Stop region-locking subtitles

A Short Story It’s a balmy evening in 2026, in between spring and summer. I want to watch the film There Will Be Blood (2007) with my wife, so I sit down in my apartment in Seoul, South Korea, and open the apple tv app on my lg stanByMe1. I’d already looked it up online and confirmed that it had Korean subtitles. I did find it odd that the English subtitles and/or closed captions weren’t present despite being it released in the US… but I glossed over it since I just wanted Korean subtitles, and surely both would be available, right? ...

April 24, 2026 · 4 min

Garmin's $850 smartwatch can’t render CJK text

I recently acquired a Garmin Fenix 6X, currently Garmin’s flagship model. While I did research beforehand, I forgot that my phone was in Korean, and thus the notifications would be in Korean… Silly me. The 6 series is not cheap, starting at $600, with the 6X starting at $750. The solar editions go for $1,000 and $1,150. This specific variant currently retails for $850, so when I found it on discount for $500 I hopped on that. ...

January 11, 2020 · 3 min