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The first time I saw Mount Fuji
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Ever since I can remember, I have always been interested, even fascinated, by Japan and its culture. For someone with a deep appreciation for Japan, witnessing Mount Fuji for the first time was an unforgettable experience. Let’s travel back to January 15, 2009, exactly fifteen years ago. I was living in a modest building in…
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Framing Japan – Part 2
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Let’s continue our photographic journey in Japan, by diving into the archives from my previous trips, for a moment of nostalgia. For this second part, I chose three photos. Sensō-ji temple The striking Sensō-ji temple pagoda, in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. If I remember correctly, I took this photo from the Denboi Garden, right beside the pagoda.…
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Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
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For me, the first two Ghostbusters movies are like real madeleines de Proust. I regularly enjoy watching them because I like everything about them and they make me feel good. They are on my list of “feel-good movies”. By the way, Bill Murray often appears in these movies, and I really like this actor. A few…
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Blogging without overthinking
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While reading this post by Manu, whose website I recently discovered and enjoy reading a lot, I came across another article by Matt Mullenweg titled “Birthday Gift”. In his article, Matt, who is soon to celebrate his 40th birthday, shares about the gift he wishes for: I want you to blog. Publish a post. About anything!…
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Thoughts and Self-Retrospective on Resolutions
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Here comes a new year. Farewell 2023, welcome 2024. I have the impression that the older I get, the faster time seems to pass. Anyway, the flow of time is inevitable, so let’s embrace it and try to make the best of it. I don’t particularly believe in New Year’s resolutions, but I still like…
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Framing Japan – Part 1
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The article I published yesterday contains two photos I took that same day. Publishing those photos made me want to publish more photos. So, I dug into my archives, and I came across photographs I took in Japan around 2012/2013. I miss Japan. My last stay there was in 2016 and I can’t wait to go…
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The Last Stroll of the Year
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Today, I took a nice walk with my dog in the nearby countryside. There weren’t many people around, I came across a few walkers, it was pleasant. Most of the time, I find myself feeling somewhat lazy when I think about going for a walk, even just a relaxed stroll. I’m comfortably settled at home…
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A FamilyMart in your browser
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In the past, I have had the opportunity — and the pleasure — to go to Japan several times and to stay there from a few weeks to several months. A few years ago, I spent three weeks in a not very touristic but charming and enjoyable neighborhood of a city located in the southwest…
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Redesigning my website – Part 2
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I tried to code the homepage I designed a few days ago. As a reminder, here’s the mock-up I made: To my great surprise, I managed to code this page quite easily and quickly! Of course, I had to google this and that, and I used the developer tools of my browser to get some inspiration…
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Redesigning my website
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I am thinking about moving from WordPress to another CMS, and I thought it could also be a great opportunity to change the design of my website. But before talking design, let me try to explain how I ended up with that sudden envy of redesigning my website. I am currently (december 2023) using a…