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Toru Jun 01, 2015Jan 08, 2024 brainworks, checking emails, evening, morning, night, parasympathetic, reading books

Working in the Morning

I often read books and check emails in the morning. However, I heard we should avoid such things. Almost all Read More
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Toru May 31, 2015Jan 08, 2024 bike ride, cycling, hot spring, open-air bath, sore feet

Today, I woke up early and went for a bike ride.

Today, I woke up early and went for a bike ride. It was about 50 km each way. On the Read More
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Toru May 30, 2015Jan 08, 2024 dizzy, headache, hours, sleeping, weak

Too Much Sleep

Today, I got a headache from sleeping too much. Maybe I slept more than 15 hours. I feel weak and Read More
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Toru May 29, 2015Jan 08, 2024 deep sleep, Harry Potter, programming, sushi, workshop

Little Treat

Today, I taught about programming as in the case with yesterday. However, I think my work went well than yesterday. Read More
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Toru May 28, 2015Jan 08, 2024 company, preparation, programming, satisfied, workshop

Programming Workshop

Today, I held a programming workshop for a few people in a company. Because of poor preparation, they might be Read More
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Toru May 27, 2015Jan 08, 2024 Collatz Conjecture, computer, even number, finite trial, natural number, number theory, odd number, unsolved problem

Collatz Conjecture

Today, I wrote a program source of Collatz Conjecture. 今日は、コラッツの問題のプログラムを書きました。 Although this is one of the unsolved problems in number Read More
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Toru May 26, 2015Jan 08, 2024 CSS3, customer, Internet Explorer 8, JavaScript, modify, morning, released, web page

Compatibility Between Browsers

A few days ago, I built a web page and released it. I was feeling relieved, but then, I got Read More
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Toru May 25, 2015Jan 08, 2024 earthquake, elementary school, Japanese intensity scale, trained, tremors

Earthquake

Today, an earthquake occurred around noon. It was measured level two on the Japanese intensity scale. In our laboratory, some Read More
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Toru May 24, 2015Jan 08, 2024 apartment, building, card key, English, laboratory, members, university, vacation, wallet

I Can Do Little or Nothing

Today, I tried to go to my university. 私は今日、学校に行こうとしました。 However, I couldn’t enter the building because the card key wasn’t Read More
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