Link of the Day — Just click on it and you’ll be satisfied
At their inception, Nogizaka46 was the official rival of AKB48. Debuting in 2011, it took Nogizaka46 seven years to overtake their rivals and become Japan’s top mainstream idol act.
Today, Nogizaka46 are the rivals to a new idol group produced again by Akimoto Yasushi. The new group is 「僕が見たかった青空」(“Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora”) or “The Blue Sky I Wanted to See.”
How long until they overtake Nogizaka46?
Save Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium.
My favorite idol group, Nogizaka46, call it home. Every year on their summer tour since 2014, they’ve had a show there. There have been many memorable happenings at these lives. Ikuta flown in on a copter. Fourth Year Birth Day Live’s rain. 2016’s Synchronicity dual stadium shows. Graduations. Falls. Rain. Rain. Rain.
One day, I would love to see my beloved Nogizaka at Jingu.
If it is possible.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Showcasing-Japanese-baseball-requires-saving-Meiji-Jingu-stadium
Even Mac gurus have this problem.
I had signed up for an iTunes music account a long time ago maybe perhaps even when it was announced. Then I signed up for a Mobile Me account before it became iCloud. Then I most likely have a Japanese iTunes account. And I think I have a work one, too. I just have too many Apple ID accounts.
And there is no way to resolve them being one. No way.
Today’s link finds Daring Fireball himself stuck trying to navigate the multiple Apple ID accounts. He’s getting ads for services he’s already bought and it’s because of the multiple IDs that has confused him.
I, too, am confused by it all.
https://daringfireball.net/2023/05/followup_on_apple_services_ad
Recently, I’ve been buying Star Wars collectible cards. I don’t know why I just like them. Actually, it is just the one, the T206 style released last year, that I have bought. T206, if you don’t know, is the tobacco card style from early last century. Supposedly, there’s 200 in the set and there are many variants. I’m trying to get the set without worrying about the variants. Maybe later?
Anyhow, for the May Force Be with You, here’s a link to Topps’ Star Wars category for cards. I wonder if I did through my old collection if they are worth anything. Especially, since they’re mostly in good condition.
I love apples. And Apple.
But which ones are delicious?
Then check out today’s link as the give rankings for all varieties — red, green, and whatever colors they may come in.
Go check it out and taste it.
The crack of the bat. The roar of the crowd. Baseball is back!
Opening day at Orioles Park at Camden Yards is today!
Orioles are .500 — they’ve won 3 lost 3. Hopefully, today they’ll win their fourth. Today’s is all about last week’s opening day.
Let’s get excited! Go O’s!
https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/featured/birdland-insider-in-focus-opening-day-2023
Legalize it!
We did! So pretty soon we can spark one up.
Although now that I read about it, we still can’t purchase in the state. But let’s go to D.C. and get some weed and get high.
https://mmcc.maryland.gov/Pages/Legalization-of-Non-Medical-Cannabis.aspx
One of my favorite programming things is regular expressions. What are regular expressions? Well, they’re patterns mainly used to search text files particular words. It’s a code for how to find a needle in the haystack. My favorite is Perl regular expressions. I like programming in Perl because I like using it for searching for text in a file and processing that text into what I need to do. I hate when your search feature doesn’t use Perl regular expressions. (I am looking at you sed.)
Today’s link is to help you to use regular expressions. I think I have to read this, too.
Sight and Sound’s latest greatest films of all time. Vertigo drops to number 2. Sorry. SPOILER ALERT.
Two Studio Ghiblis. Get Out. Seven Samurai not even in the top 10?
Like a lot of lists there is many things to complain about. I just gave a few here. Go ahead and you do the same.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time
Link of the Day [9.2922]
Damn. It’s late in the day for a post of the day. I should wait until tomorrow, but I read this and found it really a great take that I want to share it with you.
Brexit. My favorite topic. It is where Conservatives got what they wanted, and they still don’t know what they want. They also don’t know the harm it will do.
The worst is still upcoming considering that when it becomes apparent that Brexit and the wellspring of stupidity that is the Conservatism from which it sprang is going to wreck Britain, they will double down. More of the worst from some of the worst people in the world.
All I know is that to be a Conservative in this day and age is toxic and dangerous to your country.
I am looking forward to more of this collapse. My popcorn is ready. The flames of Brexit will warm our hearths over the winter.
https://eand.co/why-britain-is-collapsing-and-what-happens-next-13a5fe7d48f4
