Today I Learned

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Slice of life - Thursday, 16 May. 2019

Today I learned "Slice of life". It is a genre of anime. It is called "日常系" in Japanese. This wording is interesting to me. I associated "onion slice" when I knew the words. But I think slice of life is just right. By the way, I like sl…

Ten days holiday - Sunday, 5 May. 2019

The Golden Week is Ten days holiday this year! Programming I'm writing many programs on this holiday. I've published three blog articles about the programs to my Japanese blog on this holiday. RubyをWhitespaceにトランスパイルする - pockest…

Pizza - Saturday, 2 Mar. 2019

Recently I bake pizza. It's delicious, and easy if you have a bread machine. I like mushroom pizza. I think pizza is the best cuisine for mushroom. I also like chicken or pork pizza, but I mostly bake bacon pizza because it is easiest.

Chocolate cake - Saturday, 2 Feb. 2018

Recently I baked a chocolate cake. It called "ガトーショコラ" in Japanese. The origin of "ガトーショコラ" naming is French. It is "Gâteau au chocolat". In Japanese, it is a kind of chocolate cake name, but "Gâteau au chocolat" equals choco…

I've started to watch foreign dramas - Tuesday, 18 Dec. 2018

Yesterday, I've started to watch a foreign dramas on Netflix. It is Lucifer. https://warnerbros.co.jp/tv/lucifer/ ← It is an official page, but I do not recommend showing this page because it has a spoiler. I like watching movies on Netfli…

Focaccia - Sunday, 16 Dec. 2018

Today, I baked focaccia. Focaccia is a kind of Italian bread. It is flat, and is uses olive oil instead of butter. Focaccia It was delicious, but too oily to me. Maybe I put too match olive oil. It goes well with prosciutto and lettuce. Th…

Playing Super Smash Bros. - Thursday, 13 Dec. 2018

Recently I'm playing Super Smash Bros. Special. It is the latest one of Super Smash Bros. series. I've played only Super Smash Bros. X. X was released in 2008, so I play the series after a long time. I liked Lucas, Zelda and Meta Knight in…

Izu Shimoda and Atagawa - Sunday, 25 Nov. 2018

Recently I went on a trip to Izu, Shizuoka. I stayed at Shimoda for two nights, and I went to Atagawa at the last day of the trip. Hot spring The primary purpose of the trip is hot spring. I stayed in a room that has a private hot spring. …

Acqua pazza - Saturday, 17 Nov. 2018

I cooked acqua pazza yesterday. It is Italian seafood cuisine. Ingredients Horse mackerel Asari clam Tomato Broccoli Salt and pepper Olive oil White wine Water Garlic Spaghetti Cooking steps Prepare horse mackerel. Remove the scales, guts …

Pixel 3 - Tuesday, 9 Nov. 2018

I got new smart phone recently. It is Pixel 3. It is the newest one of Pixel series. My previous smart phone has some problem. For instance, it has broken proximity sensor. I cannot stop phone call because the display is black out during p…

Sweet potato anpan - Sunday, 4 Nov. 2018

Today, I baked sweet potato anpan. Anpan is a kind of bread. It contains anko. Anko is sweet been paste. Sweet potato anpan does not use anko. It contains sweet potato paste only. It was delicious. I still have some frozen dough, so I'm lo…

Likes and dislikes - Tuesday, 30 Oct. 2018

Today, I published a web page that is a part of my profile page. It describes my likes and dislikes of food. Sorry it is written in Japanese. https://github.com/pocke/pocke.github.io/blob/master/sukikirai.md I have many dislike foods, so s…

Puyo Puyo - Friday, 26 Oct. 2018

Today, I played Puyo Puyo with coworkers. All player were beginner, but they ware growing during playing it. I bought new Puyo Puyo game for switch after I came home. This game is on sale. It is 500 JPY. I think it is super inexpensive, so…

Stitches removed - Thursday, 25 Oct. 2018

I got my stitches removed for pulled out wisdom tooth. I was scared by removing it, because I lost many blood when the wisdom tooth is pulled out. I have no problem today, so I was relieved. Today, I take frozen dough of chestnut bread to …

Payment of taxes to hometown - Wednesday, 24 Oct. 2018

I tried using payment of taxes to hometown system this week. It is called ふるさと納税 (Furusato nozei). If you donate to the hometown with this system, you can reduce taxes by donated amount minus 2000 yen, and get thank you gift from don…

Miso soup - Tuesday, 23 Oct. 2018

Today, I cooked miso soup with bean sprouts and asari clam. I haven't cooked in a while because my mouth is painful by pulling out wisdom tooth. I really like asari clam. I often cook miso soup and sake-steamed clams. Recently a magazine w…

Dinner with coworkers - Monday, 22 Oct. 2018

Today, I went to dinner with coworkers. We ate Yakiniku (Japanese style Korean BBQ). I like it, but I cannot eat fatty meat a lot. I feel I am old.

Painful eating - Sunday, 21 Oct. 2018

I mainly eat jelly drinks recently. Because my mouth is painful, so I don't want to chew. I'd like to eat other foods. I challenge some foods, which are oden (Japanese stew), ramen, and snacks, but I chewed them painfully. I'd like to eat …

Cat breed - Saturday, 20 Oct. 2018

Naming is difficult. Naming for a project is especially difficult. It takes a long time to decide on a project name. I can usually decide a project name quickly, because I have a rule. I use a cat breed name as a project name. I just searc…

Chestnut bread - Friday, 19 Oct. 2018

Today, I baked chestnut breads. I stocked the dough into my freezer. I'll take the dough to my office, and serve the bread that is hot from the oven. I've been sick since this Tuesday. I pulled out a wisdom tooth on Tuesday. After that, my…

I'd like to bake bread, but... - Thursday, 18 Oct. 2018

Today, I'd like to bake bread, but I dropped an egg to a floor accidentally. I had only one egg, so I gave up baking. By the way, I don't like egg, so I use egg only for baking. I usually buy one egg at a time because if I buy many eggs I …

I'm sick. - Wednesday, 17 Oct. 2018

I pulled out a wisdom tooth yesterday, then blood was flowing out during last night unfortunately. Therefore I went to a hospital to stop the blood. A doctor stopped the blood. However, I have still painful of the face. I can eat only soft…

Pulled out a wisdom tooth - Tuesday, 16 Oct. 2018

Today, I pulled out a wisdom tooth. My face is swollen. It is painful. I hope to be healed it as soon as possible. TIL swollen: 腫れた(形容詞)

My favorite singers are May'n, Tomoyo Harada, Hanako Oku, and miwa - Monday, 15 Oct. 2018

Today, I do not have any special events for this article, so I'll write my favorite singers. You can probably listen the singers songs by Google Play Music1. May'n She is an anime song singer. I listen May'n song recently the most. I reall…

Debugging MergeCat - Sunday, 14 Oct. 2018

Today, I debugged MergeCat. MergeCat is a web service, which is created by me. Some issues of MergeCat are reported to me. So I'd like to fix the issues during this weekend. However I couldn't fix all issues, so I'll fix them in next week.…

Chestnut shibukawa-ni - Saturday, 13 Oct. 2018

I'm cooking chestnut shibukawa-ni. I'm writing this article during cooking, because cooking it needs long time. I don't know what shibukawa-ni is called in English. I guess it is a special word for chestnut, in other works, shibukawa-ni is…

Vim lunch - Friday, 12 Oct. 2018

Today, I had Vim lunch. Vim lunch is a lunch with Vimmers. We told Vim and other things while the lunch. We planned this lunch in Vim JP slack workspace. This is a highly recommended workspace for Vimmer. I ate pork loin cutlet at lunch. T…

I don't like cheese - Thursday, 11 Oct. 2018

I like bread, so I often buy bread for lunch at JOHAN in Mitsukoshi. However, many bread include cheese! I hate it. I like sausage, but almost sausage bread includes cheese unfortunately. Many bread also include mayonnaise, and I do not li…

Today's dinner is gyoza and fried chicken stick - Wednesday, 10th Oct. 2018

Today, I bought a fried chicken stick at a convenience store unexpectedly. I'd like to pay by a credit card, so I said "I'd like to use a credit card" in Japanese, so actually I pronounced "クレジットカードでお願いします。" (credit card de…

Google translation is not perfect - Tuesday, 9th Oct. 2018

Today, I worked. After that, I went to dinner with coworkers. Google translation is not perfect. I found a confusing behavior of Google translation at last night. えいごむずい pic.twitter.com/1MAoeJWPnq— Pocke(ぽっけ) (@p_ck_) October 8, 2…