editor Arthur Wynn. ๐Ÿ“ฐ</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/21/walkers-have-precedence.html Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:58:47 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/21/walkers-have-precedence.html <p>Walkers have precedence on the highways and byways of Sumidaโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/9a773a0d-785d-4f31-893a-50ec6911d105.jpeg" alt="A bike rider in a grey jacket rides under an underpass while a walker crosses the bridge above. The yellow sign on the bridge admonishes riders that pedestrians have right of way, and to ride slowly. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/20/optimists-waiting-in.html Wed, 20 Dec 2023 04:00:00 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/20/optimists-waiting-in.html <p>Optimists waiting in the cold to buy their ๅนดๆœซใ‚ธใƒฃใƒณใƒœใƒผ โ€œyear end jumboโ€ lottery ticket. ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/bf88d1ef-5bca-404b-86d8-c04df619c90a.jpeg" alt="Long queue of people outside a Tokyo building, all bundled up against the winter cold. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/19/red-down-left.html Tue, 19 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/19/red-down-left.html <p>Red down left ๐Ÿ“ท</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/f456e780-337b-4d92-a25c-9f6c1eae8296.jpeg" alt="Red bench sculpture object in Tokyo courtyard surrounds a lonely tree. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/19/baron-yoshitoshi-tokugawa.html Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:43:28 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/19/baron-yoshitoshi-tokugawa.html <p>Baron <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitoshi_Tokugawa">Yoshitoshi Tokugawa</a> (relative of the last Shogun) piloted Japanโ€™s first powered flight 19 Dec 1910 where Yoyogi Park is today. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿชฝ</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/18/robert-patrick-who.html Mon, 18 Dec 2023 04:00:00 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/18/robert-patrick-who.html <p>Robert Patrick, who played the T-1000 in one of the Terminator films has a good line in the new Reacher season on Amazon Prime. Someone asks about an alias: &ldquo;Whoโ€™s Sarah Conner?&rdquo; and his character quips, &ldquo;I donโ€™t give a shit, just keep an eye on that hotel.&rdquo; ๐Ÿ˜†</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/17/dec-kitty-hawk.html Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:54:01 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/17/dec-kitty-hawk.html <p>Dec 17 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was the first 4 manned flights by the Wright Brothers over a short distance. Today you can hang glide it! ๐Ÿ›ซ๐Ÿ“ท</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/c8ed6424-a3c8-4d1f-821d-30c448233d1b.jpeg" alt="Young woman giving a peace sign sitting on the sand dunes at Kitty Hawk NC, before her hang glider flight. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/17/dec-m-marks.html Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:36:27 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/17/dec-m-marks.html <p>Dec 16, 1890 (M23) marks the start of phone service between Tokyo and Yokohama with 155 and 44 phones respectively. The 7 female operators (with 2 males on night shift) could connect you for 240K JPY in todayโ€™s money. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ“ž</p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/16/destruction-of-the.html Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:00:00 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/16/destruction-of-the.html <p>Destruction of the ancestral โ€œjikkaโ€ home under tarps, 2019. ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/3cca3f90-f954-4551-8167-ea41d1ad23aa.jpeg" alt="A home between white and green tarps being torn down by a small yellow backhoe. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/15/a-program-in.html Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:14:53 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/15/a-program-in.html <p>A program in place since 1906 in Japan, Dec 15-25 marks the period during which you can post a ๅนด่ณ€็Šถ โ€œ<a href="https://mailmate.jp/blog/guide-japan-new-year-greeting-nengajyou">nengajo</a>โ€ postcard for Jan 1 arrival. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿ“ท</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/c60a0fdf-d5f9-4046-be1f-d344285780ad.png" alt="A nengajo new yearโ€™s greeting postcard from 2012-13. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/14/empty-tokyo-restaurant.html Thu, 14 Dec 2023 02:54:35 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/14/empty-tokyo-restaurant.html <p>Empty Tokyo restaurant. ๐Ÿ“ทโณ</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/2c587ad8-4c27-4f8e-a00b-6875b705336f.jpeg" alt="Interior of a restaurant with a line of empty tables during non peak hours. "></p> https://cogley.jp/2023/12/13/maru-the-shiba.html Wed, 13 Dec 2023 06:16:31 +0900 http://rickcogley.micro.blog/2023/12/13/maru-the-shiba.html <p>Maru the Shiba came back from day care and the staff who drove him said he and other Shibas hadnโ€™t pooped. A border collie friend kept running up like โ€œhey! Whatcha doing!? Any good smells there?โ€ causing <em>poopus interruptus</em>. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ•</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/8053/2023/8235516d-05d9-4f42-979d-71c4b3627630.jpeg" alt="Three Shiba dogs on yellow fallen leaves. "></p>