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Kyle Barrow

@kylebarrow.com
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Kiwi in Tokyo. CTO at X-9. Owner of views. Can be found in Shibuya and occasionally Marlborough wine country. Like building things, growing things, photography, sci-fi, and rugby. Have seen Nirvana play live.

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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/09/2026
I think the same goes for Japan.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 26/09/2026
Another excellent, informative thread, thank you.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 19/09/2026
I 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.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 15/09/2026
Nice. On nano SIM availability outside the US, at least in Japan, Apple went eSIM only with last year’s iPhone 17.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 15/09/2026
It’s also where they’ve moved Shoto and Hiroo junior high schools while they’re being rebuilt.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 11/09/2026
Never 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.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 08/09/2026
Nice advertising for Exit 8 in Shibuya Station today, complete with posters from the game. I exited via the less ominous A0.
Shibuya Station passageway with a large yellow Exit 8 advertisement designed like the game’s exit sign, alongside a row of posters recreating the game’s underground corridor.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 05/09/2026
I’m hoping the progress is: “How about we don’t start offloading the $1 trillion in US Treasuries we’re holding?”
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/09/2026
For gigs, the best seats are as close as possible to the mixing desk.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/08/2026
Fascinating read. Trade World preordered, looking forward to it.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/08/2026
Are you also planning on sending monthly residuals to the builders that worked on your house?
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 22/08/2026
Earthquake early warning system worked, enough time to open some doors and brace, one wine glass casualty.
iPhone lock screen showing an emergency earthquake early warning at 2:01 a.m.: “Strong shaking is expected soon. Stay calm and seek shelter nearby.” The alert says an earthquake occurred in Ibaraki Prefecture. Violent shaking began just a couple of seconds later.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 18/08/2026
Specs offender
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 07/08/2026
Heroes
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 25/07/2026
Shibuya Scramble Square has turned on the landing lights. Gundam is now cleared for approach.
Night view of Shibuya, Tokyo, under a dark grey sky. Shibuya Scramble Square stands prominently in the centre, with bright white zigzag lights outlining the top of the building. Several illuminated construction cranes and surrounding high-rises are visible.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 22/07/2026
Let’s not forget the obligatory overhead timelapse, which I am also guilty of taking. Living in Shibuya, I naturally regret everything.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 15/07/2026
No, it’s very nice.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 12/07/2026
First harvest of blueberries from the terrace. At Tokyo prices, this might be my retirement plan.
Photo of a small bowl of blueberries.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 09/07/2026
The Islamic Republic of Japan was not on my 2026 bingo card.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 08/07/2026
Forget 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.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 07/07/2026
Trump announces 400% tariff on frites.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 03/07/2026
Tokyo
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 29/06/2026
Isn’t this what large over-ear headphones are for?
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 23/06/2026
Five Get Up To Mischief (2026)
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John Allsopp @johnfallsopp.com · 19/06/2026
worldcup.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.org
World Cup 2026 — Live
Live World Cup scores, group tables and qualification scenarios — at a glance.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 04/06/2026
Rolling out the CSS scroll animation fixes in Safari Technology Preview that were broken in a Safari 26 point release.
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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.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/06/2026
Think this depends on which team you’re supporting
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/06/2026
This brings back fond memories of PostPet, where a cartoon bear carried my email across the internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostPet
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 29/05/2026
Hell yeah
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 11/05/2026
Time to move to Fukuoka!
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 10/05/2026
media.tenor.com
a 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 .
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 10/04/2026
At this point, if smartphones didn’t need pockets, civilisation would just be walking around in its underpants.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 07/04/2026
( ´・・)ノ(._.`)
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 06/04/2026
I hope you thoroughly wash your hands after this.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/04/2026
We've launched an official Japanese account! Give it a follow if you're interested in more Japan-specific information.
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Niels Leenheer @html5test.com · 27/03/2026
CSS 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.wtf
cssDOOM
DOOM rendered entirely in CSS. Every wall, floor, barrel, and imp is a div, positioned in 3D space using CSS transforms.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/03/2026
Since Trump insists on putting his name on everything, seems only fair we call this the Trump Shock.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 27/03/2026
Have a bash script on macOS and want to annoy everyone in the office? Add: say -v Zarvox "By your command"
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 25/03/2026
China’s AI adoption outpaces the West. Japan: チャッピー
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 25/03/2026
Nice!
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 22/03/2026
It’s 2026 and BrowserStack still only ships Intel binaries for local testing on Macs (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 14/03/2026
@reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz one more menu item disaster for you:
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 09/03/2026
@reckless.bsky.social Break the YouTube hegemony and add video podcast support for even more flavour.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 05/03/2026
Worth opening on desktop and scrolling around:
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 02/03/2026
Recently 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'
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 26/02/2026
Very impressive
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 21/02/2026
We had something like it in NZ: grease proof paper better designed for cooking in tiny 10cm squares.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 07/02/2026
Could have got away with it if the lobsters were from NZ which at least look the same.
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Kyle Barrow @kylebarrow.com · 01/02/2026
Pretty good view of the house that refused to sell so they just built Narita Airport around it.
A photo of a house in the middle of airport tarmac, surrounded by a tall fence
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