The twenty-first syllable in the iroha hiragana sequence is na (な), represented in both of my two iroha karuta sets by the same proverb: 泣き面に蜂 Naki tsura ni hachi or, in fuller form: 泣き面に蜂が刺す Naki tsura

He he, this is the moment when I start to (kind of) "root for" one, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, Prime Minister (of the U.K.), and offer him some rich Machiavellian advice. Actually,

A Schadenfreude fantasy on a damp station platform somewhere in twentieth century England.

What is gold to a cat, or a cat to gold?

Why I've stopped pretending my English seminars are academic - and what I'm doing instead!

It’s been a while since I last posted about the Iroha Karuta here on Hive. In fact, this is my first post in the series this year. I'm chilling out at home during the Golden Week season of consecutive

Tap to spend is now available in Guatemala in Hostel Del Lago, a huge 50 bed Hotel at Lake Atitlan. Each guest is given a Hive Debit NFC card when the check in, they can top up that card anytime they like

Here's my latest Satsman-related video looking at a simple question: how fast can you realistically get to 1 Bitcoin by earning rather than buying? If you rely on ordinary "faucet" sites, the

✍️ Riassunto in 🇮🇹 della seguente Live realizzata da Dash Italia By AI NotebookLM Tool 🤖 Joel Valenzuela (@thedessertlinux), figura di riferimento nell'ecosistema @dashpay, ha condiviso la sua straordinaria

If you’ve ever wondered whether small daily Bitcoin rewards can actually add up to something meaningful, this post will give you a clear answer. I recently ran the numbers on Satsman.com to see what a

This was my fifth and final dead hang challenge of March 2026. My record dead-hang until then was 81 seconds... Would I be able to beat it? I took along a countdown timer to see if it would help me stay

The cherry trees are out in blossom and lots of people are enjoying "hanami" (花見) parties all over Japan right now. In many places the petals are already falling like spring snow, but that won't

Just to be clear, whatever you might be thinking, "fuku fuku" (ふくふく) is a Japanese onomatopoeic expression meaning something like "soft and plump," or "well fed," and is

Having not done a single dead hang for about a year, this month I've done four so far... Deadhang 1 = 60+ seconds: Deadhang 2 = +/-74 seconds - nice progress, but no video. Deadhang 3 = 40 seconds 😔 -

Yesterday, I found myself just a stone's throw away from an old haunt of mine back in the day - Second House okonomiyaki restaraurant in Furue (古江 - "Old Inlet") on the western outskirts of Hiroshima

Hello my friends, As promised, today we are soft launching My Own Page for the community. I genuinely believe this simple tool can be incredibly useful — powerful even — when it comes to bringing more

An Index of all my Satsman-related content

Here's a video I recorded a couple of days ago of me playing two simple word games that let you earn a little crypto while having fun. If you enjoy puzzles like Wordle, these will feel very familiar. The

Project Budgets and Community Marketing of Their Achievements This session brought together key Hive project teams @ecency, @peakd, @blocktrades, @asgarth, @jarvie, @good-karma, and @starkerz to discuss

It was a cloudy old day, and I found myself in a park with time to spare before my annual tax appointment. Rather than sit scrolling on my phone, I decided to revisit one of my small personal challenges: