You Had to Have Seen This Already
I know it’s old news but the Game of Thrones Season 3 trailer was released a few days ago. If you haven’t yet watched, here it is.
Go ahead HBO, take my money!
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That’d be LeBron Dunking
Despite the grainy video, that is LeBron James throwing down a crazy dunk during warmups. Through the legs pass off the backboard and a monster throw down!
I’ll take the “H” in H-O-R-S-E.
Jennifer Lawrence Is Funny
I don’t know much about Jennifer Lawrence other than she’s Katniss in the Hunger Games. Never knew she was so funny with a quick, honest wit. Check out her question and answer session during the Oscars. Or maybe it’s that shot of booze she downed before fielding questions.
Cat on a Roof
I’m not sure how this cat did it, but he managed to get on the roof of this house. You don’t see a cat running around up there every day… or at all.
Added to Our LEGO Collection
Valentine’s Day brought along some new additions to our LEGO collection. Here are the instruction booklets.
I’m very impressed with the Ninjago set. That mecha exoskeleton includes lots of interesting parts for only $10.
A Taste of Robotics at Pearlridge Center
I’ve never watched a robotics competition for any duration before, but Pearlridge Center gave me the opportunity this past weekend. On Sunday, February 17, 2013, Pearlridge hosted a VEX Robotics Competition as part of Engineers Week in Hawaii.
Middle and elementary schools from around the island showcased their custom designed and built robots in a competition of skills and strategy. The rules of the competition is complex with scoring, high goal scoring, de-scoring, autonomous mode bonus, parking bonus, alliances, and more. Regardless, watching the robots and the kids actively engaged was fun. I gotta say, using robots to block other robots was an exciting twist, and the defensive strategy was very effective, allowing the underdogs to take down higher ranked opponents.
Here’s a small taste of one round of the competition.
And here are a few pictures.
Congratulations to all teams and their schools for a great show!
Migrating from Posterous to WordPress.com
Since Posterous announced that it will be shutting down on April 30, I followed their steps to backup my existing Posterous content.
For the requested backup to be available took some time and downloading ~140 MB of stuff took some time as well. Using my existing (but unused) pulpconnection.wordpress.com blog, I used the Import tool. I located the XML file in the unzipped download and let the import tool go to work. After another wait, I was notified everything completed successfully.
So at least my 459 Posterous items now live on within WordPress.com. Who knows, I may even configure this extra blog to be Posterous like.
Oh and apologies if this massive import blows up your WordPress.com Reader if you follow along. I’m not sure if all these entries are reported as “new” and therefore overwhelm your reader feed.
A Starbucks Three C, a Pebble, and Me
Just enjoying a Starbucks “Three C’s” while wearing my Pebble watch.
The Three C’s are cinnamon, chocolate (mocha), and caramel, and I ordered a partial Three C’s from Starbucks secret menu to cut down on the sweetness.
Ala Moana Last Week
So this week at Ala Moana Center, there were lion dances and a flash freeze mob, but what about last week? Last week was more mellow although it started on a rare note as I parked next to a Maserati. At Champs Sports, I spied the Nike Air Max 95 EM Honolulu version. But I couldn’t find Center Court. Where’d it go?
I did find the future home of the Microsoft Store. It’s next to Bath and Body Works, diagonal from the Apple Store, and faces Fashion Secrets.
I also found the new and temporary Centertainment stage by Nordstrom’s. It’s small.
Week by week, this mall giant changes ever so much. For a little bit more pictures, check out the gallery below.
Freeze Frame Flash Mob at Ala Moana
On Saturday, February 16, 2013, Ala Moana Center celebrated Chinese New Year by unleashing dancing lions to traverse the mall. As the many drumbeats of the performances echoed throughout, the once home of Center Court held a silent show. A freeze frame flash mob quietly assembled frozen in poses for a few minutes.
It took a little while for shoppers to understand this was a show, not just people standing in the way of bustling shoppers. This performance did catch the Ala Moana security guards off guard. Do they remove these silent models? Is this a sanctioned show? I’m guessing this flash mob is this event organized on Facebook.
A few more frozen pics.
I was tempted to tap one of them on the shoulder to ask for directions or something. 😉
Celebrating Chinese New Year at Ala Moana Center
To celebrate Chinese New Year and to welcome the Year of the Snake, Ala Moana Center held a celebration at the Centertainment stage. Over 10 lions performed after kung fu demonstrations and the introduction of the 2013 Narcissus court.
Then the lions took to the shops, visiting various stores looking for red envelopes.
After about two hours, the lions made their conclusion at Macy’s.
Strike a pose!
For a lot more pictures, watch the below photo gallery.
That’s Some Big Koi
Over the weekend, the Waikiki Aquarium hosted the 5th annual Aloha Koi Society Koi Show. I’ve never been to a koi show and didn’t know what to expect, but I did some of the biggest koi in my life.
I thought the fish in the Ala Moana koi ponds were big, but some at the show dwarfed those at Ala Moana! Although it’s hard to tell the relative size of the fish, here are some pictures.
I just want to know how you transport these monstrous sized koi?!?