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April 10 2016

Changes at Windward Mall

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Could it be that I haven’t been to Windward Mall since the holiday shopping season of 2015? Wow, that’s a long time, and in that time, there have been several changes. Let’s take a look shall we?

While the food court has been blanketed in free WiFi for some time and Starbucks provides speedy Google WiFi service, now the entire mall is connected. I admit that I haven’t tried the mall’s WiFi since typically these are just oversaturated and bogged down.

I think this is a change, but the upstairs Aeropostle store is now a Factory Store, assumedly offering discounted, older lines.

Sadly the kids play area outside of Sports Authority (and the now closed Children’s Place) is rather sad.

Yes, it’s open, but without the islands to climb on, this open space isn’t so fun. But I do recall hearing that the play area is moving to another wing so maybe, this is just transitional during the relocation.

Jeans Warehouse is on the move.

Already moved are Journeys and Local Motion. Previously located on the ground floor near the mall’s center, these locations are now upstairs.

But then, if these two long-time tenants moved, what’s in their former locations? Take a look from upstairs.

Here’s a closer look.

Yup, the Secrets of Victoria will be gracing the Windward side residents in a sizable location starting the Spring of 2016.

March 9 2016

Things to Do Today

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Just a list to remind me of things I gotta do:

How to find good podcasts?
Can you listen to Apple Music while offline? This isn’t working for me as described.

March 2 2016

Is the Shannara Chronicles Done?

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So after ten episodes of the Shannara Chronicles, is it all done? Is this storyline/saga over and will there be follow-on shows? I admit this series has been fun with solid costumes and effects although some of the big bads didn’t seem that bad. There are still questions to be answered, and not having read the books, I don’t know how faithful the television adaptation has been. But still though, definitely a fun ride through the Four Lands.

Oh, here’s music from the Shannara Chronicles.

Next up, the end of Downton Abbey. 🙁

February 19 2016

Air Jordan 8 Destroyed

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Had to say farewell to my Air Jordan 8 Retros. These kicks went to Italy and Greece with me being retroed the week before the trip. Yes, I walked the dusty Colosseum and visited the original site of the Olypmics in these AJ8 back in 2003.

smart-car-italy

But after years of sitting in my garage, the Hawaiian heat took its toll.

February 19 2016

Going Dancing!

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dancing I’ll be going to the Big Dance come March! I’m hoping the Big West Conference champion (Hawaii, wink, wink) makes it to the Sweet 16 in the West regional.

February 14 2016

Time to Get Versed in the Harry Potter Universe?

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Although the official opening for Universal Studios Hollywood’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter doesn’t open until April 7, 2016, “technical rehearsals” are underway. These soft openings are unannounced and somewhat random, likely to open and close whenever. But the point being, you can actually experience Hogwarts in California now (if you’re lucky).

Never interested in the Harry Potter series previously, I may just have to dig into a book (or two) to get versed with Harry and his pals.

February 13 2016

Dear Employee

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When I ask that the stamps of two separate loyalty cards be combined, I don’t mean add one set of stamps to the other card and give me back BOTH cards. I mean I’m grateful that 14 stamps were transferred to complete one card, and I still have those 14 stamps on a second card, but that’s not how it works. I guess we’ll call it even since you didn’t add stamps for my $4 drink transaction.

February 2 2016

Macy’s Kailua Now Up to 50% Off

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The closing of Macy’s Kailua continues with items discounted as much as 50% off. But… I don’t know where these items are. Instead, I find mostly regularly priced items with marginal markdowns. A $65 pair of Hurley and Nike shorts at 20% off is still expensive.

Nonetheless, the store is gradually emptying out. G Shock watches are all gone with only high end watches left. The aloha shirts are wiped out unless you’re looking for off sizes.

But this look is still available if you’re so inclined.

February 1 2016

Note to Self: Evergreen Post Tweeter and WordPress Timer

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Just a reminder to myself that the Evergreen Post Tweeter plugin conflicted with the WordPress timer service, at least for my blog. As a symptom of this, scheduled posts wouldn’t post on the publish date and time, and there would be a backlog of actions queued up.

I was only aware of this since the UpdraftPlus backup plugin wouldn’t run its automated backups. UpdraftPlus itself would complain about incomplete actions. On a hunch, I disabled Evergreen Post Tweeter since it times the posting of old posts on Twitter. Sure enough, after disabling Evergreen Post Tweeter, WordPress started behaving normally. Scheduled posts published on cue, and I have yet to see incomplete actions reported by UpdraftPlus.

January 31 2016

LED Bug Lights

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Time to replace incandescent bug lights with an LED version and see how they work. Apparently, a few LED bug lights are merely regular LED lights with a yellow coating on the bulb, not actual yellow light. Amazon reviews say the effect of not-attracting bugs is the same although overall brightness from the light sounds less. I shall soon see…

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January 28 2016

My Latest Distraction #rossfinds on Instagram

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My most recent distraction sucking up my time is checking out the #rossfinds hashtag on Instagram. As its name implies, IG images are of discounted items found at Ross stores all over America. Mostly though, you’ll find pictures of cool kicks that Ross hunters have come across.

It’s kinda interesting to see the variety of shoes or really, the similarity of shoe offerings at different locations. There are more similarities than I would have thought. The best, of course, are those special gems that you come across by pure happenstance. Now I think some of the #rossfinds images are fake, but you can never tell. I’m not sure how you’ll find recently released Air Jordan 11, 72-10, at Ross. But then again, I did find the Air Jordan 4 Legend Blue one morning (true story).

Anyways, I’m making sure my kicks pics are tagged #rossfinds to contribute to this community.

Bo Jax #kicks #rossfinds

A photo posted by @geewhy on Jan 27, 2016 at 1:48pm PST

January 25 2016

Macy’s Kailua Closing

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Nothing lasts forever, but Macy’s in Kailua made a good run at it. In the heart of Kailua downtown for as long as I can remember, this smallish Macy’s was always an excellent backup. Sure, they didn’t have everything like the Ala Moana location, but this store had enough. Oh and finding that particular size was usually successful at Kailua. But soon, very soon this historic Kailua location will be closed.

Here are a few shots as of January 22, 2016. Items are on sale but not really. Mostly everything is 25% off but the prices are full retail to begin with so the discounts aren’t that great. Maybe later, the cuts will be more, but with other Macy’s locations that can be transferred to, I doubt unreal deals are to be found.

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