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  • Osaka to Tokushima to Ryozen-ji

    Osaka to Tokushima to Ryozen-ji

    The absolute first thing to mention is how extremely helpful and patient people have been. I took a local route to get to Ryozen-ji, the first temple, through a inter-island bus then the local bus. In both places there was no English signage or guide books however walking up to the counter and with a bit of pointing both times the attendants got me to the right place, and just in time. I really can’t express how thankful I am. The trip from Osaka to Ryozen-ji was about 4 hours but it passed pretty quickly. Once I got to the temple I took a moment to pray and wash my hands but got to the store just as it was closing. Fortunately the keeper was still there and directed me to a hostel down the street where the owner marked out important notes on the route and took us grocery shopping.

     

  • Osaka

    Osaka

    After a delightful 12 hour flight from Seattle I arrived in Osaka and spent the next day exploring the city in foot, a good prelude to spending every day on foot. Once again I’ll write more at some point.

  • Seattle

    Seattle

    I was in Seattle for a few days before getting to Osaka and eventually I’ll actually put something in here but for now this post is a placeholder; with a nice picture.

  • The Shikoku Henro Trail

    The Shikoku Henro Trail

    As of the 4th of October I will be walking the Shikoku Henro Trail on the southern Japanese island of Shikoku. Rather than provide my own description you can check out http://www.shikokuhenrotrail.com.

  • PhotoShop CS6 and 30 Bit Color

    Thank you Ars Technica for pointing this out.

    http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/adobe-photoshop-cs6-extended-and-adobe-creative-cloud-review/5/

  • Fix Facebook Fix Plugin and Facebook Meta Data

    There is an awesome plugin out there http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fix-facebook-like/ which fixes errors that can crop up with incomplete Facebook Meta Data. Basically when Facebook goes to submit a Like they attach a lot of information to it such as a description, link, type, so on. This data is what ends up in Facebook Insights (among other places I am sure) and is generally used to categorize the information. What Fix Facebook Like does is rebuild that data, which can be outputted wrong from WordPress.

    There is a small issue with the plugin though, it comes down to the Type field used by Facebook, “og:type.” If this “og:type” is wrong Facebook considers it a showstopper and the Like system breaks. The plugin fills this out automatically and every now and then hits an “og:type” Facebook doesn’t recognize and everything grinds to a halt. The easiest fix is to go into the PHP for the Fix Facebook Like and remove the line:
    < meta property="og:type" content="" />

    Removing the line means Facebook will try and figure out the type on it’s own. Alternatively you can look up the “og:type” and fill it out manually, there is a site here http://ogp.me/#types that will do just that for you. The modified plugin means all your Likes will go through and have the proper meta information with them!