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TJ Maxx Pearl City Has Lots of Thongs

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The second TJ Maxx on Oahu opened today in the Pearl City area, and I went looking for kicks/sneakers/shoes.  Maybe a discounted Air Jordan, an older Air Max, or a not-so-popular Hyperfuse could be found at the grand opening right? Nope, no men’s shoes anywhere, just lots and lots of thongs.  Dressy ones, leather ones, casual ones, waterproof ones. So many slippers, but no shoes of any type.  There are women’s shoes but none for the guys. And yes, there are footwear thongs for women and kids.

I didn’t catch the festivities before the store opened for business at 8am. I got there right at 8 and walked right on in, getting a free TJ Maxx bag.

The store seems smaller on the inside. It looks bigger on the outside. I took a quick stroll through the store before the crowds and lines started to build.  As I was leaving, more and more people were entering.

Sorry, I didn’t take very many pictures since I wanted to get in and out fast. I did capture this panorama nearby the checkout line.

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Is It Legal to Wear Headphones While Driving in Hawaii?

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While stuck in Hawaii traffic, you’ve seen them – drivers wearing headphones in their cars.  I never quite understood why. Is their car stereo busted? Is the music quality of the headphones that much better? Is it even legal to wear headphones while driving in Hawaii?

Looks like the answer is yes, it is legal.  According to AAA (in this Lifehacker article), it is perfectly legal to wear headphones while driving in Hawaii.  In other states, this is banned though, so check first before donning them Beats.

What Does It Mean @ryankanno?

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There is something there, but what is it? It can’t be pure coincidence. Something kismet is at work trying to tell me something. What is it that Ryan Kanno is trying to tell me?

All his messages came in a burst of a week. A tofu katsu. Then seeing Mr. Kanno’s coworkers and running into acquaintance, @parkrat. Next day, another inference with @worldwideed and his VH07V gear. The day after I was wearing gear from Threadless which by the way, Ryan introduced me to.  So it didn’t faze me when the week ended walking around Kanno’s alma mater.

All this while I was attending a Microsoft SharePoint developers class. Hmmm… then this tweet.

[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/ryankanno/status/193538222616363008″]
And then it was clear. I had no idea what his tweet meant. Zip. Nada, and I didn’t care about developer tools. There was the message – I’m no developer. It’s not my passion. Visual Studio, Git, MonoDevelop, my eyes glaze over. If you want to talk athletes and their shoes then I come alive, and that’s all Ryan Kanno was trying to tell me. Stick with your passions, let them guide you, and don’t be something you’re not.

Thanks, Mr. Kanno. You do work in mysterious ways. 😉

CloudFlare Clouding Pulpconnection?

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So when Dreamhost and CloudFlare announced their partnership, it seemed too good to be true. A content delivery network (CDN), an optimizer, extra security, analytics all for free? I had to try it out, and I did.

A few days after the announcement, CloudFlare seemed to be living up to its promises. But in the following week, strange things began to happen. Pulpconnection responded slowly, not necessarily bombing out as with past outages, but something wasn’t right. Then came the 502 Bad Gateway errors off and on.

Google searches brought up similar complaints after moving to CloudFlare. To help alleviate the complaints, there is this CloudFlare support wiki entry with some performance suggestions. I installed the CloudFlare plugin with database optimizer function, but that hasn’t seemed to help.

Because of slower performance, I noticed a drop in traffic over the past week starting around April 20.

I’m not sure if the service is simply overwhelmed with an influx of DreamHost customers. While I want to continue using this service, right now it just feels too unstable. It’s up, it’s down. It’s working, it’s not working. Sometimes, performance is excellent, but at many other times, even I can’t stand the sluggishness.

Do I keep CloudFlare, hoping their service scales and stabilizes? I’ll give it a few more days before making a decision.

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