Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 19/09/2026I think チャッピー entering regular Japanese vernacular is one example. Our mostly young fashion design staff tend to have their fingers on the Japanese zeitgeist and talk about using チャッピー pretty much every day. 010
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 15/09/2026Nice. On nano SIM availability outside the US, at least in Japan, Apple went eSIM only with last year’s iPhone 17. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 15/09/2026It’s also where they’ve moved Shoto and Hiroo junior high schools while they’re being rebuilt. 010
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 11/09/2026Never saw Titanic when it was released so I'm watching it for the first time as it's on Japanese telly. Totally unbelievable. There's no way such a well built ship would sink just from hitting an iceberg. 001
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 08/09/2026Nice advertising for Exit 8 in Shibuya Station today, complete with posters from the game. I exited via the less ominous A0. 001
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 05/09/2026I’m hoping the progress is: “How about we don’t start offloading the $1 trillion in US Treasuries we’re holding?” 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/09/2026For gigs, the best seats are as close as possible to the mixing desk. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/08/2026Fascinating read. Trade World preordered, looking forward to it. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/08/2026Are you also planning on sending monthly residuals to the builders that worked on your house? 0120
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 22/08/2026Earthquake early warning system worked, enough time to open some doors and brace, one wine glass casualty. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 25/07/2026Shibuya Scramble Square has turned on the landing lights. Gundam is now cleared for approach. 021
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 22/07/2026Let’s not forget the obligatory overhead timelapse, which I am also guilty of taking. Living in Shibuya, I naturally regret everything. 030
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 12/07/2026First harvest of blueberries from the terrace. At Tokyo prices, this might be my retirement plan. 020
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 09/07/2026The Islamic Republic of Japan was not on my 2026 bingo card. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 08/07/2026Forget red card shenanigans. FIFA should use vexillology to decide the quarter-finals: France vs Belgium, Argentina vs Spain, and Norway, England and Switzerland play a mini round-robin, with the loser taking on Morocco. 000
Reposted by Kyle BarrowJohn Allsopp @johnfallsopp.com · 19/06/2026worldcup.webdirections.org So for no particular reason, I have built a World Cup app that gives you real-time commentary, text-based, as well as details on past games, tablets, teams etc. And most importantly has a work mode, which looks like a spreadsheet, so you don't get busted at work.worldcup.webdirections.orgWorld Cup 2026 — LiveLive World Cup scores, group tables and qualification scenarios — at a glance. 042
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 04/06/2026Rolling out the CSS scroll animation fixes in Safari Technology Preview that were broken in a Safari 26 point release. 020
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 03/06/2026@gruber.foo Thanks for the useful info on dealing with multiple Apple accounts in the latest podcast. Can confirm it's even worse if you've moved countries. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/06/2026This brings back fond memories of PostPet, where a cartoon bear carried my email across the internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostPet 010
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 10/05/2026media.tenor.coma close up of a statue of yoda from star wars holding a sword .ALT: a close up of a statue of yoda from star wars holding a sword . 020
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 10/04/2026At this point, if smartphones didn’t need pockets, civilisation would just be walking around in its underpants. 000
Reposted by Kyle BarrowBluesky @bsky.app · 03/04/2026We've launched an official Japanese account! Give it a follow if you're interested in more Japan-specific information. 722919753
Reposted by Kyle BarrowNiels Leenheer @html5test.com · 27/03/2026CSS is DOOMed! I've build DOOM in CSS and every wall, floor, barrel, and imp is a div, positioned in 3D space using CSS transforms. cssdoom.wtf Try it out! But... not every browser can handle it. This is taking the browser to its limit. Chrome has some issues. Safari too. Bugs will be filed.cssdoom.wtfcssDOOMDOOM rendered entirely in CSS. Every wall, floor, barrel, and imp is a div, positioned in 3D space using CSS transforms. 29725276
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/03/2026Since Trump insists on putting his name on everything, seems only fair we call this the Trump Shock. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/03/2026Have a bash script on macOS and want to annoy everyone in the office? Add: say -v Zarvox "By your command" 020
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 22/03/2026It’s 2026 and BrowserStack still only ships Intel binaries for local testing on Macs (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 14/03/2026@reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz one more menu item disaster for you: 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 09/03/2026@reckless.bsky.social Break the YouTube hegemony and add video podcast support for even more flavour. 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 02/03/2026Recently an elderly relative asked if I'd 'got the pedophile.' Somewhat alarmed, I asked them to clarify. They meant the PDF. The F apparently means 'file' 000
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 21/02/2026We had something like it in NZ: grease proof paper better designed for cooking in tiny 10cm squares. 110
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 07/02/2026Could have got away with it if the lobsters were from NZ which at least look the same. 110
Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/02/2026Pretty good view of the house that refused to sell so they just built Narita Airport around it. 010