2025 in Pictures
December 29, 2025
It's December. The end of the year. I want to share with you my year in pictures.
My Goals for 2025: The Final Tally
December 29, 2025
December 29th 2025. I don’t like typing that. 2025-12-29. Almost the last day of the year. At the end of last year, @slims, shared his goals for 2025. I felt inspired and did the same. Now, let’s see how well I’ve done. Personal Goals ✅ Move Back to Japan My goal was to move back to Japan, and we did it! We completed the goal early July, with our original goal being September. Not too bad for someone who forgets his own birthday! ✅ Read More The idea was to read 12 books. I ended up reading 15 b…
The Fediverse Works
December 03, 2025
A few weeks back I stepped down as grandaddy of Famichiki.jp, handing over the reins to the more than capable admin and moderator team. I explained my reasoning here, but what I forgot to mention is that I’m also moving away from the instance itself. I’m a big fan of self-hosting software, and so self-hosting my own Mastodon instance was the next logical step. After all, the Fediverse and specifically Mastodon allows everyone to easily move instances. I love the Famichiki community, but for me w…
2025Q3 in Review
November 01, 2025
A new quarter has already started, and this post is a little bit late, but here we go! Personal Goals ✅ Move Back to Japan Visa has been gotten! I moved. I settled. I’m paying taxes. I’m paying insurance premiums. I’ve done my garbage duty. I consider my move to Japan complete! 🛠️ Read More My one book a month is going well, although I’m slightly behind schedule. I’ve read 9 books this year, the latest being the Red Rising trilogy which I enjoyed more than I thought I would. For the rest of the y…
All Fried Things
October 22, 2025
In October 2022, everyone’s favorite Nazi, Elon Musk, bought Twitter. As a reaction to this, hundreds of Mastodon servers sprung up from the ground, run by volunteers all over the world. This included one particular instance, Famichiki, which was initially run by Kevin, Pippa, and myself. Lukas joined a few weeks, or maybe days, later as a systems administrator. The server has been online most of the time, and while other instances came and went, Famichiki still stands strong. Not without contro…
Pizza Notes Part I
October 05, 2025
Today I made pizza for the first time in my life. It was a good experience. These are brief notes, may the help you on your pizza baking journeys, as I am sure they will help me in the future. The oven Oven Used: Enro Gas Oven 2 It’s a little bit pricey at 54,000 JPY, can probably find cheaper used ones on Mercari. Used 250g LPG cartridges. Make sure to buy a regulator and hose. One cartridge more than sufficient for 20 minute preheat + cooking 3 pizzas over the next 30~ minutes. …
2025-Q2 in Review
July 01, 2025
It’s the start of a new quarter. As always, let’s see how well we’re doing achieving the goals we set out to achieve at the beginning of 2025. Personal Goals ✅ Move Back to Japan The original goal was September, it’s now July and we moved back. With which our life in Abu Dhabi has officially come to an end. I can’t strike this one off just yet, since my visa is still pending. 🛠️ Read More I wanted to read one book a month, and I’m still on track. I completed 6 books this year. This quarter I read…
Teabagging
June 05, 2025
It’s morning. I need to take my morning dump. I also want tea. It takes about 60 seconds for the water to boil. The tea needs to steep for around 4 minutes. The plan is simple: boil the water. While it’s boiling, prepare the cups. Add the teabags. The water finishes boiling. I pour it into the cups. Now the next timer starts. Four minutes to take a dump. Obviously, I end up doomscrolling Instagram for more than four minutes, but that’s beside the point. My legs are asleep. My butthole is ready t…
Pop
May 14, 2025
It’s very easy to shit on modern pop music. It’s too vulgar. It’s too predictable. It’s quantized to perfection. And you’re not wrong. It’s all those things. Figuring that out does not make you the next Chomsky. And I ask you; so fucking what? The tension that builds in the verse and the relief that’s provided to you in the chorus is very real. Go ahead, fire up “…baby one more time” and try to listen with your heart. Let Britney’s voice riding the rhythm of the song take you away for a moment. …
The Cheekiest of Pints
May 09, 2025
I love a good pint. The cheekier the better. What makes a pint cheeky? I’m not one to tell you what makes a pint cheeky or not. Follow your heart. But let me tell you about my cheekiest one. A cataclysmic one. In 2022 my marriage was coming to an end. You know those books that start off really good? And then as you get halfway the writing gets stale and boring. You realize you’re not really enjoying the book anymore. But it was so good in the beginning, so maybe the next chapter is going to be b…