That Was Sweet
You had to love UH’s game against UCI. Two buzzer beaters to end each half and Hawaii walked away with the victory!
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Back to the Structures
Not so long ago, I declared Nike’s LunarEclipse my running shoe of choice. That didn’t last long. After a painful stint with Nike LunarGlide 4 and seeing parallels with the latest LunarEclipse 4, I went with the Zoom Structure 17.
Here’s the longer story…
The Zoom Structures, LunarEclipses, and LunarGlides are part of Nike’s stability series of running shoes. I’ve had a few Structure models over the years, the 12, the 14, and the 15. On the 16th revision, I had heard Nike abandoned the stabilizing foot bridge and instead started using different densities of Lunarlon foam. Scanning reviews of the Structure 16, runners were upset at this change. About this time, I picked up a pair of discounted Nike LunarGlide 4 and hated them. Running in them started off okay, but then the soreness came and got worse fast. The pain in my upper foot and ankle made running almost unbearable. Often times, I stopped mid-run and also wore an ankle brace for protection. I finally abandoned the LunarGlide for the LunarEclipse 3, and the pain quickly subsided.
So why go back to the Zoom Structure line instead of sticking with the LunarEclipse? From the product pictures alone, the sole of the new LunarEclipe 4 reminds me of the sole of the painful LunarGlides.
Nike LunarGlide 4 sole.
Nike LunarEclipse 2 (bottom) and 3 (top) soles.
I didn’t want to risk the pain again, so instead I took a chance with the foot bridge-less Zoom Structure 17. Runner’s World reviews the Structure 17 favorably so I’m hopeful.
Oddly enough, I just realized that three of the four Structures I’ve owned are black. Here’s my latest Nike Zoom Structure 17.
The First Starbucks Start Dash of 2014 Is Hardcore
Now that’s a way to kick off 2014! Starbucks first Star Dash of this year is a doozy with the possibility of earning 20 stars! Of course, you need to earn 25 stars on your own to get the 20 star bonus in the span of less than two weeks (January 27 to February 9, 2014). That’s hardcore, 25 stars in 13 days.
This is definitely going to promote the irritating behavior of making individual purchases. You know the type of customer, ordering four drinks for the office but paying for them one by one to get four stars. Good for your star generation but sucks for those in line behind you as four separate transactions are rung up, especially when all you want is a cup of brewed coffee. Now if the store is empty, and there’s no line then knock yourself out. But in the early morning crush, don’t be pulling this obtuse impertinence.
If you earn seven less stars (18 stars), your Dash bonus will be halved to 10. I wonder if this Star Dash is continued indoctrination for those who bought the free coffee or espresso tumblers for January. Now that they’re addicted to the caffeine from multiple visits to Starbucks on a daily basis, this promotion might continue the behavior.
Naturally, I signed up for the dash, but I doubt I’ll make it.
Looking for a Drill
Came across this Porter-Cable 12v drill
Yelped Verde Kaimuki
Had a trip to the Kaimuki area today and chose Verde Kaimuki for lunch. An excellent choice! Flavorful, fast service, and very affordable. Read my entire review on Yelp.
Here’s my filling Mexican Loco Moco.
The food was so satisfying that we ventured to the Humane Society and almost adopted a dog, Reebok. Say what?
Thirty Awesome Years of the Mac
Back in 1984, that little Mac personal computer started its journey to change the world. Thirty years have past, take a look at its awesome journey.
Stream Bigwest.tv to AppleTV?
Gotta do some research on the best way to stream on-the-road UH basketball games to my television set. Since there’s no national television broadcast, the only option is the live stream available on bigwest.tv. But I don’t want to watch the game on a computer screen.
Can the AppleTV stream this content natively? Seems like the best option so far is to Airplay the stream from a computer or iOS device to an AppleTV. Gotta keep looking…
What App Is That, Melissa Chang?
It started off as a genuine question when I asked Melissa Chang what app she used to create those captivating picture collages. Apparently, I hadn’t been the only one asking. Melissa respectfully answered my query then we joked about how she should blog about the app and drive viewers to her blogged answer.
So here we are. It’s Frametastic.
And here’s my first attempt at making a collage using the in-app-video-upgraded Frametastic.
Endearing Myself to Richard Sherman
My knowledge of the NFL is woeful, but after hearing about the Seahawks’ Richard Sherman go off during an interview, I wanted to check it out. Here’s the interview after the conclusion of Seattle’s win over San Francisco.
Whoa! But then check out his Sports Illustrated explanation along with this commercial from the Beats.
Whoa times two. And that old school name, “Richard.” Whoa times three. Stanford grad? Whoa times four. All I know is that Richard’s outburst certainly is giving the Super Bowl an early start on the hype.
Update: This is a great article about Richard Sherman.
Where Has the Passion Gone?
New year or fatigue carried over from 2013? I’m not sure, but it surely seems the passion is gone. Things in the office feel stale. Went to a meeting where attendance was low and the energy wasn’t there. And most telling, the Home Depot employee who cheerfully helped a few years back during remodeling seemed like an entirely different person. His cheer was gone. He still knew his stuff, but he didn’t want to engage like previous interactions. And what’s with my inconsistent blogging?
Where has the passion gone?
Skipped #RamenBurgerHI
For a moment, I considered heading down to Kakaako to wait in line for an authentic Ramen Burger at Taste. But the thought of waiting in a long line got the better of me, so instead I’m just following along via social media. Sounds like people starting lining up as early as 8:30, but the line didn’t get seriously crazy until 10:00.
With over 200 people queued up and a max of 3 ramen burgers per patron, your time is about up. Here’s what you’re missing out on.
Yup! #RamenBurgerHI pic.twitter.com/ikH94R39a9
— Olena Heu (@OlenaHeu) January 15, 2014
So if you’re like me, go home, grab that Sapporo Ichiban and May’s beef patties, and put on them sad-excuse Lugz Zosho.
New Years Site Cleaning
Over the end of December and beginning of January 2014, Pulpconnection has been getting hit hard. Not sure how or why but server resource allocation skyrocketed and stayed there for long periods of time. Because of this, Pulpconnection would be unavailable for periods of time. Even after server reboots, resources would be consumed once again in a matter of minutes.
I wasn’t exactly sure how to approach this problem but followed several helpful guides from Dreamhost. I reviewed their WordPress optimization tips but had most of these already implemented. I did some of the WordPress fine tuning suggestions. Lastly, I looked at server troubleshooting and optimization. From what I could tell, there was a ton of traffic from other countries. While I love my international audience, I figured most of my content isn’t necessarily world renowned so I blocked entire countries. Yep, using CloudFlare, blocking entire countries is pretty easy.
Along with this mass blocking, I cleaned out unused WordPress themes and plugins, trying to minimize my WordPress footprint. I also tripled the memory allocation to my servers which made things dreamy but too costly.
The server load has been consistent and steady for the past few days so I’m hoping things are stable once again. But having said this, I bet I just jinxed myself. 🙁