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DreamPress, Should I?

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Dreamhost just announced their new high-revving WordPress hosting service called DreamPress. Sounds like a “dream” come true if you’ve been maintaining your own WordPress install and balancing its resources and performance against cost. DreamPress seems to hit the right price point but initially, the cost is per site. I wish it were for several sites, well, at least more than one at the same price.

But I am confused about the overall pricing. I joined Dreamhost ages ago using a special promotion. Over the years, I changed to VPS, upped my server’s memory, added CloudFlare, and more. Most of the changes incurred additional costs which I think I could dump if I signed up for DreamPress. But I’m not certain if that’s “allowed” for the DreamPress pricing.

Anyways, DreamPress is an attractive option if a few more concessions are made. I gotta keep watching this…

Caine’s Arcade Is a Global Movement

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I had never heard of Caine’s Arcade in East LA until just today, but I’ve since learned that one boy’s creative foray has grown into a global movement. First off, if you don’t know about Caine’s Arcade, you must watch this video that started it all. Crying is allowed.

Caine’s Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.

After the Caine’s Arcade video went viral and popularity of the arcade soared, then Caine’s cardboard concept transformed into the Cardboard Challenge that’s striving to “engage 1 million kids in 70 countries in creative play.”

Wow. Just wow.

Signs of Hawaii: What Goes Up

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While driving on the H3 headed town bound, you may notice this sign on the underside support pillars of the freeway.

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What goes up

It’s hard to notice while zipping along the H3, but if you’re slowed by traffic then you have a better chance of seeing the sign. Not exactly sure what it says, but it looks like “What goes up must be down.” I don’t know how this sign made it up there and so I don’t know if it’ll come down.

Game of Thrones Chronograph

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Game of Thrones fans can commemorate their fandom by purchasing (or trying to purchase anyway) these chronographs specially designed after the show. Yes, this is a wristwatch but at the cost of over $10,000, I’ll call them the sophisticated sounding chronographs. Pictured is one for fans of the Night’s Watch. Only 25 of these have been made.

Signs of Hawaii: Unattended Children in Vehicles

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Say what? I had to do a double take when I saw this sign at the entrance of Walmart. If there’s a professionally made sign for this, you know there’s got to be precedence. I’ve heard of problems leaving pets in parked cars, but leaving children in parked unattended vehicles?!

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And look before you leave? Really? You have to look in the back seat to see if you got your kid back there? This sign is just odd and troubling.

Checking Out the Forecast

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Thanks to Kickstarter fiend, Eri, I have a new weather “app” to check out. It’s called Forecast, but it’s not your traditional mobile app. You won’t find this free version in the Apple App Store, instead you head to forecast.io on your mobile device (or any platform) and follow the instructions. Although not a native app, Forecast feels and operates like an app and is clean, functional, and easy to understand. Here are some screen shots.

Forecast Current
Forecast Week

Tapping and swiping brings up different views or more details yet navigating the app isn’t overly confusing. Forecast also doesn’t use real images or rendered images to represent the current weather. I always found these visual representations misleading thinking that the images were live shots, not stock images.

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Weather 2x

I don’t know why I have a thing for weather apps living in temperate Hawaii. The weather just doesn’t vary very much, but still, I have gone through at least 5 different weather apps. So far, the new Yahoo Weather app has been my favorite, but it showcases images on Flickr taken in the area. While the images are gorgeous, they feel somewhat misleading. Solar is interesting and artistic but a little difficult to use. Weather 2x has been a weather mainstay of mine. I like the app’s overall balance of information and ease of use. I stopped using Weathercube. While it was neat, I was so lost when trying to swipe in different directions for additional data. Living Earth was just overkill for my weather needs. Of course, there’s the built-in iOS Weather app that I always fall back to. I like the way the information is presented though the interface does feel dated.

I’ll give Forecast a try but I’ve noticed one shortcoming already. Since it’s not a true app, it doesn’t provide notifications for impending weather alerts. Accessing the app will show you alerts but there are no notifications outside of the app. This might be a deal breaker for me.

Macy’s Athletic Shoes Now by Finish Line

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Just in case you were wondering why the athletic shoe department at Macy’s got a boost of style, know that they are now operated by Finish Line. So instead of the more traditional sneakers you’ve seen at the conservative Macy’s, you’ll see some flash like the Nike Roshe Run (for both men and women).

The downside to this new kicks collection at Macy’s? Exempt from the frequent Macy’s coupons and discounts.

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What is 75<

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what-is-75While using the free version of Pandora, this advertisement popped up, and I happened to look at it.

First off, yes, I was listening to Depeche Mode but back to my question. The ad wants the user to tap on his age. I can understand the age of <18 (less than 18) but then isn’t 75< (75 less than) technically a correct age group for anyone under the age of 75?

Yeah, I don’t think I’d want to take classes from this advertiser, not only because of 75< but that mis-lined comic typeface doesn’t lend much credibility either.

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