Larry Staples

@lstaples
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Came to #Japan in 1984 to study 日本語 @ ICU. Been working in Japan IT and telecommunications since then. Favorites are not endorsements.
Websitehttps://lstaples.sdf.org
GitHubhttps://github.com/lstaples3

We're celebrating our tenth anniversary!

Help us mark this momentous occasion (and win a prize!) by designing a commemorative button that we'll sell for the next year -- details on our homepage:

https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/10th-anniversary-design-contest/

P.S. Don't forget about our next event, this Friday, May 15!

#nerdnite #tokyo #events

10th Anniversary Design Contest!

 We just updated iPulse for both macOS and iOS. Improvements for the latest OS versions, as well as a new “User Information” feature on the Mac to help you keep a close eye on your system’s performance.

For more info, check out the version history: https://ipulseapp.com/#history

Thought I should join the carp conversation…

#japan #koinobori #鯉幟 #目黒区 #下目黒

Pro tip: be very careful about how you put an Apple Watch charger into a hotel safe. It's magnetic and can stick to mechanisms, jamming the safe so it won't open properly. No need to ask me how I learned this… (Yes, next time I'll disconnect the charger from the rats' nest of stuff I'm shoving into the safe.)

After hooking up Context7 to Claude, it stopped being dumb about reading API docs. I finally built an app I’ve wanted for years to analyze my biometric data from Oura.

I didn’t even need a hosted service because Claude pointed out the a-shell iPhone app which is local Unix terminal with Python.

So now I’m paying for Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT. I think ChatGPT is the one that will need to go.

Big number release for a-Shell, my local iOS terminal: version 2.0.0 is out!
The terminal rendering system switches to SwiftTerm by @Migueldeicaza: much faster, more responsive, and also supports Korean, Vietnamese and Braille keyboard inputs.
Better VoiceOvers support too, better autocomplete, multi-arrow buttons…

I released a new version of the Trump's Truth connector for Tapestry. This one makes improvements to media embeds, posts with multiple images, how "Retruths" are displayed, and some other fixes.
https://github.com/bretcarmichael/tapestry-connectors/blob/main/TrumpsTruth.tapestry

#Tapestry

tapestry-connectors/TrumpsTruth.tapestry at main · bretcarmichael/tapestry-connectors

Tapestry connectors for IconFactory's Tapestry for iOS. - bretcarmichael/tapestry-connectors

GitHub

Asteroids and geology! Bacteria and pollution! Thresholds and liminality!

Friday, May 15, Nerd Nite Tokyo returns with three new talks. Don't miss it!

Details: https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/

#nerdnite #tokyo #events #science #dinosaurs #geology #biology #environment #haikyo

Disney Animation remade three songs for ASL. For these, we resurrected the original data and pipeline version (which took a ton of work), reanimated (from near scratch in some places), relit where needed, and re-rendered. Probably the hardest way to do this, but definitely the right way to do it, so that's what we did!

No AI shortcuts or anything, just doing it properly all the way.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government showed a couple of members of staff wearing shorts, as part of this year's Cool Biz effort to promote lighter work clothing. They also seem to have ditched socks. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...