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If you like design and thinking about design, User Friendly https://har…
https://cogley.jp/posts/if-you-like-design-and
We at eSolia are leveraging Sveltekit for a platform of dynamic sites and a client site, and it works really well. See what's new on the Svelte blog https://svelte.dev/blog/whats-new-in-svelte-january-2026.
The AI vs Creator Dilemma
The AI Creator Dilemma: Value Extraction, Attribution, and the Fight for Fair Compensation
https://cogley.jp/articles/ai-vs-creator-dilemma
Beginner devs it goes without saying, because even a seasoned pro software dev will benefit from roadmap.sh https://roadmap.sh. It's stunning how much knowledge they've packed in their website.
The latest version of Rogue Ameba's Audio Hijack https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ is fantastic. You can really do a lot more with it, but I am using it to make recordings for podcasts, with a chain of processing automation. Good stuff! https://cogley.jp/posts/01KEEH9VYYYQGJMD4C5Q1VERPT
Cloudflare eating their own dogfood at their 600-odd data centers globally.
Physical data center maintenance is risky on a global network. We built a maintenance scheduler on Workers to safely plan disruptive operations, while solving scaling challenges by…
https://cogley.jp/posts/01KECYCY1CGTEJ34HA7CTGND9M
My staff made a blog about a point I got confused when I first started using M365. See our post on the Tech It Easy Blog https://blog.esolia.pro/en/posts/20250827-make-the-most-of-onedrive-en/.
A Bowl of Renewal: Nanakusa-gayu
A Bowl of Renewal: Nanakusa-gayu on Jan 7th marks the "Jinjitsu no Sekku" (人日の節句)—the Festival of Humanity, one of the five sacred seasonal festivals in Japan.
https://cogley.jp/articles/a-bowl-of-renewal-nanakusa-gayu
Cloudflare's RADAR is a great service that is just chock full of info. Read their 6th annual year in review https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2025-year-in-review/ for the latest global trends, patterns, disruptions, advances and metrics.
Kanreki: Completing the Circle at 60
Japan's Kanreki celebration marks the completion of the 60-year zodiac cycle in Japan. Reflections on turning 60 in the Year of the Fire Horse and what rebirth means today.
https://cogley.jp/articles/kanreki-completing-the-circle-at-60
Japan Shrine Donation Amounts
Do you know how much money to give when you pray at a shrine in Japan? Read on to find out the standard good-luck and bad-luck amounts! ⛩️
https://cogley.jp/articles/japan-shrine-donation-amounts
Just updated the design and functionality of my long-form "now" page at rick.cogley.jp https://rick.cogley.jp, check it out! It's part of a larger effort to build a personal publishing stack using sveltekit on cloudflare.!
Just updated the design and functionality of my long-form "now" page at [rick.cogley.jp](https://rick.cogley.jp), check it out! It's part of a larger effort to build a personal publishing stack using sveltekit on cloudflare.!
JRC CleanShot Microsoft Edge 202…
We updated and upgraded eSolia’s Japan Emergency Information pages. Help a visitor to or resident in Japan by sharing! 🚑 https://esolia.co.jp/en/resources/japan/emergency/
Gosh what an exciting World Series. Dodgers and Blue Jays were both stellar and it was a nail biter until the end! Congrats LAD! 💦⚾️
Exciting World Series this year! On to game 7! 🏟️⚾️
When you change your domain’s DNS (NS records), you can flush the records in major DNS providers to force a quicker propagation:
Cloudflare: https://1.1.1.1/purge-cache/
Google: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache
OpenDNS: https://cachecheck.opendns.com/ https://1.1.1.1/purge-cache/ https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache https://cachecheck.opendns.com/
Visited Osaka Expo 2025 on 6 Sept with 220,000 others. It was hot and crowded but ultimately a good time thanks to A’s planning and a little luck. 
We have the J-ALERT disaster warning system here in Japan which pushes mobile alerts regarding quakes, floods etc. It makes a big racket when a train car of phones get an alert! 💥 https://esolia.com/japan-emergency-broadcast-system-j-alert/
A and I are heading to Osaka to visit the Expo. Of course a typhoon was coming up as we were heading down so there was a delay but we are moving now. Oh and there’s a pet bird chirping away. 🚄🐤
Japan visitors, it’s supposed to be rainy season, but instead we have a heat stroke alert in Kanto. Take it seriously, stay cool, don’t push too hard! 🥵 https://www.wbgt.env.go.jp/en/sp/alert.php