Having cameras like this really changes what you see. 

Smashing Sono's "arguments" like a hammer on glass.

Blog post talking about growing up in a multilingual environment and work as a Japanese translator. 

I really like the idea of limiting most buildings to five floors. Having squares is a nice idea too. There are no places like so to fraternize in my neighborhood. Honestly, there have been quite a few times that I've felt, "What were the city planners thinking here?" 

Excellent read. I wish it weren't true.

Text based communication on a clean GUI? Oh, yes. Good mention of Slack in here. 

Japanese to English Translation
Some time ago, in my mid to late twenties, I decided I wanted to be a translator. I was always surrounded by multiple languages. I was raised by an English speaking mother and a French speaking father. My father usually spoke to me in English when we were a...

I thought female genital mutilation (or cutting) was a Muslim custom, but apparently it's not. It's a custom that became prominent in Egypt, and then spread throughout Africa. Even if some women get reconstructive surgery to allow for normal sexual intercourse or childbirth, many never fully heal from the experience they had as prepubescent girls. Raising awareness about the details of this rite of passage is probably the best way to rid Earth of this custom.

“The press club system in place in Japan is completely obstructing the development of professionalism within Japanese journalism.”