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hirohurl (69)in HiveFest • 4 days ago
My Hive Fest Diary 3b: Day 1 Conference - 4 Takeaways from @clayboyn his Splinterlands Presentation
I sidled crabwise into Splinterlands. I did not intend to become a player though I joined way back in 2020. Then I found out that staked SPS was paying out juicy interest rates…
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hirohurl (69)in HiveFest • 6 days ago
My Hive Fest Diary 3a: Day 1 Conference - 3 Takeaways from @thebeedevs Presentation
Here's my first pic of me let loose on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, posing in front of "some random tall building" - rather, in front of a random hotel in front of a random tall…
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hirohurl (69)in BEER • 9 days ago
How Kirin's Good Ale Shot Me Down Memory Lane...
I did a double take when I first saw today’s Japanese #BeerSaturday (week 435) ale in the beer fridge at my local Seven-Eleven convenience store. Emblazoned across the top of…
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hirohurl (69)in HiveFest • 17 days ago
I bought some durian candy for my Japanese college students to try...
"No classes next week," I told my Japanese college students, "I'm going to Malaysia." "Bring us back a souvenir," they clamoured. So I picked up the ideal gift from Kuala…
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hirohurl (69)in BEER • 18 days ago
"A sad tale's best for winter": Sapporo Fuyu Monogatari Lager
Aha! The first harbinger of winter is here! Not the first frost, nor bare trees, nor migrating geese; not even dripping noses or the flu, BUT... Sapporo Winter's Tale beer…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 21 days ago
This Kuala Lumpur Cat Has Got Life Sorted!
I was in Kuala Lumpur to attend the tenth HiveFest, and our base was the KL Journal Hotel, which, it turns out, has its own resident cat that hangs out as a permanent fixture on…
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hirohurl (69)in HiveFest • 25 days ago
My Hive Fest Diary 2: I (just about) made it to the Opening Drinks! (My Shaggy Dog Arrival Story)
I had a window seat on my flight from Osaka to Kuala Lumpur, and as the plane began its descent over Kuala Lumpur I had a good look at the scene below when I began to notice the…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 27 days ago
My Hive Fest Diary, 1: I made it to Osaka (Kansai International Airport)!
A couple of days ago I set off for my first ever Hive Fest in Kuala Lumpur. I was determined to travel light - carry on baggage only - and packed just one bag, actually a…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 29 days ago
Celebrating the Mrs' Birthday - Best Meal of the Year...
It was the Mrs' birthday last Saturday so that evening I treated her to dinner at the best gourmet Italian restaurant in Hiroshima, which happens to be a two minute walk from our…
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hirohurl (69)in The Chess Community • last month
Can Cheap 7-11 Wine Inspire a Blitz Chess Victory?
It’s a late-night, midweek experiment: I'm out of beer but have got an el-cheapo 7-11 bottle of Chilean " Gran Andes Chardonnay " that I picked up for just under ¥600.…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • last month
Alumna Revisits Her Old Classroom & Drags Sensei Out For Lunch!
Well, that was a laugh! One of my former students, Hiroshima's BMX Queen ( ), revisited college a few days ago and wanted to join one of my classes for old times' sake. I…
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hirohurl (69)in The Chess Community • last month
Is This Chess, or the Battle of Hastings?
Here are a couple of online blitz games I recently played against an opponent who had a penchant for flank pawn openings, moving pawns rather than pieces in the opening, and…
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hirohurl (69)in #alive • last month
My Hive Progress Report for September 2025: Splinterlands Guild Target Hit!
The sweltering summer continued deep into September. It was only once we got past the equinox that the daytime heat and humidity became a bit less intense. The evenings are now…
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hirohurl (69)in HiveFest • last month
🍻 My First HiveFest Ever! Kuala Lumpur Here I Come!
▶️ Watch on 3Speak I’m counting the days to the de-fi Hive blockchain HiveFest in Kuala Lumpur in October 2025. I can’t wait to meet in the flesh the people I’ve…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 2 months ago
Grilled Meat in Middle Earth?
The daughter came to stay for a few days so we celebrated that auspicious event by trying out a recently opened local yakiniku - 焼き肉 (grilled meat) - restaurant. The flyer…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 2 months ago
Iroha Karuta 9b: Is "Moon and Turtle" kinda like "The Moon and Sixpence"?
A few years ago I read Somerset Maugham's novel, "The Moon and Sixpence," about a London stockbroker who chucks in his comfortable but dull life and wife to become a painter in…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 2 months ago
Summer Afternoon White Wine & Yuzu Spritzer
Last Thursday morning I rolled up at my bi-monthly community centre class to find a bag of green "yuzu" on my table, a gift from one of my students. "Yuzu" is a small east…
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hirohurl (69)in #alive • 2 months ago
Better Late Than Never... My Hive Crypto Report for August 2025!
Here we are, well into the second half of September and still the days are stiflingly hot and humid as the long Hiroshima summer grinds on well past the dog days. How many more…
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hirohurl (69)in Liketu • 2 months ago
A Chance Encounter With A BMX Queen
The weekend before last I was partying after presenting a paper to a "Shakespeare and Modern Writers" conference in Hiroshima and popped into Friendz bar for a nightcap when I…
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hirohurl (69)in The Chess Community • 2 months ago
Can I Win A Drunken Blitz Chess Game While Attempting to Commentate on the Game?
There's a Grandmaster called GingerGM who's a great entertainer when it comes to playing online chess and commentating at the same time. Granted, he quite often loses because…
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